Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 6hHave you looked up the last couple of nights? The moon has been very bright. The moon is always bright in Kenya, but here in Argyll there is often so much cloud I forget the moon is even there. Not so over this last full moon period however, which has coincided with a spell of good weather. 000
Reposted by Emma RedfernMongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026Rescued from wildlife traffickers in 2016 and reintroduced to the wild in 2024, a critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla named Lulingu has given birth in DRC’s Virunga National Park. Conservationists say the birth marks a major milestone for the world’s largest primate. mongabay.cc/M62FJ2mongabay.ccReintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’Lulingu, a Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei), was reintroduced to Virunga National Park, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024. In May 2026, Lulingu gave birth to a new baby, bringing… 02111
Reposted by Emma RedfernReuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026JUST IN: King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said reut.rs/4e5QO94 8460126
Reposted by Emma RedfernOlng'arua School and Community Education Centre @olngarua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rich countries take scenes like this for granted in their schools. Of course there is time to play and experiment with art materials. It is regarded as an important part of early childhood education. Yet it is almost completely lacking in most schools in poor countries. Could there be a link? 013
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The low pressure system is passing us by to the west and the worst of the wind is out beyond those islands. Even so is a bit breezy here this afternoon, with some strong gusts, and the light is moody. Argyll, Scotland. 032
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today was dreich! Which of course is not uncommon in Argyll. Until about 5pm, when the sun came out and everything was lit up with golden light and the colours of autumn. Lovely. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nature will find a way, just so long as we get out of the way! Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/rain...optimistdaily.comRainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist DailyA major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone. 021
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They drilled for oil in the Chalbi Desert in northern Kenya in the 80s. They found no oil but left behind a 40 year legacy of cancer and unexplained livestock death. BP is using all its power to avoid responsibility and the Kenyan Government simply ignores it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgiI...youtube.comIsiolo court hears landmark pollution case pitting BP against 299 Marsabit residentsYouTube video by NTV Kenya 000
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Renewable energy isn't automatically great for the environment, we need to make it that way. This article is full of positive lessons being learned in the offshore wind industry. - The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms atmos.earth/science-and-...atmos.earthThe Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | AtmosOffshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit. 001
Reposted by Emma RedfernDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Half of England now officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought - “flash drought” developed quickly because of unusually low recent rainfall and very high temperatures (and despite wet winter) #climatecrisis Story by @pippaneill.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHalf of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ droughtEnvironment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of water 13922
Reposted by Emma RedfernGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOrganic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickensAdopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests 821706471
Reposted by Emma RedfernOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"Starting July 19, 2026, the European Union officially banned large fashion companies from destroying unsold clothes, shoes, and accessories. Instead of sending perfectly good products to landfills or burning them, companies must now donate, recycle, or repurpose them." via No one Cares 31143143963
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Yellow-necked spurfowl outside my house, back when things were green. substack.com/@rememberthe...substack.comEmma Redfern (@rememberthegoat)These are some yellow-necked spurfowl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-necked_spurfowl I never thought much about the names of birds until I came to live in Kenya. In the UK we have birds with n... 000
Reposted by Emma RedfernGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George MonbiotThere are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 471222690
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Muddy, and a little bit grumpy. Stand well back. Ngare Ndare Forest. Meru County. Kenya. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I love this! Solar panels between train tracks in Switzerland. For congested countries, where land is already parcelled up and used, this is a great idea. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/emission...swissinfo.chSolar energy from railways shows first positive results in SwitzerlandThe world’s first removable solar power plant, installed alongside a railway line, is now operational in Switzerland. It is attracting interest in Italy, France and Asia. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A June evening in Argyll, Scotland. Just before 10pm, waiting for the sun to set. 010
Reposted by Emma RedfernLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comA picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four yearsIn at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women. 2418571137
Reposted by Emma RedfernMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026NATO fighter jets have been scrambled after Lithuania's Crisis Management Center issued an alert to Vilnius residents about a suspected military drone in Lithuanian airspace. 12606175
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate - A government funded study.... docs.house.gov/meetings/ju/...docs.house.gov 000
Reposted by Emma RedfernProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026📣 Just out: our new study on the 'cold blob' in the Northern Atlantic. Is that due to ocean currents bringing less heat there, or due to more heat being lost through the sea surface? Our data analysis strongly suggests it's due to #AMOC slowing. 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 7314169
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This is completely crazy! easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...easternherald.comThe US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor NetworkNSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Already this year a town in northern Kenya, Mandera, has recorded the highest ever June temperature in the country. Now we have an El Niño, and while climate changes make the impacts less predictable, we can be fairly sure it's just going to get hotter. 110
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We knew it was coming, now it's official. El Niño conditions have been met in the Pacific. Will the expected extreme weather events bring the world's crazy politicians to their senses? Almost certainly not. www.noaa.gov/news-release...noaa.govEl Nino forms, expected to strengthen, say NOAA forecastersProlonged period of above-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific expected to peak this winter 85520
Reposted by Emma RedfernSchool of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology @soest.hawaii.edu · 09/06/2026New research from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa reveals that tectonic stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California has reached historically high levels, suggesting the potential for a large, damaging rupture that could impact Los Angeles and vicinity. 🧪soest.hawaii.eduStress is accumulating in ‘earthquake gate’ of San Andreas fault systemNew research led by earth scientists at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa revealed that tectonic stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California has now reached... 1016253
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A perfect, calm summer evening in the Sound of Jura on the west coast of Scotland. 000
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is peak wildflower time on the west coast of Scotland. The early flowers, like primroses, are still out, the later ones, such as this sea pink, are just getting into their stride. 010
Reposted by Emma RedfernDogma2097 @dogma2097.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It's not Giant Pandas, but there's currently more Sumatran Tigers in Scotland than Reform MSPs. And if that changes in the next couple of hours, I have an interesting plan. 111
Reposted by Emma RedfernRemember the Goat @rememberthegoat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Laikipia, Kenya. Both these photos were taken yesterday, about 50m apart. One area was fenced 6 months ago, the other open to communal grazing. In much of Kenya's rangeland, land restoration doesn't need complex or expensive action. You just need to keep the livestock off. #landrestoration 073
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The rains have come early this year, very early. Here, on the equator, weather and the seasons used to be predictable to within a day or two. Now they are out by up to a month, or no longer have recognizable patterns. #climatechange #Kenya #Africa 020
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Sudan. We should not look away. Despite all the other crises, this is happening on our watch. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘They were chanting as they killed people in their homes’: survivors describe attack on Sudan’s Zamzam campOn 11 April Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries attacked the country’s largest displacement camp. The extent of the brutality remains unclear, but some accounts are now emerging 031
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 26/03/2025An elephant, a sunset and the Ewaso Nyiro river. Bliss. #Kenya 040
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 26/03/2025We need to pay closer attention to Svalbard. - Because Russia certainly is. www.politico.eu/article/we-n...politico.euWe need to pay closer attention to SvalbardNATO members and other allies would do well to start thinking about how they’d respond if Russia took action against one of its most remote geographies. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Cameroon’s Baka people say they are part of the forest: that’s why they look after it "Sharing should take place with other people, forest spirits and animals, but also with ancestors and future generations" theconversation.com/cameroons-ba...theconversation.comCameroon’s Baka people say they are part of the forest: that’s why they look after itThe Baka people of Bemba village, Cameroon, show how sharing is a viable forest management and conservation technique. 020
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sworn in as Namibia’s first female president aje.io/nny36f 000
Reposted by Emma Redfernmeanwhileincanada.bsky.social @meanwhileincanada.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Canada's 10 seasons: Winter Fool's spring (you are here) Second winter Mud, potholes, and allergies Hope Summer False Fall Second summer Fall Hello darkness my old friend 2027026
Reposted by Emma RedfernMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements. 677234307028
Reposted by Emma RedfernAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025California condor rebounds from extinction. In 1987 there were only 22, there are 561 today, with 344 flying free. This recovery stems from innovative breeding techniques, genetic research, and cross-border collaboration between US and Mexican institutions. buff.ly/98BJsxN #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyReturn of the California condorNorth America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its… 1226892
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The volcanic landscape of the lower part of the Nyambene Hills. Scoria cones galore! Very arid, but rain showers in the distance hint that in a few weeks the yellow could turn to green (for a short while). Meru County, #Kenya 000
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Looking north from the volcanic slopes of the Nyambene Hills. Beyond the scoria cones in the forground are the hills of Shaba National Reserve and in the far distance is Ololokwe and Warges in Samburu County. #Kenya 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The United States of America is truly an alternative universe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bedA bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard 000
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This Is Europe’s War Now www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is Europe’s War Now (Gift Article)Ukraine wants a peace deal — it just doesn’t want to end up destroyed by peace’s terms. 010
Emma Redfern @emmaredfern.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Why aren't more people aren't talking about what happened in 2019? When Zelenskyy refused to fabricate evidence against Hunter Biden for Donald Trump. Does DT look like a man who forgives and forgets? He's been looking for ways to humiliate Zelenskyy ever since. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s style of petty domination was in full display with Zelenskyy | Moira DoneganTrump and Vance, I think, never really intended to have a conversation with Zelenskky. Instead, they wanted to look tough on TV 010
Reposted by Emma RedfernAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Until you've led your nation against a brutal invasion for three years, until you've witnessed the aftermath of war crimes in your towns, until you've met thousands of bereaved families of soldiers - you don't get to criticise Zelensky for not sitting silently while Trump and Vance parroted Putin. 18928233
Reposted by Emma RedfernMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The hardliners were rooting for a Trump victory in November because they knew it would accelerate America’s collapse. They were smarter than a lot of American voters. 410315
Reposted by Emma RedfernMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025King Charles will meet Zelenskyy tomorrow. A little bit of a Royal FU to Trump. Smart move. 621284223
Reposted by Emma RedfernMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Macron says he’s prepared to open discussions about France providing a nuclear umbrella for all of Europe. 883075619