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my 'Dump and his fluffers trying to kill the world' funk is worse, but I agree. #environment #climatechangeisreal #Exxonknew #BPknew
Count me in as having a climate funk. Here's what AI taught me about how to fight a funk: Combine small, actionable steps like moving your body (walk, stretch), connecting with others (call a friend, hug a pet), getting fresh air, practicing gratitude,...
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Is Climate Change Putting Us In A Bad Mood?
Climate anxiety is putting more and more of us in a bad mood as we grapple with the outcomes for humanity and the planet.
emagazine.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
my 'Dump and his fluffers trying to kill the world' funk is worse, but I agree. #environment #climatechangeisreal #Exxonknew #BPknew
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To identify the largest public-lands ranchers — and the share of public-lands ranching controlled by the top 10% of permittees — we relied on BLM and Forest Service datasets, which included roughly 50,000 bills the agencies had sent to operators.
How we reported Free Range, our grazing investigation - High Country News
Data and analyses used in the stories.
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
To identify the largest public-lands ranchers — and the share of public-lands ranching controlled by the top 10% of permittees — we relied on BLM and Forest Service datasets, which included roughly 50,000 bills the agencies had sent to operators.
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These microscopic redwood images are straight-up unbeLEAFable. 🌲💫
What looks like neon galaxies are actually redwood leaves—designed to capture fog, photosynthsize, and help these giants survive a changing climate.
📸: Dr. Alana Chin
What looks like neon galaxies are actually redwood leaves—designed to capture fog, photosynthsize, and help these giants survive a changing climate.
📸: Dr. Alana Chin
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
These microscopic redwood images are straight-up unbeLEAFable. 🌲💫
What looks like neon galaxies are actually redwood leaves—designed to capture fog, photosynthsize, and help these giants survive a changing climate.
📸: Dr. Alana Chin
What looks like neon galaxies are actually redwood leaves—designed to capture fog, photosynthsize, and help these giants survive a changing climate.
📸: Dr. Alana Chin
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This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater
Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have ...
techxplore.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.
Public comment due Tues Dec 9! Please Help!
The Seattle Comp Plan EIS is grossly inadequate and will not stop broad adverse impacts on fish, habitat, critically endangered orcas, trees, urban canopy and greenspace/climate effects. CB121093 uses this terrible (EIS) to justify no more SEPA review?
The Seattle Comp Plan EIS is grossly inadequate and will not stop broad adverse impacts on fish, habitat, critically endangered orcas, trees, urban canopy and greenspace/climate effects. CB121093 uses this terrible (EIS) to justify no more SEPA review?
Seattle Orca Appeal
www.orcaappeal.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Public comment due Tues Dec 9! Please Help!
The Seattle Comp Plan EIS is grossly inadequate and will not stop broad adverse impacts on fish, habitat, critically endangered orcas, trees, urban canopy and greenspace/climate effects. CB121093 uses this terrible (EIS) to justify no more SEPA review?
The Seattle Comp Plan EIS is grossly inadequate and will not stop broad adverse impacts on fish, habitat, critically endangered orcas, trees, urban canopy and greenspace/climate effects. CB121093 uses this terrible (EIS) to justify no more SEPA review?
#banoceanmining #protectouroceans #greed #corruption #hypocrisy #unknownspecies #pollution #corporatedoublespeak #corporateaccountability
New deep-sea species discovered during mining test share.google/PhRUPiXwXAqq...
New deep-sea species discovered during mining test
There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...
share.google
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Frogs eating giant hornets is a good reminder: biodiverse ecosystems are the best defense we have against invasive species and climate disruption………And they’re the first thing we sacrifice.
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all — Popular Science
Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all Insect venom means nothing to some amphibians. The black-spotted pond frog shows remarkable tolerance to venomous stings from an Asian giant hornet. T...
apple.news
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Frogs eating giant hornets is a good reminder: biodiverse ecosystems are the best defense we have against invasive species and climate disruption………And they’re the first thing we sacrifice.
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
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There’s nothing quite like watching a desert sunset through the North Window in Arches National Park. The textures glow, the colors warm, and the whole scene feels like nature’s showtime.
#utah #arches #nationalpark #landscape #starburst #photography #nature #outdoors #adventure
#utah #arches #nationalpark #landscape #starburst #photography #nature #outdoors #adventure
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There’s nothing quite like watching a desert sunset through the North Window in Arches National Park. The textures glow, the colors warm, and the whole scene feels like nature’s showtime.
#utah #arches #nationalpark #landscape #starburst #photography #nature #outdoors #adventure
#utah #arches #nationalpark #landscape #starburst #photography #nature #outdoors #adventure
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Do I want to see a snowy owl? Does a highland cow want the lush grasses of the pentland hills? Does a fish want the sweet flow of water through its gills? Does a Viking want the glory of Valhalla? Yes I want to see a snowy owl.
Want to see a snowy owl? This could be your winter | CBC News
This could be an unusually good year to spot snowy owls in southern Canada. Here's why, and how to see these Arctic visitors without disturbing them.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Do I want to see a snowy owl? Does a highland cow want the lush grasses of the pentland hills? Does a fish want the sweet flow of water through its gills? Does a Viking want the glory of Valhalla? Yes I want to see a snowy owl.
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🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats
#YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and vibrant! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Amaya4715, Grade 1, Casis Elementary, Austin, Texas. School project: "1st grade: Alma Thomas Bats"! Teachers: Lindsey Victoria & Isabel Ostos
#YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and vibrant! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Amaya4715, Grade 1, Casis Elementary, Austin, Texas. School project: "1st grade: Alma Thomas Bats"! Teachers: Lindsey Victoria & Isabel Ostos
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats
#YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and vibrant! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Amaya4715, Grade 1, Casis Elementary, Austin, Texas. School project: "1st grade: Alma Thomas Bats"! Teachers: Lindsey Victoria & Isabel Ostos
#YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and vibrant! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Amaya4715, Grade 1, Casis Elementary, Austin, Texas. School project: "1st grade: Alma Thomas Bats"! Teachers: Lindsey Victoria & Isabel Ostos
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Day 6
I spend a lot of time in these woods, on these paths.
#ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #Nature #Creeks
I spend a lot of time in these woods, on these paths.
#ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #Nature #Creeks
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Day 6
I spend a lot of time in these woods, on these paths.
#ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #Nature #Creeks
I spend a lot of time in these woods, on these paths.
#ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #Nature #Creeks
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As the weather gets consistently cooler and/or more miserable the #bats are tucking themselves away for hibernation. But, unlike bears, they don't typically sleep the entire winter away, typically waking periodically to adjust position, change roosts, or for a drink and snack in milder periods 🦇
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As the weather gets consistently cooler and/or more miserable the #bats are tucking themselves away for hibernation. But, unlike bears, they don't typically sleep the entire winter away, typically waking periodically to adjust position, change roosts, or for a drink and snack in milder periods 🦇
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Just had a great conversation on the Science Talk podcast about environmental realism and why clear science communication matters more than ever. Grateful for the invitation. Highly recommend giving it a listen.
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
Mass Extinction I Four Truths about Climate Change I Toxins Making Earth Uninhabitable
YouTube video by Science Talk
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December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just had a great conversation on the Science Talk podcast about environmental realism and why clear science communication matters more than ever. Grateful for the invitation. Highly recommend giving it a listen.
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
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We finished our very successful partner meeting with a celebration of Butterfly Conservation Europe’s 21st Birthday. @martinswarren.bsky.social gave a great review of the many achievements over the years and we made a toast. All the presentations are on our website www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We finished our very successful partner meeting with a celebration of Butterfly Conservation Europe’s 21st Birthday. @martinswarren.bsky.social gave a great review of the many achievements over the years and we made a toast. All the presentations are on our website www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
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Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Join Tree Action Seattle tomorrow morning (Sat Dec 6)! #treeactionseattle #seattle #protecttrees #plantmoretrees #banMcMansions #bantheburbs
Robert Eagle Staff Mini-Forest Planting
Join us in planting Seattle Public Schools' very first Miyawaki-style mini-forest, in partnership with Sugi.
www.treeactionseattle.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Join Tree Action Seattle tomorrow morning (Sat Dec 6)! #treeactionseattle #seattle #protecttrees #plantmoretrees #banMcMansions #bantheburbs
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Another of the many settings that I've posted from my visits to the gardens and temples in #Kyoto, #Japan - this a pathway in the Shorenin buddhist temple grounds for #ForestFriday, with a bonus #FencepostFriday add-on included along the path.
#EastCoastKin #landscape #landscapephotography #travel
#EastCoastKin #landscape #landscapephotography #travel
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Another of the many settings that I've posted from my visits to the gardens and temples in #Kyoto, #Japan - this a pathway in the Shorenin buddhist temple grounds for #ForestFriday, with a bonus #FencepostFriday add-on included along the path.
#EastCoastKin #landscape #landscapephotography #travel
#EastCoastKin #landscape #landscapephotography #travel
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All species live within checks and balances. We’re the only one that overcame ours and then started creating new ones in the form of poisoned water, toxic air, and collapsing ecosystems.
apple.news/ACQoWaSL3SVy...
apple.news/ACQoWaSL3SVy...
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages — The Verge
Morrow County, Oregon, is home to mega farms and food processing plants. But it’s also home to several Amazon data centers.
apple.news
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
All species live within checks and balances. We’re the only one that overcame ours and then started creating new ones in the form of poisoned water, toxic air, and collapsing ecosystems.
apple.news/ACQoWaSL3SVy...
apple.news/ACQoWaSL3SVy...
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I wrote about how numbers can comfort us even when ecosystems are collapsing. Persistence isn’t recovery. Survival isn’t success. Statistics can hide extinction as easily as reveal it.
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
The moral comfort of numbers
Commentary: 'Saved from extinction' is not as comforting as it may sound.
salish-current.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wrote about how numbers can comfort us even when ecosystems are collapsing. Persistence isn’t recovery. Survival isn’t success. Statistics can hide extinction as easily as reveal it.
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
My new piece in Salish Current: “The Moral Comfort of Numbers.”
salish-current.org/2025/12/04/t...
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🦇🧪🌎After a gap of a couple of busy months - we are back with edition #005 of "The Roost Report" - this issue features a basic backgrounder on white-nose syndrome & Pd, and the ways we have been sampling for both.
www.albertabats.ca/white-nose-s...
www.albertabats.ca/white-nose-s...
White-nose Syndrome (The Roost Report #005) - Alberta Community Bat Program
Our fifth edition of The Roost Report highlights white-nose syndrome and our latest monitoring work in Alberta. Roost Reports 005: White-nose Syndrome by Cory Olson
www.albertabats.ca
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🦇🧪🌎After a gap of a couple of busy months - we are back with edition #005 of "The Roost Report" - this issue features a basic backgrounder on white-nose syndrome & Pd, and the ways we have been sampling for both.
www.albertabats.ca/white-nose-s...
www.albertabats.ca/white-nose-s...
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The industry calls Montana sapphire mining “responsible.”
But even careful operations destroy habitat. Restoration can’t recreate what evolution took millennia to build.
Shiny baubles, real damage.💎
www.eldiario24.com/en/america-b...
But even careful operations destroy habitat. Restoration can’t recreate what evolution took millennia to build.
Shiny baubles, real damage.💎
www.eldiario24.com/en/america-b...
"Blue rush" resurges in America — Up to 250 tons every hour sprouting from the ground
America witnesses the 'Blue Rush' resurgence, with up to 250 tons of material surging from the ground every hour, sparking excitement and energy opportunities.
www.eldiario24.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The industry calls Montana sapphire mining “responsible.”
But even careful operations destroy habitat. Restoration can’t recreate what evolution took millennia to build.
Shiny baubles, real damage.💎
www.eldiario24.com/en/america-b...
But even careful operations destroy habitat. Restoration can’t recreate what evolution took millennia to build.
Shiny baubles, real damage.💎
www.eldiario24.com/en/america-b...
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Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
HCN 2025 impact report - High Country News
Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
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🦇Great new "decon postcard" from whitenosesyndrome.org you can find it under resources in the decon folder (or at this link www.whitenosesyndrome.org/resources/af... )
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🦇Great new "decon postcard" from whitenosesyndrome.org you can find it under resources in the decon folder (or at this link www.whitenosesyndrome.org/resources/af... )
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SEPTOPUS. BLOB OCTOPUS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mystery as remains of seven-arm deep-sea octopus wash up on beach
Arms from the rarely-seen species were discovered at an Aberdeenshire national nature reserve.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
SEPTOPUS. BLOB OCTOPUS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...