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The Christmas Tree in Space
December 24, 2024 at 11:41 AM
The Christmas Tree in Space
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Will miners finally start harvesting metals from the seabed in 2025?
The international community seems no closer to an agreement on code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to acting unilaterally
www.newscientist.com/article/2460...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The international community seems no closer to an agreement on code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to acting unilaterally
www.newscientist.com/article/2460...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Will miners finally start harvesting metals from the seabed in 2025?
The international community seems no closer to an agreement on a code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to countries acting unilaterally
www.newscientist.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Will miners finally start harvesting metals from the seabed in 2025?
The international community seems no closer to an agreement on code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to acting unilaterally
www.newscientist.com/article/2460...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The international community seems no closer to an agreement on code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to acting unilaterally
www.newscientist.com/article/2460...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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HOW PREDATORY CAPITALISTS ARE WEAPONIZING THE RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
In case you missed it, this exposé by Whitney Webb is an important read to understand how the climate crisis has been weaponized. unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/inve...
In case you missed it, this exposé by Whitney Webb is an important read to understand how the climate crisis has been weaponized. unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/inve...
Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup
Latin America is quietly being forced into a carbon market scheme through regional contractual obligations – enforced by the satellites of a US intelligence-linked firm – which seeks to create an inte...
unlimitedhangout.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:13 AM
HOW PREDATORY CAPITALISTS ARE WEAPONIZING THE RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
In case you missed it, this exposé by Whitney Webb is an important read to understand how the climate crisis has been weaponized. unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/inve...
In case you missed it, this exposé by Whitney Webb is an important read to understand how the climate crisis has been weaponized. unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/inve...
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🚨 The first preliminary analysis from the Japan Meteorological Agency highlights 2024 as the warmest year on record globally (since at least 1891 in this data).
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
December 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
🚨 The first preliminary analysis from the Japan Meteorological Agency highlights 2024 as the warmest year on record globally (since at least 1891 in this data).
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
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📣 After almost five years of campaigning, the Climate and Nature Bill now has a chance to progress through Parliament.
✍️ Can you email your MP, and ask them to support—and vote for—the #CANBill at its pivotal Second Reading on 24 January?
📧 action.zerohour.uk
✍️ Can you email your MP, and ask them to support—and vote for—the #CANBill at its pivotal Second Reading on 24 January?
📧 action.zerohour.uk
December 28, 2024 at 3:59 PM
📣 After almost five years of campaigning, the Climate and Nature Bill now has a chance to progress through Parliament.
✍️ Can you email your MP, and ask them to support—and vote for—the #CANBill at its pivotal Second Reading on 24 January?
📧 action.zerohour.uk
✍️ Can you email your MP, and ask them to support—and vote for—the #CANBill at its pivotal Second Reading on 24 January?
📧 action.zerohour.uk
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Is eating animals worth the price of polluted air & water, nature loss, climate change, use of 75%+ of our land (in the UK), deforestation, superbugs, poor health (at current consumption levels) and the next pandemic?
The new year is good time to cut down…
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
The new year is good time to cut down…
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human infection in US, CDC says
Mutations are rare but have been reported in some cases in other countries and most often in extreme infections
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Is eating animals worth the price of polluted air & water, nature loss, climate change, use of 75%+ of our land (in the UK), deforestation, superbugs, poor health (at current consumption levels) and the next pandemic?
The new year is good time to cut down…
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
The new year is good time to cut down…
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people CHOICES to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
December 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people CHOICES to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
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Whale entanglements are at a six year high. Preliminary data released by NOAA Fisheries shows that 34 whales have been confirmed entangled in fishing gear off the U.S. West Coast in 2024.
You can help stop this. ⬇️⬇️ act.biologicaldiversity.org/rmWCBU25gk-4...
You can help stop this. ⬇️⬇️ act.biologicaldiversity.org/rmWCBU25gk-4...
Speak Up for Whale-Safe Fishing Gear
Each year hundreds of thousands of sea creatures get caught in commercial fishing gear lines, which can starve, wound, suffocate and even drown them. Thankfully, there’s a solution that will protect w...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
December 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Whale entanglements are at a six year high. Preliminary data released by NOAA Fisheries shows that 34 whales have been confirmed entangled in fishing gear off the U.S. West Coast in 2024.
You can help stop this. ⬇️⬇️ act.biologicaldiversity.org/rmWCBU25gk-4...
You can help stop this. ⬇️⬇️ act.biologicaldiversity.org/rmWCBU25gk-4...
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Surprise, surprise...
Catch-and-release angling harms the fish (who feel pain, as has been clearly established), and those who survive the ordeal are likely to develop "hook shyness"
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Catch-and-release angling harms the fish (who feel pain, as has been clearly established), and those who survive the ordeal are likely to develop "hook shyness"
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Uncovering Hidden Consequences of Catch-and-Release Sport Fishing | UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst researchers have led the first study to examine the effect of a temporary halt in sportfishing, which shows that the giant trevally fishery in Seychelles is sensitive to angling pressure...
www.umass.edu
December 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Surprise, surprise...
Catch-and-release angling harms the fish (who feel pain, as has been clearly established), and those who survive the ordeal are likely to develop "hook shyness"
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Catch-and-release angling harms the fish (who feel pain, as has been clearly established), and those who survive the ordeal are likely to develop "hook shyness"
www.umass.edu/news/article...
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We can't afford the rich
December 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
We can't afford the rich
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Marmosets call each other by ‘names’ with distinct vocalizations: Marmosets use personalized calls to address others, suggesting advanced communication skills and potential precursors to human language.
#MarmosetCommunication #PrimateVocalization #AnimalNames #PheeCalls #SocialPrimates #EarthDotCom
#MarmosetCommunication #PrimateVocalization #AnimalNames #PheeCalls #SocialPrimates #EarthDotCom
Marmosets call each other by 'names' with distinct vocalizations
Marmosets use personalized calls to address others, suggesting advanced communication skills and potential precursors to human language.
www.earth.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Marmosets call each other by ‘names’ with distinct vocalizations: Marmosets use personalized calls to address others, suggesting advanced communication skills and potential precursors to human language.
#MarmosetCommunication #PrimateVocalization #AnimalNames #PheeCalls #SocialPrimates #EarthDotCom
#MarmosetCommunication #PrimateVocalization #AnimalNames #PheeCalls #SocialPrimates #EarthDotCom
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World Bank Pushes Consumerism in China
Economists at the World Bank suggest China "unlock greater domestic consumption—a key pillar for rebalancing the economy toward more sustainable, domestic demand-driven growth." They do this knowing that consumerism is a major driver of the climate crisis.
Economists at the World Bank suggest China "unlock greater domestic consumption—a key pillar for rebalancing the economy toward more sustainable, domestic demand-driven growth." They do this knowing that consumerism is a major driver of the climate crisis.
December 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
World Bank Pushes Consumerism in China
Economists at the World Bank suggest China "unlock greater domestic consumption—a key pillar for rebalancing the economy toward more sustainable, domestic demand-driven growth." They do this knowing that consumerism is a major driver of the climate crisis.
Economists at the World Bank suggest China "unlock greater domestic consumption—a key pillar for rebalancing the economy toward more sustainable, domestic demand-driven growth." They do this knowing that consumerism is a major driver of the climate crisis.
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CHINA STRIVES TO BECOME A SCIENCE NATION
China's Science and Technology Popularization Law was revised for the first time amid the country's rapid advancements in high-tech fields.
China's Science and Technology Popularization Law was revised for the first time amid the country's rapid advancements in high-tech fields.
December 26, 2024 at 12:55 AM
CHINA STRIVES TO BECOME A SCIENCE NATION
China's Science and Technology Popularization Law was revised for the first time amid the country's rapid advancements in high-tech fields.
China's Science and Technology Popularization Law was revised for the first time amid the country's rapid advancements in high-tech fields.
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Never forget.
December 22, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Never forget.
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The Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is erupting again.
December 23, 2024 at 8:20 PM
The Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is erupting again.
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Our latest online newsletter, Endangered Earth Online just dropped yesterday. You're not going to want to miss this edition full of some good news for a lot of species.
Check it out and be sure to sign up so you never miss out on our latest in conservation updates. ⬇️
Check it out and be sure to sign up so you never miss out on our latest in conservation updates. ⬇️
Glad tidings for hellbenders
This month the Center for Biological Diversity has won new protections or proposals for 15 species (counting the monarchs and giraffes we’ve already told you about). Those successes include proposed E...
www.biologicaldiversity.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Our latest online newsletter, Endangered Earth Online just dropped yesterday. You're not going to want to miss this edition full of some good news for a lot of species.
Check it out and be sure to sign up so you never miss out on our latest in conservation updates. ⬇️
Check it out and be sure to sign up so you never miss out on our latest in conservation updates. ⬇️
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Juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus) are always a challenge to photograph. They live in habitats of high complexity and swim very fast in and out of cracks and holes on the reef. But when you get a good shot, you can see that they are simply stunning.
December 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus) are always a challenge to photograph. They live in habitats of high complexity and swim very fast in and out of cracks and holes on the reef. But when you get a good shot, you can see that they are simply stunning.
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Global Environment Facility Babysteps Forward
The GEF decided to improve the way it functions and make it easier to get funding to the most needy nations, but still lacks the needed funding.
enb.iisd.org/global-envir...
The GEF decided to improve the way it functions and make it easier to get funding to the most needy nations, but still lacks the needed funding.
enb.iisd.org/global-envir...
December 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Global Environment Facility Babysteps Forward
The GEF decided to improve the way it functions and make it easier to get funding to the most needy nations, but still lacks the needed funding.
enb.iisd.org/global-envir...
The GEF decided to improve the way it functions and make it easier to get funding to the most needy nations, but still lacks the needed funding.
enb.iisd.org/global-envir...
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How much energy does it take to make one hamburger? The answer hard to believe: Discover how livestock farming drives 60% of agriculture's energy footprint, largely fueled by fossil fuels.
#BeefProduction #EnvironmentalImpact #ResourceIntensive #SustainableEating #ClimateChange #EarthDotCom
#BeefProduction #EnvironmentalImpact #ResourceIntensive #SustainableEating #ClimateChange #EarthDotCom
How much energy does it take to make one hamburger? The answer hard to believe
The entire lifecycle of raising animals for beef production consumes a very substantial amount of energy, mostly coming from fossil fuels.
www.earth.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:07 PM
How much energy does it take to make one hamburger? The answer hard to believe: Discover how livestock farming drives 60% of agriculture's energy footprint, largely fueled by fossil fuels.
#BeefProduction #EnvironmentalImpact #ResourceIntensive #SustainableEating #ClimateChange #EarthDotCom
#BeefProduction #EnvironmentalImpact #ResourceIntensive #SustainableEating #ClimateChange #EarthDotCom
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Mysterious Frozen Lake a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago
A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.
www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-f...
A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.
www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-f...
Mysterious Frozen Lake Is a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago
A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.
www.sciencealert.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Mysterious Frozen Lake a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago
A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.
www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-f...
A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.
www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-f...
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Wildlife crossings save human and animal lives and help reconnect fragmented habitats (which becomes even more important in a changing climate!). Great thread on a big round of funding announced today for new crossing projects benefiting red wolves, Florida panthers and more.
Big news on the #roadecology front: USDOT just announced recipients for the latest round of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, its $350 million grant initiative funding safe passage around the country. A quick thread about what got funded (and what didn’t):
highways.dot.gov/federal-land...
highways.dot.gov/federal-land...
December 20, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Wildlife crossings save human and animal lives and help reconnect fragmented habitats (which becomes even more important in a changing climate!). Great thread on a big round of funding announced today for new crossing projects benefiting red wolves, Florida panthers and more.
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NEW LOACH DISCOVERED IN BORNEO
Kapuasia falaris, a loach with a distinctive and striking colour
pattern have recently been collected in the Barito drainage
of Borneo. Borneo is home to many unique fishes found nowhere else. Tragically, too many are becoming extinct before they are even known.
Kapuasia falaris, a loach with a distinctive and striking colour
pattern have recently been collected in the Barito drainage
of Borneo. Borneo is home to many unique fishes found nowhere else. Tragically, too many are becoming extinct before they are even known.
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
NEW LOACH DISCOVERED IN BORNEO
Kapuasia falaris, a loach with a distinctive and striking colour
pattern have recently been collected in the Barito drainage
of Borneo. Borneo is home to many unique fishes found nowhere else. Tragically, too many are becoming extinct before they are even known.
Kapuasia falaris, a loach with a distinctive and striking colour
pattern have recently been collected in the Barito drainage
of Borneo. Borneo is home to many unique fishes found nowhere else. Tragically, too many are becoming extinct before they are even known.