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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace, Queen 💔

NPR @npr.org · 7d

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

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.

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 9d

demais!! obrigada!

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 9d

caraca, que super! obrigada pelo toque!

Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 13d

Great to talk to Prof. Guimarães for @nature.com and share her research and advocacy for women and girls in #STEM. So much we don't know about the historical contributions of Black people to science!Thanks for your careful editing, @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social! :)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Computing is a Black people’s thing’

Passionate about making smaller and more efficient semiconductors, physicist Sonia Guimarães is a relentless voice for equity in Brazilian science.

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Podcast Ciência Suja @cienciasuja.bsky.social · 21d

O Ciência Suja é finalista do Prêmio Einstein Mais Admirados da Imprensa de Saúde, Ciência e Bem-estar, do @portaldosjornalistas.com.br.web.brid.gy 😊✨
O Theo, @chloepinheiro.bsky.social e @meghier.bsky.social também estão concorrendo!
Dá pra votar até sexta-feira aqui: bit.ly/4pnT6oh

Os Jornalistas +Admirados do Brasil

Esta página foi construída para abrigar a votação de todos os prêmios da série +Admirados, que visa reconhecer e homenagear os profissionais +Admirados de cada editoria do jornalismo Brasileiro

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Jesse Wise @jessewise.bsky.social · 27d

Good reporting on an attribution study from @nature.com:
🫠 Emissions from each of the 14 biggest #fossilFuel Firms made >50 heatwaves otherwise near-impossible
📈 Exxon & Aramco made 51 #heatwaves ≥10,000× likelier
🔥180 companies caused ~½ the rise in intensity (forest loss most of the rest)

Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 28d

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time #Climate

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 27d

As U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright lobbies for more fossil fuels in Europe, climate experts are warning his pro-fossil fuel arguments are based on disinformation, including a misleading climate report his department published this summer.

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Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe - Inside Climate News

European climate experts say the pro-fossil fuel arguments are based on climate disinformation.

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 18

"I love to tell people is that computing is a Black people’s thing"

Passionate about making smaller and more efficient semiconductors, physicist Sonia Guimarães is a relentless voice for equity in Brazilian science.

go.nature.com/4oxew1E

‘Computing is a Black people’s thing’

Passionate about making smaller and more efficient semiconductors, physicist Sonia Guimarães is a relentless voice for equity in Brazilian science.

go.nature.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 27

Deforestation kills more than trees.

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds

Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find

www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nice frog; big.

The world's biggest frogs build their own ponds

Goliath frogs excavate meter-long pools and guard their tadpoles through the night

www.science.org

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Aug 20

quero!

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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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Nature @nature.com · Aug 14

At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies

go.nature.com/3HBh8ej

Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities

At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 18

Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Aug 15

What a chilling, absolutely heartbreaking account of the world's failure in reaching a decent treaty (a treaty at all) to curb plastic pollution. This, my friends, is what efficient lobbying looks like: the interest of a very few at the expense of the whole humanity
www.linkedin.com/posts/kiara-...

Brutal. | Kiara Worth | 11 comments

Brutal. That’s the only way to describe today. I fell asleep around 3:30am and when the Secretariat phoned at 4:50 to say plenary would start at 5:30, I knew it wasn’t good. When I walked in, the e...

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Aug 14

Current US policies on science and immigration are forcing early-career researchers to choose other countries for their international study seasons. This is true for Brazilian PhD candidates and a few official numbers picture the trend. My latest for Nature magazine: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities

At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies.

www.nature.com

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 14

How can humans trust machines to do important jobs unless they feel confident the machines have the same values and goals? Recent work shows that this “alignment” is highly unstable.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side.

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great to be a coauthor of this new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com which provides a comprehensive set of solutions to bend the land degradation curve & leverage the transformation of global #food systems. #land #climate #biodiversity @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Aug 14

To meet the targets of the #UN Rio Conventions (#UNCCD, #UNFCCC & #CBD) we must bend the curve of land degradation. Our latest Review in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature discusses how to do it by 2050 by urgently transforming global food systems rdcu.be/eACfr #KAUST

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · Jul 22

💰 Social media companies including Meta, X, and YouTube are allowing climate conspiracy theories about extreme weather spread unchecked as disasters unfold.

New research by @counterhate.com exposes how these companies profit while public safety is put at risk

Meta, X & YouTube Threaten Public Safety by Enabling and Profiting from False Claims During Catastrophic Weather Events — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH

Press release: New CCDH research reveals social media companies are allowing false and misleading claims about extreme weather spread unchecked.

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Jul 11

A pleasure to contribute with Eos in reporting on a very little known issue. :)

Eos @eos.org · Jul 10

Mud volcanoes can be hazardous. Knowing where they are is a first step toward mapping that hazard.

Story by @meghier.bsky.social

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Mapping Mud Volcanoes in Shallow Seas - Eos

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, undiscovered, in the deep ocean.

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Jul 4

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Jul 3

Weren't it for the curiosity of the Amarandubinha community, we'd never know of these urns found in the Amazon. They don't resemble any known ceramic tradition in the forest and their discovery is a great example of scientist-community collaboration. ❤️
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

A tree fell in the Amazon—and revealed mysterious urns of ancient human remains

Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Josie, appreciate your hat tip! <3 Dr Guidon was truly phenomenal!

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Jul 3

Niède Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist who has died aged 92, studied cave paintings, hearths & worked stones in the state of Piauí in northeastern Brazil, found evidence that the region might have been occupied more than 30,000 years ago, writes @meghier.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Niède Guidon obituary: Brazilian archaeologist who upended ideas on early human migration

Researcher used carbon dating to provide evidence that humans had arrived in Brazil much earlier than previously thought.

www.nature.com

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Siri Carpenter @siricarpenter.bsky.social · Jun 28

As Jeanne says, @theopennotebook.bsky.social began 15 years ago as a labor of love. But it takes more than love to put together the hundreds of articles, courses, mentoring programs and more that TON offers. To be blunt, it takes money. We could use your help! www.theopennotebook.com/donate

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