A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.

Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#nature #climatecrisis

Look who came up the driveway this afternoon!!!! You've never seen me grab my camera so fast. Unfortunately, I had to shoot through a dirty window in low light, so it's a bit fuzzy. Still! Lynx!! In my yard!!! Look at those big fluffy paws! 🦊🌿

So much Earth observation data is collected, processed, and analyzed—yet it still doesn’t reach the people who need it most.

The challenge? Turning data into actionable insights.

Read more about how we’re connecting the dots: ⬇️

🔗 ds.io/eodata-journey
@emmanuel.mathot.org

Storms are incoming! ⛈️ A Flood Watch is in effect for the Bay Area & Sacramento Valley, with a Winter Weather Advisory in higher elevations.

Each year, weather-related crashes cause nearly 5,000 deaths & 418,000 injuries in the U.S. Drive safely & never enter flooded roads! #CAwx #DriveSafe

CalOES: Southern California, the NWS has issued a Potentially Dangerous Situation (PDS) for the region starting Monday January 20 at 12pm to Tuesday January 21 at 10am.

It’s Important to be prepared, pack a go-bag and sign up for local emergency alerts.

https://news.caloes.ca.gov/

#cawx #pds […]

The climate crisis will radically transform the human and economic geography of the United States is the 21st century

projects.propublica.org/climate-migr...

Southern California is facing critical fire weather through Wednesday.
Life-threatening winds and dangerously low humidity are forecast for much of Southern California - from Ventura to San Diego - creating a significant risk of rapid fire spread.
#CriticalFireWeather

Feels like an appropriate time to share this story I wrote a few years back: www.ehn.org/natural-disa...

Watch Duty App - shows fire footprints and evacuation zones on a map

Cal Fire Incident Map www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

Ventura County Emergency www.vcemergency.com

LAFD Alerts: lafd.org/alerts

Any other tools people should know about?

Zeke Lunder w/ The Lookout has good analysis & maps of the Los Angeles fires

What awful, awful days for LA folks, communities, landscapes, wildlife, and more 😞
the-lookout.org/2025/01/08/j...

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If you're headed to DC for #AGU24 @agu.org, please come and say hi to the DevSeed squad; we'll be covering some incredible topics and tech: developmentseed.org/blog/2024-12...

I guess it is time to introduce Bluesky to my latest work, HTML for People.

Anyone can make a website with HTML. No previous coding experience required. I cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way.

And it’s free for all. 🚀

htmlforpeople.com

Excited for our Brazilian teammates to present at #FOSS4G & #SOTMLATAM this week in Belém, Brazil!

Catch Wille & @vgeorge.bsky.social sharing OSM & Overture projects!
Thursday @ FOSS4G:
📍 Room V
15:45: Visualizing Overture Maps Data in Jupyter Notebook
16:15: Scaling OpenStreetMap Data Validation

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

I didn't see this already, so I went through my follow list and made a Starter Pack for Women+ in geo & EO - very broadly.

I'm reminded how lopsided the gender divide is still in our field when I get 1 woman follower for every 10 men. It's particularly noticeable right now.

go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe