Bob Ramsak
@bobramsak.bsky.social
Head of Sustainability for World Athletics, reporter & photographer with a lust for travel, art & justice. And birds. Opinions and images mine.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme 'Groups', dozens of European Starlings near the mouth of the Var River, or Embouchure du Var, in Nice, late last month.
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme 'Groups', dozens of European Starlings near the mouth of the Var River, or Embouchure du Var, in Nice, late last month.
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This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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"The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported." via @theguardian.com
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported." via @theguardian.com
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The red on the lake hit me all at once at dawn. 🪶
たまには趣を変えて😉
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #LittleGrebe #カイツブリ #birds #野鳥
たまには趣を変えて😉
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #LittleGrebe #カイツブリ #birds #野鳥
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The red on the lake hit me all at once at dawn. 🪶
たまには趣を変えて😉
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #LittleGrebe #カイツブリ #birds #野鳥
たまには趣を変えて😉
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #LittleGrebe #カイツブリ #birds #野鳥
My first (!) Gray Heron in Monaco. This afternoon in St. Martin’s Garden on ‘The Rock’, or la Rocher, in the shadow of the Prince’s Palace.
#BirdOfTheDay
#Heron
#Monaco
#BirdOfTheDay
#Heron
#Monaco
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My first (!) Gray Heron in Monaco. This afternoon in St. Martin’s Garden on ‘The Rock’, or la Rocher, in the shadow of the Prince’s Palace.
#BirdOfTheDay
#Heron
#Monaco
#BirdOfTheDay
#Heron
#Monaco
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"Climate litigation is proving to be one of the most powerful tools we have to shift the dial in the favor of stronger climate action," says Climate Litigation Network's Sarah Mead
New report from CLN looks back on 10 yrs of global #climatelitigation
www.climateinthecourts.com/turn-to-the-...
New report from CLN looks back on 10 yrs of global #climatelitigation
www.climateinthecourts.com/turn-to-the-...
Turn To The Courts: Report Reflects On 10 Years Of Climate Litigation
In the face of government inaction and corporate impunity in worsening climate crisis, courts are playing a critical role, new analysis finds.
Co-published with One Earth Now
On June 24, 2015, t...
www.climateinthecourts.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Climate litigation is proving to be one of the most powerful tools we have to shift the dial in the favor of stronger climate action," says Climate Litigation Network's Sarah Mead
New report from CLN looks back on 10 yrs of global #climatelitigation
www.climateinthecourts.com/turn-to-the-...
New report from CLN looks back on 10 yrs of global #climatelitigation
www.climateinthecourts.com/turn-to-the-...
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The claimants argue that Shell has known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change and has campaigned to undermine the scientific consensus on the issue. Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change.
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change
Claimants say the oil giant has known for decades that burning fossil fuel contributes to global warming, something the company disputes.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The claimants argue that Shell has known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change and has campaigned to undermine the scientific consensus on the issue. Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change.
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
📉 EU moving to weaken decades of environmental protection. Stop the rollback →
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
One week left before pesticides stay indefinitely
On 16 December, the EU Commission will propose to water down laws that control pesticide.
www.birdlife.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📉 EU moving to weaken decades of environmental protection. Stop the rollback →
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Herons, here's a quartet of Gray Herons I crossed paths with in recent months here in France: one after breakfast (his), one very close, and a duo in a face-off.
Wishing you all a great week!
#Heron
#Birds
Wishing you all a great week!
#Heron
#Birds
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Herons, here's a quartet of Gray Herons I crossed paths with in recent months here in France: one after breakfast (his), one very close, and a duo in a face-off.
Wishing you all a great week!
#Heron
#Birds
Wishing you all a great week!
#Heron
#Birds
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Counterpoint: physical scientists are wildly unqualified to provide insight on the social, political and technological shifts required.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
This is what happens when non-climate scientists write about the climate crisis without really understanding where we are or where we are headed
Unjustified optimism
If the world is just 2.5C hotter in 2100, I will eat my hat, or would if I wasn't 6ft under
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unjustified optimism
If the world is just 2.5C hotter in 2100, I will eat my hat, or would if I wasn't 6ft under
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Counterpoint: physical scientists are wildly unqualified to provide insight on the social, political and technological shifts required.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #sideviews, here is an Emerald Toucanet I spotted having having breakfast while I was enjoying my first splash of morning coffee. That doesn't happen every day and likely won't happen again for a while.
Snapped near Copey de Dota, Costa Rica.
Snapped near Copey de Dota, Costa Rica.
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #sideviews, here is an Emerald Toucanet I spotted having having breakfast while I was enjoying my first splash of morning coffee. That doesn't happen every day and likely won't happen again for a while.
Snapped near Copey de Dota, Costa Rica.
Snapped near Copey de Dota, Costa Rica.
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The heat isn't going away. 2025 on track to tie second warmest year ever
Climate change is generating food-price inflation in Europe, catastrophic flooding in south-east Asia
Likely this warmth will continue into next year with further impacts. It may be permanent
www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
Climate change is generating food-price inflation in Europe, catastrophic flooding in south-east Asia
Likely this warmth will continue into next year with further impacts. It may be permanent
www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The heat isn't going away. 2025 on track to tie second warmest year ever
Climate change is generating food-price inflation in Europe, catastrophic flooding in south-east Asia
Likely this warmth will continue into next year with further impacts. It may be permanent
www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
Climate change is generating food-price inflation in Europe, catastrophic flooding in south-east Asia
Likely this warmth will continue into next year with further impacts. It may be permanent
www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
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Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gizmodo has 2.5 MILLION followed on X, and this has been up for 14 hours.
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
All of you still using it for The Engagement: what am I missing here???
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdsOnTwigs, a Common Chiffchaff I captured yesterday at the Embouchure du Var in Nice. I'd like to think that those yellowish tones could mean this is actually a Willow Warbler, but not likely, I know...
Many thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising!
Many thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising!
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdsOnTwigs, a Common Chiffchaff I captured yesterday at the Embouchure du Var in Nice. I'd like to think that those yellowish tones could mean this is actually a Willow Warbler, but not likely, I know...
Many thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising!
Many thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising!
A must-read from @naomiaklein.bsky.social who brilliantly weaves surrealism and the surrealists with Gaza, genocide and fascism before signing off with the up note that was Mamdani's victory.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A must-read from @naomiaklein.bsky.social who brilliantly weaves surrealism and the surrealists with Gaza, genocide and fascism before signing off with the up note that was Mamdani's victory.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surely more people will now care about the climate crisis since penguins are being starved towards extinction, right?
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study: Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved t...
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study: Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved t...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Surely more people will now care about the climate crisis since penguins are being starved towards extinction, right?
Very good reminder, thank you.
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To describe the growing waste problem from decommissioned solar panels or wind turbines as equivalent to the resource extraction and waste (incl. atmospheric waste) of fossil fuels is a disinformation meme.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Very good reminder, thank you.
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Songbirds or #Seabirds I went with the latter and these two magnificent Magnificent Frigatebirds captured near Puerto Pizarro, Peru.
#NaturePhotography
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
#Birds
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Songbirds or #Seabirds I went with the latter and these two magnificent Magnificent Frigatebirds captured near Puerto Pizarro, Peru.
#NaturePhotography
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
#Birds
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How did we end up with a media ecosystem that constantly echoes misleading & scientifically unfounded political 'false-choice' framing between climate action and economic security, from industry talking points? Any ecological economists out there who can talk to me about this on Thursday morning?
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How did we end up with a media ecosystem that constantly echoes misleading & scientifically unfounded political 'false-choice' framing between climate action and economic security, from industry talking points? Any ecological economists out there who can talk to me about this on Thursday morning?
"Packaging pollution could be almost eliminated with concerted action such as deposit return schemes and reuse..
Combined with bans on certain polymers and substituting plastic for other materials, plastic pollution could be cut by 97% in the next 15 years, the research found."
Combined with bans on certain polymers and substituting plastic for other materials, plastic pollution could be cut by 97% in the next 15 years, the research found."
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic waste in 15 years – report #Climate
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic waste in 15 years – report
Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Packaging pollution could be almost eliminated with concerted action such as deposit return schemes and reuse..
Combined with bans on certain polymers and substituting plastic for other materials, plastic pollution could be cut by 97% in the next 15 years, the research found."
Combined with bans on certain polymers and substituting plastic for other materials, plastic pollution could be cut by 97% in the next 15 years, the research found."
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A ray of hope for Europe's rarest songbird: this year, a record number of Aquatic Warblers were recorded in Lithuania. However, there is still cause for concern. Read more ⬇️
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
#birds #conservation
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
#birds #conservation
Record year for Aquatic Warblers in Lithuania
A ray of hope for Europe's rarest songbird: this year, a record number of Aquatic Warblers were recorded in Lithuania. During last summer's census, bird conservationists counted 376 singing males. How...
www.euronatur.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A ray of hope for Europe's rarest songbird: this year, a record number of Aquatic Warblers were recorded in Lithuania. However, there is still cause for concern. Read more ⬇️
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
#birds #conservation
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
#birds #conservation
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme stripes, this European Goldfinch snapped near Krajnska Gora, Slovenia, in August. It's my favorite bird on the continent: it flaunts vibrant colors, wears a cool & confident stare, is playful yet shy, making them an entertaining challenge to snap and observe.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme stripes, this European Goldfinch snapped near Krajnska Gora, Slovenia, in August. It's my favorite bird on the continent: it flaunts vibrant colors, wears a cool & confident stare, is playful yet shy, making them an entertaining challenge to snap and observe.
Great little thread. 👇👇 'You've got mail.' ✊
📦 Today we helped deliver 75 boxes of pesticides banned in the EU but authorised for export, back to the European Commission in Brussels.
From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic trade must stop.
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic trade must stop.
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Great little thread. 👇👇 'You've got mail.' ✊