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onecoolplanet @onecoolplanet.bsky.social · Jan 12

It's REAL, folks. Global warming is occurring and accelerating. It is not 'fake news', it is 'real facts'... find a way to educate, advocate, and make a difference.,

Show Your Stripes

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

showyourstripes.info

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 15h

Grim update on #Melissa conditions immediately before landfall 😔

Hope people were able to get out in time.

www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...

CATASTROPHIC WINDS MOVING ONSHORE SOUTHERN JAMAICA...
...LAST CHANCE TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...
...1000 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE
COVER NOW! Failure to adequately shelter may result in serious
injury, and loss of life. Residents in Jamaica that experience the
eye should not leave their shelter as winds will rapidly increase
within the backside of the eyewall of Melissa.

To protect yourself from wind, the best thing you can do is put as
many walls as possible between you and the outside. An interior room
without windows, ideally one where you can also avoid falling trees,
is the safest place you can be in a building. You can cover yourself
with a mattress and wear a helmet for added protection.

NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft find that Melissa continues to
strengthen with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h).The
minimum central pressure has fallen to 892 mb (26.34 inches) based
on NOAA and Hurricane Hunter Air Force Reserve aircraft data.

The next update will be provided with the full advisory package at
1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC).

SUMMARY OF 1000 AM EDT...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.7N 78.1W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM SSE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA
ABOUT 255 MI...410 KM SW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...892 MB...26.34 INCHES

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 1d

This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.

We have now entered the overshoot era.

Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

www.theguardian.com

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 1d

...aaaand Melissa is now the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured in the satellite era.

T8.5 = 185kt

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.

Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress

Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Anonymous has hacked all Kremlin servers.

Anonymous is applying its own digital sanctions on Russia. We demand they surrender and fully leave all Ukrainian territory. #OpRussia

Anonymous. @YourAno... • Oct25 g...
Kremlin's servers are under our hands.
#OpRussia

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 2d

This Reagan quote makes Dear Leader fuhrerious!

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onecoolplanet @onecoolplanet.bsky.social · 4d

FLYFISHING: This nice documentary is the story of Bernard “Lefty” Kreh’s life, considered one of the most influential anglers of the past century. Narrated by the late Flip Pallot.
#Flyfishing

Lefty: The Greatest of All Time

YouTube video by FlyFishermanMagazine

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 4d

“Maine is facing worsening drought conditions, with more than 80% of the state in severe or extreme drought, leading to reports of dry wells and more wildfires.” www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech... - News Center Maine

#Drought #Maine #MEwx

U.S. Drought Monitor: 'Extreme' drought hits seven counties

Maine is facing worsening drought conditions, with more than 80% of the state in severe or extreme drought, leading to reports of dry wells and more wildfires.

www.newscentermaine.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

This is amazing!!

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Martyn White @flickingfeathers.bsky.social · 5d

Sexyloops - Everybody loves A Wee Sweetie share.google/5Zt2eGNwloQL...
Mine for the week on loops. Nothing new but maybe some useful tips.
#flyfishing #flytying #fishing

Everybody loves A Wee Sweetie

After all the trouty flies over the last few weeks I thought I’d go a bit salty this week, and with seabassing starting here now, the surf candy was the obvious choice. Obviously, it’s nothing new, bu...

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 6d

Millions of red crabs migrate across Christmas Island – video

Every year, millions of crabs travel from the forest to the ocean to breed, creating a red tide across the island

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 5d

Read the paper here!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Late-surviving New Mexican dinosaurs illuminate high end-Cretaceous diversity and provinciality

It has long been debated whether non-avian dinosaurs went extinct abruptly or gradually at the end-Cretaceous (66 million years ago), because their fossil record at this time is mostly limited to nort...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 5d

After nearly 500 years of mining, Cerro Rico, the Bolivian mountain whose silver financed the Spanish Empire, is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe cave-ins.

In the heart of Bolivia, the mountain that financed an empire risks collapsing

At about 4,800 meters, or nearly 15,800 feet, above sea level, Cerro Rico towers over the city of Potosí, in Bolivia’s southern highlands. Famous for its vast silver reserves, Cerro Rico — whose name…

news.mongabay.com

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 5d

Surprise meteorite debris uncovered on Moon’s far side

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved.

☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
☑️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🔭

One of the rare meteorite fragments discovered on the Moon’s far side under an electron microscope.Credit: Yi-Gang Xu

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 6d

If you’re looking to do a PhD in the US, it’s a mess out there. Words by me ⬇️

Nature @nature.com · 6d

Some doctoral programmes in the US are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding

go.nature.com/4o63boK

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

go.nature.com

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 6d

🤔What if we’ve been looking at our world the wrong way? Instead of continents separated by cold, wet emptiness, what if we saw that land as merely floating on a life-giving expanse of opportunity?

🌊Trade your land-based perspective for new possibilities beneath the waves:go.whoi.edu/reimagine

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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 7d

“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.”
— Augusten Burroughs

#WritingSky #AcademicSky

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ReelBrownTrout @salmo3t.bsky.social · 9d

If not for the EXTREME SCOTUS rulings, citizens would not be as concerned that a POTUS could become a dictator King.

Even very conservative constitutional scholars are saying SCOTUS is going TOO FAR!

If moderates come into power, they need to pass laws that reign in these destructive rulings.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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onecoolplanet @onecoolplanet.bsky.social · 11d

DAC: “The DAC air filter not only has the potential to remove 596 MtCO2 year−1 globally but can also decrease energy consumption in existing building systems…techno-economic analysis estimates a cost of $209 to 668 in capturing and storing 1 tonne of #CO2 from direct air.”
#CarbonCapture
#DAC

Distributed direct air capture by carbon nanofiber air filters

Carbon nanofiber air filters capture CO2 from ambient air through everyday building ventilation systems.

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 11d

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 11d

„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.

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The University of Utah @utah.edu · 14d

Starting next Fall, we'll provide full tuition for first-time, first-year students w/a family household income of less than $100k as defined by FAFSA.

The new scholarship—Utah Promise—is designed to expand access to higher education across the state.

📰 attheu.utah.edu/home-page/ut...

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onecoolplanet @onecoolplanet.bsky.social · 14d

You should do so — he is a really nice person. Knowledgeable, curious, thoughtful about the fishery & ecosystem. He is an AMAZING creative fly tier. Knows his waters like a great “fishy” guide should.

We’ve spent a lot of time on the waters in Casco Bay. Highly recommend him.

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Susan Cosier @susancosier.bsky.social · 25d

USGS scientists tell us about the effects of invasive species & climate change. Yet their fate, like many other federal employees who work in science & the environment, is unknown. My latest for @nrdc.org. Thank you to @meadekrosby.bsky.social, John Organ, Ed Arnett, and others for speaking with me.

The Attacks on Science Continue—This Time at the USGS

From sea level rise to bee populations, the agency’s wildlife and climate programs shed light on the world around us.

www.nrdc.org

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