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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone. Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Watch this video 100 times today!
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Charlotte, creepy doll 🍂 @charonsferry.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Both of these photos are from 2011. The steam railway is now a tourist attraction and believed to be the last such line in China. The high speed train has already been supplanted by newer, faster trains on the same infrastructure. The ways China has transformed boggle my mind.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Even in the most untouched, pristine parts of the world, birds and insects are dying out, fast. And the cause is climate breakdown. How? The finely tuned, interconnected timings are all being disrupted. If larvae or chicks emerge when there's no food, they die. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
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Popular Science @popsci.com · 30/01/2025
GAH. Sorry! We're so sorry. But if we had to look at it, so do you. We don't make the rules of scientific trauma. www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Fungus-infected zombie spiders discovered in Northern Ireland
Gibellula attenboroughii was found in an abandoned gunpowder storeroom.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump just withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization. The US is now the only country in the world besides Liechtenstein to not be a member of the organization.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Gloriously bitchy take-down of Australia’s climate hypocrisy in its bid to host COP31 by the talented satirical @thejuicemedia.bsky.social team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBjy...
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Honest Government Ad | COP31
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
International Law is officially dead, by the West's own hand: The Polish PM declared he will ensure the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Netanyahu's arrest will be ignored when he visits Poland. Meanwhile US Congress imposed sanctions on ICC officials.
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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 10/01/2025
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.
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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
i'm genuinely surprised by the extent of the vibe shift on climate issues over the past year hardly anyone is even pretending to care anymore www.ft.com/content/f0fb...
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BlackRock quits climate change group in latest green climbdown
World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/01/2025
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love. Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below! We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
A list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change at the scale we need to effectively tackle climate change, based on social science.
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Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 11/12/2024
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
This title if the comic is ‘Googling Stuff…’
The comic shows two columns: on the left is “Then” showing search results with one thing listed as “the thing you want”

On the right column is ‘Now’ - also showing search results but in this case it’s a whole bunch of stuff you don’t need:

AI TAKING A WILD STAB AT IT WITH SOME
BLATANT MISINFORMATION

SPONSORED RESULT

SPONSORED RESULT

SPONSORED RESULT

SPONSORED RESULT

PEOPLE ALSO ASK

VIEW PRODUCTS

And then right at the bottom just off screen is ‘the thing you want’
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Just another helpful reminder that a human being on a bicycle is the most efficient amongst all animals and machines in terms of energy consumed in moving a certain distance as a function of body weight. Obvs.
Graph showing all the animals and machines in terms of energy efficiency
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Looks like Australia's public health system works (although could be improved) , and our Covid restrictions had greater positive impacts compared with other countries. (Being a an island-continent also probably helped). I think we need to value it more. As for the USA🫣
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Cat Young @catmyoung.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Tasmania - when the government says it cannot afford to fix the housing crisis or protect our environment, just remind them they are paying $47,534 a week to park a ship in Edinburgh because the port here won't be built till 2027. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Scottish media mark arrival of Spirit of Tasmania ferry 'too big' for Australia as cost revealed
It'll cost at least $47,534 a week, plus costs, for the Spirit of Tasmania IV to berth in Scotland under a 30-day deal struck by the Tasmanian government.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Standing as close as you can to the baggage carousel at an airport is the best way to speed up your luggage’s arrival, new research shows.
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Standing Right Next To Baggage Carousel Makes Luggage Arrive Faster, Study Shows — The Shovel
“The handlers out on the tarmac can see you eagerly standing right up close to the carousel, so they search for your luggage and put it onto the conveyer belt first,” one of the researchers explained.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...
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97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report
How would you tell if information in a post is true or false? Our study tested the ability of 2,115 adult Australians to verify information online.
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If you’ve got kids it’s worth keeping in mind that pretty much all the science is pointing to our society having collapsed before they are the age you are now.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 24/11/2024
New research examines the link between extreme weather and divorce in a small monogamous tropical songbird, the Seychelles warbler. Concerningly, extreme rain and dry spells increased divorce rates.
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‘Divorce’ in songbirds: extreme weather pushes couples past breaking point
New research examines the link between extreme weather and divorce in a small monogamous tropical songbird, the Seychelles warbler. Concerningly, extreme rain and dry spells increased divorce rates.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 22/11/2024
Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered #coal fired power station reneweconomy.com.au/construction...
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Construction begins at giant battery in ACT, as plans unveiled for even bigger battery at Hazelwood
Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered coal fired power station.
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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/10/2024
"On Tuesday, the WA environment minister, Reece Whitby, stood up in parliament and, without any notice, consultation or debate, announced that the WA government was changing its policy around major projects and would no longer seek to regulate their greenhouse gas emissions" 🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒🆒
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Western Australia is tearing up environmental protections – and taking a bet the rest of the country won’t notice | Carmen Lawrence
The state Labor government is steering Australia’s climate policy, letting emissions soar unbridled as it paves the way for massive fossil fuel projects
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
The dangers of a collapse of the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, known as Amoc, have been “greatly underestimated” and would have devastating impacts, according to an open letter by 44 experts. One of the signatories, ⁦‪@rahmstorf‬⁩ tells me why. amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Marnix @marnixz.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
October is orchid season
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Marnix @marnixz.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Spring wildflowers blooming in my local reserve
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2024
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Cybertruck Owner Brags About High-Tech Pedal That Makes Vehicle Accelerate When Pressed
LOS ANGELES—Praising the latest of the car’s bleeding-edge features that felt like they came from the future, Cybertruck owner Anselm Hart bragged to friends Monday about its high-tech pedal that make...
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Marnix @marnixz.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Early spring and early nancies are some of the first wildflowers with heaths which start to flower late winter.
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Marnix @marnixz.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Orchid season has started. Plenty of golden sun orchids around at the moment.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/09/2024
Though Sweden has a reputation as being nature-friendly, the nation has also become a ‘trophy hunter’s paradise’ according to a new op-ed Hunters now routinely kill bear, lynx, wolves, wolverines & numerous other species by the hundreds, despite science and policy:
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Sweden’s reputation as ‘nature friendly’ is being shot to pieces (commentary)
The majority of foreign visitors, and even most Swedish inhabitants, consider their country to be one that values nature. The image is also continually used in popular culture, for example, in the mos...
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Jeff Nascimento @jnascim.info · 01/09/2024
Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is getting out of control. Here is how to to rein him in | Robert Reich
He may be the richest man in the world – but that doesn’t mean we’re powerless to stop him
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
I have an op-ed in Aftenposten (Norwegian) arguing that Norway & its petroleum company Equinor (67% ownership) say one thing, but do another. Equinor has a plan for net zero, yet is full speed ahead on maintaining today's production levels. aftenposten.no/meninger/deb... 1/
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 28/08/2024
Stranded xkcd.com/2978
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Harry Chemay @harrychemay.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
A bit of everything weather-wise this past weekend. 🌞🌧🌩☔️ But that's no big surprise. 🤷‍♂️ "Climate change is upon us. Historical averages are becoming just that: a thing of the past." theconversation.com/40-c-in-augu...
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40°C in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now
Record-breaking winter warmth has been felt across large parts of Australia, with more to come in coming days. A climate scientist explains what’s going on.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
Ouch, at 15 years of age more than one in five Europeans are overweight or obese. That's brutal. Let your kids roam free. Less supervision in the real world, more supervision online 😉 That should force them outdoors 🤔 Source: buff.ly/3zWsOnP
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14/07/2024
Researchers have developed simple, sun-heated shelters that allow frogs to raise their body temperatures & fight off the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. This research comes at a critical time, as two in five amphibian species are now threatened with extinction. Read:
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Frog ‘saunas’ may help threatened frogs fight off deadly fungus
Researchers have developed simple, sun-heated shelters that allow frogs to raise their body temperatures and fight off infections. These frog “saunas” may bring hope for populations threatened by a de...
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ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
The gas companies argued against domestic reservation and signed up to huge, long-term supply contracts with Asian buyers that have underwritten the nearly $70 billion construction bill for vast gas fields and three separate export operations at Gladstone Port. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Yes, we really are dumb enough to import our own gas. Here’s why
There’s plenty of blame to go around for the current mess we’re in.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
The court process is slowly drawing out how the Medibank hack happened, nearly two years on. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Medibank’s lack of multi-factor authentication allowed hackers to infiltrate systems, regulator alleges
Court documents allege insurer’s network was configured so that only a username and password was required to gain access
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
Users of Elon Musk's twitter discovered that any upload of the Nova Music Festival photo is instantly met with a community note no matter what the text says
Javier Milei does not fuck his sister.Elon musk is not a pedophileGeorge W.Bush was legitimately elected PresidentPee is stored in the balls
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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 15/06/2024
Both historically accurate and on point. A rare combo for the tired "Trolley Problem" gag.
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 12/06/2024
lol, lmao petapixel.com/2024/06/12/p...
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Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo
The photographers strike back.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 14/06/2024
The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇲 🇿🇦 🇮🇩 🇵🇰 🇮🇷 🇷🇸 🇲🇽 🇻🇪 🇧🇾 🇷🇺 🇧🇬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCph...
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Honest Government Ad | the state of Democracy™ 🌎
The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ...
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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 11/06/2024
lmao Google's AI is eating itself already -- telling you how much glue to put on pizza, citing a @katienotopoulos.bsky.social Business Insider article about Google's AI telling people to put glue on pizza
Google search query: [how much glue to add to pizza] with an AI Overview saying you should add 1/8 cup of glue, citing a Business Insider article *about* Google AI overviews telling people to put glue on pizza.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 05/06/2024
This #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌏 read about the people in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan who are working with their govt to plant a new forest of drought-resistant plants in the dried-out lakebed of the Aral Sea, to prevent sandstorms and mitigate the health impacts of breathing in the toxic dust. Read:
news.mongabay.com
Uzbekistan plants a forest where a sea once lay
Between the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea, once the lifeblood of peoples in both countries, is parched, shrouded in a layer of toxic salt and dust that’s now taking a heavy toll o...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/06/2024
A recently rediscovered harlequin frog species in Ecuador (tentatively identified as Atelopus guanujo), exemplifies challenges which can include: ❌ intense funding competition ❌ little legal protection ❌ little government support for the imperiled species. Read more:
news.mongabay.com
A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species
When lost or assumed-extinct species are rediscovered, they often face a long rocky road to population recovery — especially if they’re an amphibian.
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
Friday.
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🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Mayor Hidalgo really winning The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
thetimes.co.uk
€225 to park an SUV in Paris for six hours as voters triple fees
City’s voters approve new charges for vehicles over 1.6 tonnes
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14/05/2024
The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia | Kieran Pender and Peter Greste
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The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia | Kieran Pender and Peter Greste
Does it really make our country a better place to imprison a whistleblower whose actions led to public interest reporting on war crimes in Afghanistan? What does it say about our democracy that the first person imprisoned in relation to war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan is not a war criminal, but a whistleblower? What message does it send to prospective whistleblowers, people who might speak up because they see wrongdoing and corruption, when the source for vital public interest reporting by our national broadcaster, the ABC’s Afghan Files, is sent to jail for almost six years? Continue reading...
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