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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 1d

The Fifth Nat'l Climate Assessment is back up, fully functional, and no longer on a gov't website!

Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public.

A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn

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Fifth National Climate Assessment

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 7d

Well this is enlightening. Science is cool.

"Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault."

#science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic

www.science.org/content/arti...

Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch

Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes

www.science.org

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13d

She made such a positive impact on our world. She will be greatly missed.

www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

www.npr.org

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 14d

Reality check in the teachable moment

altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14d

A Trumper asked me today if I was one of those nutjobs trying to save polar bears.

My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 14d

This👇👇👇

"Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals."

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

By-product recovery from US metal mines could reduce import reliance for critical minerals

The United States (US) has sufficient geological endowment in active metal mines to reduce the nation’s dependence on critical mineral imports. Demand is increasing for cobalt, nickel, rare earth elem...

www.science.org

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 23d

I was recently reminded that this is in the Project 2025 document. Cruelty is the point.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 27d

When you get to name a coral after Chewbacca...

www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/09...

Chewbacca coral: New deep-sea species spotted in waters off Hawai‘i, Mariana Trench | University of Hawaiʻi System News

UH researchers helped identify a newly discovered deep-sea coral species, nicknamed “Chewbacca” for its hairy branches.

www.hawaii.edu

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 28d

Love data! Bring it! The humor, too. It's badly needed. That old growth graph hurts my heart.

fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 28d

I do! We have a lot of great people out here in Hawaii working on it as well. And I love that you're sharing #DATA.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 28d

This is humorous, which is what they appear to be shooting for, albeit funny not funny. This is a false dichotomy. It's a rhetorical device to debate in bad faith. All plastic pollution is harmful to aquatic systems. Straws are low-hanging single use fruit. Changing people's behavior is harder.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 28d

This is great news!

"Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal."

www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...

Overfishing Deal Reached After 20 Years of Negotiation

A landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade…

www.marinelink.com

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hats off and hands up 🙌 to @EpicLava for this astonishing capture of the Hawaiian nēnē on the wing...past the lava fountains of Eruption 32 of Kīlauea Volcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park!

Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava!

#nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 14

Less winds = no upwelling The question is, have we reached a tipping point? The consequences will effect marine systems and the fisheries that depend on them.
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...

Upwelling Failure

stri.si.edu

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 13

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.

www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...

Breadfruit Is A Global Warming Warrior. But How Strong Is It?

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That's not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.

www.civilbeat.org

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Sep 5

We took our own look at the fossil fuel “orbiting debris field of oddballs and charlatans” cranked up for Trump to oppose climate action, but it’s hard to top McKibben on a roll. You go, Bill!

Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced

International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

www.newyorker.com

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just ordered mine through Audible 🩵

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 4

I fully support this idea. More butts on bikes and walkable communities please.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming October 21st...

"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."

A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.

Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

Book cover with yellow and black border and white background. Black title: "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon Hosts of The War on Cars Podcast and Aaron Naparstek" Graphic shows yellow traffic light with vines on it.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 1

Agreed. I saw it on LinkedIn and shared on other sites. This is important.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's like that in the US as well. It's untenable.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Aug 31

Some good news! Special place received protective status 🩵

oceana.org/press-releas...

The Philippines Protects One of the Planet’s Most Biodiverse Marine Regions | Oceana

Panaon Island declared a Protected Seascape, supporting marine life and coastal communities.

oceana.org

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Eos @eos.org · Aug 20

Today is Day 2 of the public hearing on the EPA’s reconsideration of the 2009 endangerment finding, the key ruling underpinning U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. 🧪

Testimonies start at the top of the hour, and we’re following along: 👇🧵

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Aug 16

Mis- and disinformation is dangerous. It causes confusion and doubt and division and distrust. Please familiarize yourself with this and have conversations with your friends, family, and community.

interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

interactive.carbonbrief.org

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Aug 11

I can see why you might make that association. However, David has some particularly excellent points about how she is different. Jane Goodall made actual contributions to science in a time when women were disallowed. Times have changed. She is actually an influencer with a niche.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Aug 10

Here is a pretty sharp breakdown from Montemader
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · Aug 10

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