Melissa Lenczewski
@geology79.bsky.social
Contaminant Hydrogeologist, Microplastics, Fulbright ASEAN Research Scholar, reenactor, beer lover, knitter and crocheter, and a crazy cat lady.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.”
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.”
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Compact urban design is key to securing water and sanitation, a new study by CSH and the World Bank in #NatureCities shows. With horizontal city growth, 220M fewer people could have access to piped water and 190M to sewage by 2050, says lead author @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WFhvr
shorturl.at/WFhvr
Urban Sprawl Could Deny 220 Million People Access To Clean Water By 2050
A study by CSH and the World Bank shows compact urban planning is crucial for delivering water and sanitation to growing populations.
csh.ac.at
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Compact urban design is key to securing water and sanitation, a new study by CSH and the World Bank in #NatureCities shows. With horizontal city growth, 220M fewer people could have access to piped water and 190M to sewage by 2050, says lead author @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WFhvr
shorturl.at/WFhvr
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in today's "everything awful is connected":
climate change is making plastic pollution worse.
(and plastic production is a major driver of climate change)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/27/c...
climate change is making plastic pollution worse.
(and plastic production is a major driver of climate change)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/27/c...
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous | CNN
Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis
edition.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
in today's "everything awful is connected":
climate change is making plastic pollution worse.
(and plastic production is a major driver of climate change)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/27/c...
climate change is making plastic pollution worse.
(and plastic production is a major driver of climate change)
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/27/c...
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USGS technicians measuring discharge on the Kishwaukee River in De Kalb, IL (L, 1996, my photo) and the Kickapoo River at Steuben, WI (R, 1978, J.C. Knox photo). By coincidence, both floods are currently 3rd largest in the record at these sites, though these measurements were not at the peaks.
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
USGS technicians measuring discharge on the Kishwaukee River in De Kalb, IL (L, 1996, my photo) and the Kickapoo River at Steuben, WI (R, 1978, J.C. Knox photo). By coincidence, both floods are currently 3rd largest in the record at these sites, though these measurements were not at the peaks.
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A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"We find that children exposed to recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water exhibit modestly better cognition in secondary school, an advantage that is smaller and no longer statistically significant at age ~60."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course
Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"We find that children exposed to recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water exhibit modestly better cognition in secondary school, an advantage that is smaller and no longer statistically significant at age ~60."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Go Detroit Lions!
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Go Detroit Lions!
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How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
#plastics
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
#recycling
#extendedproducerresponsibility
#EPR
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
#plastics
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
#recycling
#extendedproducerresponsibility
#EPR
How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
#plastics
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
#recycling
#extendedproducerresponsibility
#EPR
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
#plastics
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
#recycling
#extendedproducerresponsibility
#EPR
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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Watch out for masked body-snatching ghouls!
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Watch out for masked body-snatching ghouls!
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‼️CALLING ALL SCIENTISTS‼️
👀 "How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy"
📌 Virtual Science Advocacy Training by @ucs.org
📅 Thursday, November 20; noon-1pm pacific
@agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social
#science #SaveScience #SaveDemocracy #scientist #democracy #trustscience
👀 "How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy"
📌 Virtual Science Advocacy Training by @ucs.org
📅 Thursday, November 20; noon-1pm pacific
@agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social
#science #SaveScience #SaveDemocracy #scientist #democracy #trustscience
How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual science advocacy training on how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democra...
secure.ucs.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
‼️CALLING ALL SCIENTISTS‼️
👀 "How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy"
📌 Virtual Science Advocacy Training by @ucs.org
📅 Thursday, November 20; noon-1pm pacific
@agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social
#science #SaveScience #SaveDemocracy #scientist #democracy #trustscience
👀 "How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy"
📌 Virtual Science Advocacy Training by @ucs.org
📅 Thursday, November 20; noon-1pm pacific
@agu.org @aas.org @planetarysociety.bsky.social
#science #SaveScience #SaveDemocracy #scientist #democracy #trustscience
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Genspark AI Developer can build functional apps with a single prompt.
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Genspark AI Developer can build functional apps with a single prompt.
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, in danger of becoming a ‘ghost city’
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, in danger of becoming a ‘ghost city’
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Join Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator Ambeth R. Ocampo in the lecture “Reflections on the (Ab)Uses of Philippine History.”
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Join Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator Ambeth R. Ocampo in the lecture “Reflections on the (Ab)Uses of Philippine History.”
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
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U.S. e-waste wreaks havoc on Southeast Asia’s environment, report finds
www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4...
#ewaste
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4...
#ewaste
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
U.S. e-waste wreaks havoc on Southeast Asia’s environment, report finds
U.S. exports millions of tons of electronic waste to Southeast Asia, worsening environmental damage and public health, says Basel Action Network
www.nationthailand.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
U.S. e-waste wreaks havoc on Southeast Asia’s environment, report finds
www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4...
#ewaste
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4...
#ewaste
#plasticwaste
#plasticpollution
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Reposted by Melissa Lenczewski
SE ASIA RECORD HEAT
Very hot yesterday in Thailand with October records:
37.0 Satun
36.0 Trang
Extremely hot night in SE Asia with Minimums up to 29C in Vietnam,28C Philippines and Indonesia.
Record October hot nights include
Min 27.5C at Cilacap ,Java,Indonesia
Very hot yesterday in Thailand with October records:
37.0 Satun
36.0 Trang
Extremely hot night in SE Asia with Minimums up to 29C in Vietnam,28C Philippines and Indonesia.
Record October hot nights include
Min 27.5C at Cilacap ,Java,Indonesia
October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SE ASIA RECORD HEAT
Very hot yesterday in Thailand with October records:
37.0 Satun
36.0 Trang
Extremely hot night in SE Asia with Minimums up to 29C in Vietnam,28C Philippines and Indonesia.
Record October hot nights include
Min 27.5C at Cilacap ,Java,Indonesia
Very hot yesterday in Thailand with October records:
37.0 Satun
36.0 Trang
Extremely hot night in SE Asia with Minimums up to 29C in Vietnam,28C Philippines and Indonesia.
Record October hot nights include
Min 27.5C at Cilacap ,Java,Indonesia
I’m a happy Polish girl when there is a pierogi food truck at your university. Polish is the third most common language in Illinois.
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m a happy Polish girl when there is a pierogi food truck at your university. Polish is the third most common language in Illinois.
My 1940 Dodge D14 named Darcy is looking great.
September 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My 1940 Dodge D14 named Darcy is looking great.
We are hiring- Department of Philosophy and Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at Northern Illinois University (NIU) invite applications for a joint tenure-track Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professorship in Buddhist Studies, at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin August 16, 2026
Assistant Professor, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor in Buddhist Studies will be an active researcher who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Sout...
employment.niu.edu
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
We are hiring- Department of Philosophy and Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at Northern Illinois University (NIU) invite applications for a joint tenure-track Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professorship in Buddhist Studies, at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin August 16, 2026
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There are strong indications that micro- and nanoplastics exposure negatively impacts human health, but a robust evidence base is lacking. A Review in Nature Medicine focuses on the current state of the science. go.nature.com/47H9Q3s #medsky 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There are strong indications that micro- and nanoplastics exposure negatively impacts human health, but a robust evidence base is lacking. A Review in Nature Medicine focuses on the current state of the science. go.nature.com/47H9Q3s #medsky 🧪
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FLAS and NRC cancelled, seemingly nationwide
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
FLAS and NRC cancelled, seemingly nationwide
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It follows Jingjing Zhang, a lawyer who has spent decades pushing Chinese companies to use better social and environmental practices. Now, she's helping lawyers across the Global South do the same.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...
The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable - Inside Climate News
Jingjing Zhang has fought polluting Chinese companies for decades. Now she’s teaching lawyers across the Global South how to do the same. Her work has never been more urgent.
insideclimatenews.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It follows Jingjing Zhang, a lawyer who has spent decades pushing Chinese companies to use better social and environmental practices. Now, she's helping lawyers across the Global South do the same.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...
It is the end of the Research Experience for Undergraduates. We printed 8 posters. Check back for each poster.
August 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It is the end of the Research Experience for Undergraduates. We printed 8 posters. Check back for each poster.