Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 25/02/2025parks.tas.gov.au/be-involved/...parks.tas.gov.au Ancient Huon pines confirmed intact following fire impact assessments | Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania GroupA 3,000-year-old Huon pine and several high-conservation stands of ancient trees have been confirmed to be intact and undamaged by the bushfires impacting Tasmania’s rugged West Coast. 011
Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comOur sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’The black summer bushfires heralded the beginning of a time when we realised the world as we knew it was gone. Five years later, we still space for grief, anger and political action 020
Reposted by Joy McCannTerry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Due to the impeccable timing of a delayed official press release, you probably haven’t heard that 40% of corals on the southern Great Barrier Reef died in 2024 due to record-breaking heat exposure. www.voanews.com/a/surveys-sh...voanews.comSurveys show widespread Great Barrier Reef coral lossResearchers say warming oceans threaten world’s reefs 22577455
Reposted by Joy McCannPaula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 24/12/2024The audacious plan to decorate the world's tallest Christmas tree in remote Tasmania www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...abc.net.auProtesters decorate 80-metre-tall Christmas tree to stop it from getting loggedWhen an 80-metre gum tree in the Tasmanian forest was due to be cut down for logging, conservationists turned it into the world’s tallest Christmas tree. 0124
Reposted by Joy McCannPaula 🌹 @paularose.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comSheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profits 24814
Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Some news from down under! The Unruly Ocean (coauthored with Erika Techera) has just been published by Routledge! Also my plans for a quieter 2025 have been quietly shelved with a Tasmanian State Library & Archives research fellowship on Tasmania’s Antarctic connections. #envhist #envhum #antarctic 0338
Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Good news from Hobartisan Books - the Southern Ocean anthology will be available for sale from bookshops in March 2025. 000
Reposted by Joy McCannDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays. But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all. The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate. www.smh.com.au/environment/...smh.com.auRare glimpse at stunning reef near Woodside’s gas plansScott Reef is, in the words of author Tim Winton, the last “unspoiled” clear-water coral reef in Australia. 9331151
Reposted by Joy McCannGarth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"In the last year Israel has killed 17,500 children in Gaza In Launceston there are 17,000 under 20's Imagine this city with no children Stand up, Speak out Stop the Genocide" 1208
Reposted by Joy McCannLolamarina🦋 @lolamarina.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Dr. Helen Scales is my favorite marine biologist! Please buy anything she writes for holiday giving if you can!! #naturewriting #science #oceans 131
Reposted by Joy McCannDr Annetta Mallon PhD @gdepau.bsky.social · 04/12/2024FFS! Still, I suppose the Tasmanian government needs stadium funding from somewhere... 🤔 We need federal protections for old-growth forests across the country. #politas #auspol #environment #sustainability www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...abc.net.auDocuments reveal plans to make 39,000 hectares of native Tasmanian forest available for loggingRight to information documents have revealed that parcels of native forest that could soon be available for logging in Tasmania contain vast swathes of "old growth" forest and threatened species. The ... 52916
Reposted by Joy McCannRon Baumann @theronbaumann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Australia! Don't become America. It's time for some serious election propaganda. Please share. youtu.be/-oxQ5fmiI9M?...youtu.beHonest Government Ad | 2025 ElectionYouTube video by thejuicemedia 27945
Reposted by Joy McCannAustralian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024🌊 "Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia’s backyard. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet alone holds enough water to raise global sea levels by approximately 50m if completely melted." www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...abc.net.auUnprecedented changes in Antarctica ice prompt researchers to issue emergency statementHundreds of polar researchers issue an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate change in Antarctica. 28465
Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024A brilliant ‘talk’ from one of the world’s Antarctic sea ice experts as part of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference in Hobart this week. 011
Reposted by Joy McCannJoy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project. 111
Joy McCann @mjmccann.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project. 111