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Laiken Jordahl @laikenjordahl.bsky.social · 1d

“We’re already seeing drought stress, with half the mature oaks in the valley dead,” Palma said. “The wall will only accelerate the collapse. You lose the trees, you lose the shade. The creek dries, the habitat dies. It’s a cascade of ecological devastation.”
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A jaguar, a wall, a sacred valley: What's at stake in San Rafael - AZ Luminaria

In late summer, a jaguar padded somewhere near the San Rafael Valley, a pristine grassland nestled between the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains southeast of Tucson. Trail cameras monitored by Sky Isla...

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 6d

Very cool work (with a very sobering result) led by Andy Jones (a paleoCAMP alumnus!) in Science Advances: 'Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene' www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene

The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.

www.science.org

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Brandon Keim @brandonkeim.bsky.social · 7d

"I stopped eating meat some 50 years ago," wrote Jane Goodall, "when I looked at the pork chop on my plate and thought: this represents fear, pain, death."

Best as I can tell, not one obituary or article on her passing mentions this fact. It's worth knowing. news.janegoodall.org/2017/04/28/w...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15d

Ponderosa pine smells like butterscotch.

Go ahead, sniff one the next time you're in the western US. Some say "vanilla", some say "oh no, my nose is covered in sap."

Let's talk about birds, butterscotch, forest fires, blue wood, & boring beetles.

But mostly this thread is about terpenes.

From a blog called "CreationsDawn", a photo of the author smelling a ponderosa pine. The author wears a green cap, light blue-green shirt and red camel pack. They are sniffing a tree with pine bark, with a sort of red-orange color. More trees in the background.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 20d

14,000 yr-old in situ stumps sampled today! 🥰

Wood that old cannot be found in the Alps, but in the Prealps!

In Southern Alps, some torrential systems feature Lateglacial Pinus sylvestris outcrops!

So BEAUTIFUL!
(Rooted stumps+paleosol+alluvial sediments)

📷 L. Francon
PI: C. Miramont
(both IMBE)

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 21d

😊 It is!

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 23d

Interesting site we sampled some years ago and has recently been published #dendrochronology #intertidal #archaeology

historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24d

Why is is so hard for people to say these words?:

Lough Neagh, the UK's biggest lake, is being killed by *livestock farms*.

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 25d

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"

So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

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Lara Band @laraband.bsky.social · 28d

Maritime Archaeology! Built Heritage! Trees! All together = perfect! Nice work here from @dendrorodbale.bsky.social

Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

Ship’s floor (oak) reused as lintel. Removed during construction work from Cambrian Place Swansea. Dendro dated to spring summer 1778 and sourced from a locally grown Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 tree! #dendrochronology #wales #archaeology

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

Ship’s floor (oak) reused as lintel. Removed during construction work from Cambrian Place Swansea. Dendro dated to spring summer 1778 and sourced from a locally grown Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 tree! #dendrochronology #wales #archaeology

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly. It was right by the east dock until it was infilled. The buildings are apparently from 1826 ish onwards, which would fit with the working life of a boat from late c18th. Who doesn’t love a good futtock!

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

We have a lot of definitively reused late Georgian ship timbers as lintels at this site. Mostly stringers, futtocks, floors. Also some planking reused as ceiling joists….nice stuff and it’s dating!

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 28d

Ship’s floor (oak) reused as lintel. Removed during construction work from Cambrian Place Swansea. Dendro dated to spring summer 1778 and sourced from a locally grown Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 tree! #dendrochronology #wales #archaeology

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Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social · Jul 23

This has always been clear: plant-based meat alternatives are better for the planet and, at least compared to red meat, better for your health. That this is not widely accepted is the product of meat industry disinfo, science illiteracy, and some very stupid journalists.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/h...

Eating this ultraprocessed food may be good for you and the planet, experts say | CNN

Plant-based meats have been viewed at times as ultraprocessed and possibly unhealthy. But some experts believe they deserve a second look.

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pith hit! 🍾

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · Jul 16

Here's the alternative global warming plan. Draw up the drawbridge. Let the global south burn. Suck out the last fossil fuel profits. Get the population down to 1 billion (as per Peter Thiel) and let the oligarchs enjoy their vineyards in Siberia and feudal estates in other cool places

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Jul 16

Reform's Richard Tice has written to energy firms to inform them of the 'political risk' of Reform to renewables

Labour official: “Reform are now actively trying to discourage businesses from investing in clean energy in the UK...

"They are disgracefully... undermining the UK's national interest."

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Kenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · Jul 10

The list of terrible things done to farmed animals is so long, and meat/dairy/egg companies don't have to disclose them. That'll soon change in Switzerland — at least for one set of really awful practices. New story today in our Processing Meat newsletter:

A screenshot of a news story with the headline: Would this food label change how you eat? The picture for the story is of a shrink-wrapped meat package that has a sticker that reads "Warning: The cattle raised for this meat were castrated without pain relief."

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Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · Jun 15

BBC do this for any reporting about farming animals, particularly British farming. Critical reporting skills similar to a bag of suet

Roderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yet, unbelievably, many who should know better think this is a beautiful landscape that is fine as it is

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 20

In 3 months, bluefin tuna will be migrating back into our waters, where they'll be met with a fleet of commercial and recreational* fishers. It's a horrible way to welcome these magnificent, charismatic creatures. Let's try to get this to 250,000 before they arrive.
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...

Sign the Petition

Protect bluefin tuna in UK waters

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · May 13

This Spring (March-April-May) may end up being the driest on record for the UK.

This would also make it the driest of any season in a dataset that goes back to 1836.

Spring in 1852 currently holds the record for driest season at 100.7 mm averaged across the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

UK weather: Spring may become driest on record with no rain in sight

There has been a lack of rainfall in many parts of the UK so far this spring and there is little or no rain in the immediate forecast.

www.bbc.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 11

1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵

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