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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 14h

Upwelling Failure

For the first time since records began, the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Gulf of Panama failed to emerge from depths of the ocean to rise to the surface.

Finding highlights climate’s impact on fundamental oceanic processes.

#Chlorophyll
LEARN: stri.si.edu/story/upwell...

Chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans around Panama (blue = low, red = high) in February 2024, showing peak productivity in the Gulf of Panama during a period of typical upwelling. Credit: Aaron O’Dea

Extremely low chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans around Panama (blue = low, red = high) in February 2025, revealing the failure of the 2025 upwelling in the Gulf of Panama—for the first time in at least 40 years. Credit: Aaron O’Dea

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 2d

Harvest Moon

No matter how far apart we are, we are always under the same moon.

October 6, 2025
#HarvestMoon #MidAutumnFestival #FullMoon

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Harvest Moon

No matter how far apart we are, we are always under the same moon.

October 6, 2025
#HarvestMoon #MidAutumnFestival #FullMoon

Photo: Full Moon above Planet Earth.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 4d

Indications of accelerated global warming.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 13d

This all indicates that the rate of warming could even be higher than I linearly extrapolated here, based on research by Grant Forster and @rahmstorf.bsky.social (who determined the global warming rate by corrected for natural variables), as the subtext included from the paper already warned:

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 5d

Imelda Absorbs Humberto’s Remnants

• Hurricanes #Imelda & #Humberto traveling in western Atlantic.
• Humberto dissipates & gets assimilated by Imelda.

Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2025 UTC

Extratropical Transition
#Hurricane #TropicalCyclone
CSU/CIRA&NOAA
Learn More: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/hurric...

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall

1934-2025

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall Releases Chimp

I had the opportunity to meet her many years ago while attending one of her presentations with "Roots & Shoots" at my sons international school in Asia at the time.

youtu.be/bCVmfDuRpBc

Jane Goodall Releases Chimp

YouTube video by Chuck Brown

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 15d

Mainstream Media

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 16d

Mainstream Media

Owned and operated by corporations to promote and influence for their own corporate interests and financial gain.

Big Five U.S.
#CorporateMedia #MainstreamMedia #Disney #ABC

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 16d

Mainstream Media

Owned and operated by corporations to promote and influence for their own corporate interests and financial gain.

Big Five U.S.
#CorporateMedia #MainstreamMedia #Disney #ABC

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 18d

NSIDC states that Arctic sea ice reached its minimum of 4.6 million sq. km on Sept 10. Do you know the reason for the difference from this data?

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 18d

🚨 It's official - 2025 observed the 10th lowest annual minimum #Arctic sea ice extent (statistical tie). My next blog will focus on this past summer season.

This minimum was set 4 days earlier than average.

For more information: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...)

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 18d

Here’s the latest visualization from NASA SVS reflecting the Arctic sea ice from maximum in March to minimum extent reached September 10.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 19d

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent 2025

• Arctic Sea Ice maximum extent March 22, 2025 to minimum extent reached September 10, 2025.
• In the 47-year-satellite record, 19 lowest minimums have all occurred in last 19 years.

*Appreciation much obliged!

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#Arctic #SeaIce
MORE: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5583/

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 19d

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent 2025

4.60 million square kilometers
September 10, 2025
Yellow Line: 1981-2010 Avg Min

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#Arctic #SeaIce
Learn More: nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent 2025

4.60 million square kilometers
September 10, 2025
Yellow Line: 1981-2010 Avg Mind

Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 19d

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent 2025

• Arctic Sea Ice maximum extent March 22, 2025 to minimum extent reached September 10, 2025.
• In the 47-year-satellite record, 19 lowest minimums have all occurred in last 19 years.

*Appreciation much obliged!

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#Arctic #SeaIce
MORE: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5583/

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 22d

Ozone Hole Development 2025

Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Area

Ozone hole presented an early development, reaching a larger-than-average area mid-September.

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#OzoneHole #WorldOzoneDay #CopernicusAtmosphere
CAMS/ECMWF
LEARN MORE: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...

Ozone Hole Development 2025

Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Area

During the Southern Hemisphere spring season (August - October) the ozone hole over the Antarctic increases in size, reaching a maximum between mid-September and mid-October. When temperatures high up in the atmosphere (stratosphere) start to rise in late Southern Hemisphere spring, ozone depletion slows, the polar vortex weakens and finally breaks down, and by the end of December ozone levels have returned to normal. Since the ban on halocarbons, the ozone layer has slowly been recovering; the data clearly show a trend in decreasing area of the ozone hole. The ozone hole area is calculated as the area with ozone values below 220 DU south of 60S.
Credit: CAMS/ECMWF

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 22d

Ozone Hole Development 2025

2025 ozone hole presented an early development, larger-than-average area mid-September.

Current ongoing #Antarctic ozone hole as 3D rendered animation below, thru 15 Sep 2025.

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#OzoneHole #WorldOzoneDay
CAMS/ECMWF
LEARN MORE: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 23d

"...certain scientists and politicians decided to join forces, which actually resulted in the humanity's most successful and most remarkable environmental story."

-Anton Petrov referring to signing of Vienna Convention, and groundwork for Montreal Protocol.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 25d

Global banking giants financing the fossil fuel industry.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 28d

Financing of Fossil Fuel Industry by Banks Worldwide 2016 to 2024

• JPMorgan Chase, USD 53.5 billion 2024 alone. USD 192.3 billion 2021-2024.
• Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America, RBC, EACH exceeding USD 100 billion 2021-2024.

#FossilFuels #Emissions
Aug 2025
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Financing of fossil fuel industry by selected banks worldwide from 2016 to 2024 in billion U.S. dollars

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 19, 2025

JPMorgan Chase financed the global fossil fuel sector to the tune of 53.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2024 alone. The American banking giant's fossil fuel financing reached 192.3 billion U.S. dollars between 2021 and 2024. Other well-known banks such as Wells Fargo, Citi, Bank of America, and RBC followed closely behind, with each one managing to lend or underwrite a total sum exceeding 100 billion U.S. dollars to fossil fuel companies between 2021 and 2024. © Statista 2025

Release date
June 2025

Region
Worldwide

Survey time period
2016 to 2024

Supplementary notes

Bank financing for approximately 2,730 subsidiaries of 1,800 parent companies active across the fossil fuel life cycle.

Figures prior to 2021 were collected from previous reports.

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 26d

In the Netherlands, you will often see paths such as this one. Separated, wide, and surrounded by greenery. By making cycling infrastructure safe and enjoyable, it is less of a hurdle to travel by bike.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 27d

Never fear, we’ll make it with the great support of global banking giants financing the fossil fuel industry.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 28d

Financing of Fossil Fuel Industry by Banks Worldwide 2016 to 2024

• JPMorgan Chase, USD 53.5 billion 2024 alone. USD 192.3 billion 2021-2024.
• Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America, RBC, EACH exceeding USD 100 billion 2021-2024.

#FossilFuels #Emissions
Aug 2025
www.statista.com/statistics/1...

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · 28d

Financing of Fossil Fuel Industry by Banks Worldwide 2016 to 2024

• JPMorgan Chase, USD 53.5 billion 2024 alone. USD 192.3 billion 2021-2024.
• Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America, RBC, EACH exceeding USD 100 billion 2021-2024.

#FossilFuels #Emissions
Aug 2025
www.statista.com/statistics/1...

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 29d

And just like that, we're back to the school run and the usual grind 🤯.

How did you get to school today? Did you know that travelling actively to school improves mood, behaviour & confidence, increases attention levels & enhances performance?

Here's to a new school year!

(1st pic: Crispin Hughes)

Two children cycling on a road. The text says "back to school".

Two children walking on the pavement next to queuing traffic. The text says "back to school".

Families and children crossing a road outside a school.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Car exhaust. Factory smoke. Wildfire haze. Chances are, no matter where on Earth you live, you’re exposed to some form of air pollution almost every day.

The consequences of this pollution can be debilitating – and deadly.

#AirPollution
Learn More: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

10 things you should know about air pollution

Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air, here’s a look at what causes air pollution, what it does to people and how the world can rein it in.

www.unep.org

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Earth

Rotating 3D Earth with clouds, atmosphere, and night lights.

“On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

#Earth #BlueMarble
NASA SVS
Learn, View, Download: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5570/

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Kīlauea Volcano

• Episode 32, Kīlauea's ongoing summit eruption, see above post.
• Tephra (#pyroclastic material produced by an explosive volcanic eruption) from lava fountain visibly lofted high into the air by buoyant degassing.

#Volcano #Kīlauea #Geology #Hawaii
USGS photo by C. Cauley

September 2, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 32

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists documented episode 32 of Kīlauea's ongoing summit eruption from the Kīlauea Overlook within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. There, tephra from the lava fountain was visibly lofted high into the air by buoyant degassing during the eruption. USGS photo by C. Cauley.

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Ken Davis @wayfarer-wanderer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kīlauea Volcano

• Ep. 32, Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended Sep 2.
• Spectacular lava fountaining, crater floor flows.
• ~12.5 million cubic yards of lava, enough to fill a hole the size of a football field one mile deep!

#Volcano #Kīlauea #Geology #Hawaii
USGS
Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...

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