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Nathan Ross

@n-j-ross.bsky.social
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I'm interested in photography things, music things, ecology things, climate change things, policy things, and other miscellaneous things.

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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's support folks to replace their carbon-polluting vehicles with clomate-safe alternatives, which, by the way, really do exist.
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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Empire of Grift” by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
Slowly, the Brazilians were learning the same lesson as other American allies around the world: The United States of America is no longer the entity they knew. And American power is no longer deployed solely by trained diplomats and reliable officials, working through state channels. Informal envoys, private companies, online grifters, and hardened ideologues both inside and outside the government matter more. Unlike their predecessors, these people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes, to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals, because, suddenly, they can.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Still having a travel section and encouraging airplane emissions during the climate crisis ...
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When asked if there's hope, my answer is, Only if we are tackling the social licence crisis, which is where we have an ongoing social licence for environmental bads, like fossil fuels, and insufficient social licence and demand for ambitious reforms #climate #nature nathanross.co.nz/2026/09/29/b...
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“But there is hope, right?”
When people learn that my career is about tackling climate change and advancing ecological sustainability, I am sometimes asked, with an agonising, sheepish look, “But there is hope, right?” (Conti…
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This juxtaposition shows why Seymour is not qualified to be in a role where he is responsible for a flourishing nation.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 02/10/2026
Great to see our friends at Vote For Our Environment launching this initiative with the legendary Dame Lynda who is championing the call for a nature-led government in the lead up to the election.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cumulative GDP growth vs nature's decline - a deeply troubling graph that tells the story about the economy's reliance on extracting #nature without any #regeneration
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
Experts report that glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year due to heat waves and low winter snowfall.
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Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw
Experts report that glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year due to heat waves and low winter snowfall.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Elderly Couple (Whirinaki Forest Park) © me #5x4 #4x5 #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #AnaloguePhotography #FilmPhotography #Photography
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Somehow, I feel like I should have shared the original as well. It makes it clearer why it's such high contract - the composition was captured on Fuji Velvia 50.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Elderly Couple (Whirinaki Forest Park) © me #5x4 #4x5 #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #AnaloguePhotography #FilmPhotography #Photography
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 30/09/2026
A +5.34°C Sea Surface Temperature anomaly for the Niño 1 + 2 region! 🌊🌡📈 🤯
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When asked if there's hope, my answer is, Only if we are tackling the social licence crisis, which is where we have an ongoing social licence for environmental bads, like fossil fuels, and insufficient social licence and demand for ambitious reforms #climate #nature nathanross.co.nz/2026/09/29/b...
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“But there is hope, right?”
When people learn that my career is about tackling climate change and advancing ecological sustainability, I am sometimes asked, with an agonising, sheepish look, “But there is hope, right?” (Conti…
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At 90% nylon and 10% polyester, I can hardly think of a better metaphor for humanity's disdain for nature than being able to immerse your whole body in entirely unnecessary vanity plastics.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Waterfall © me Taken on a 5x4, but cropped to square to remove a light leak! #4x5 #5x4 #largeformatphotography #photography #analogue
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
Australian households — world leaders in solar panel installations — are adding new units at the fastest pace in five years, defying forecasts for a slowdown as the grid pivots at pace toward renewables.
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Australia’s World-Leading Household Solar Buildout Continues to Surprise
Australian households — world leaders in solar panel installations — are adding new units at the fastest pace in five years, defying forecasts for a slowdown as the grid pivots at pace toward renewables.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's a sign of what's needed for #ClimateResilience & #ClimateAdaptation (one part of them, anyway). What if they were hot by another disaster before they've recovered from the last one?
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Enga Cultural Show © Nathan Ross #PapuaNewGuinea #Enga #Culture #Indigenous #photography
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A fabulous hike on the Grand Canyon Walk in the Blue Mountains National Park this morning. #rainforest #photography #bluemountains #Australia #nature
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning Sydney
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/09/2026
After spotting an elephant calf struggling in a river, five fishermen set about rescuing the animal by bringing it into their boat. Officials from India’s forest department were then able to reunite the calf with its mother.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I nearly missed #BisexualVisibilityDay / #BiVisibilityDay! Well, here I am, in Bitmoji form, which conveniently removes the greys from my beard. For those who don't know, there are many pride flags and blue, purple and pink is the #bisexual pride flag.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Conflict Islands Hatchling © me This was taken on one of the Conflict Islands, #PapuaNewGuinea The turtle conservation programme involves, among other things, releasing hatchlings when it's safest, and survival rate has increased from <5% to>95%. #photography #sunset #turtles #fujifilm
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
7 years? 2026 is the 130th anniversary of the first peer-reviewed scientific journal article on anthropogenic global warming. And in my 27 year career as a sustainability professional, I've never seen anything move that quickly. Perhaps some optimism bias?
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More and more channels I subscribe to are YouTube are going down the same dank rabbit hole. "Members Only" is just another subscription service. Looking at you @podsaveamerica.crooked.com and @restispolitics.bsky.social. We're being fleeced enough with subscription services already, thanks.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have so many thoughts and yet not a single one of them is positive.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's a surprisingly good analysis of why disinformation campaigns are conducted. TLDR: It's about undermining trust in public institutions and sewing division in certain nations to discredit them and increase other nations' geopolitical influence. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3... @stuff.co.nz
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The absurd conspiracy of Prince George’s ‘older sister’
Baseless secret-sibling claims have emerged in a seemingly coordinated plot by hostile actors using AI to undermine British institutions
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If people insist on calling ibis "bin chickens", I'm forced to call those folks "dumpster monkeys".
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hear today's #BlueskyArtShow theme is #golden, so here's one of many spectacular #sunsets from my balcony when I lived in #PortMoresby #PapuaNewGuinea. The only edit was a slight rotation to get the horizon exactly horizontal. Otherwise it's as it was. #photography.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🌊 For 100 consecutive days, from June 2 to September 10, the global ocean outside the polar regions maintained record-high average sea-surface temperatures, reaching a peak between August 22–27 at 21.18°C. And here comes El Niño. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/glob...
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🤬 Tell me again that our schools shouldn't be teaching boys about respecting girls and women?!
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Frida's Sunflowers © me I made these negatives a long time ago. I can't recall how we came across Frida, somewhere in Central Otago, (maybe Alexandra) in around 2010, but she her home was so photogenic. #photography #largeformatphotography #ebonycamera #4x5 #5x4 #analogue #filmphotography
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Snow Tussock Grassland, Lindis Pass, New Zealand by me © Ebony 5x4 camera, 90mm lens, Kodak Porta 160 film #photography #largeformatphotography #5x4 #4x5
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"The Inner Game of Outdoor Photography" by Galen Rowell taught me many things about #photography, including the extra options you have if you can go for a jog and have your camera with you. I caught this solar flare on the south coast of Wellington New Zealand in 2022 on my Fuji XT-3.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When you're talking about the next 30-40 years and only mention climate change in terms of adaptation (not mitigation) costs rising, well, you just aren't qualified to speak about the future. There's will be MANY changes we can't adapt to.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 15/09/2026
Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
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Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
Australia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
(I wish my fellow Australians knew how to pronounce 'Tuvalu')
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Talking "sacrifice zones" in the context of #climatemobility, #climatemigration I'd add: There'll be less investment in protecting areas of lower *financial* value. It will be another issue of intersectional discrimination and injustice. #ClimateIntegritySummit @australiainstitute.org.au
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've just discovered this excellent billboard by @docsenvaus.bsky.social (at the @australiainstitute.org.au Climate Integrity Summit). Research shows that members of the public respond well to messages about health risks, especially from their own GPs, who they trust highly.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Malcolm Gladwell's Social Tipping Points and Climate Change? A very brief review of Gladwell's "Revenge of the Tipping Point" (2024) relative to climate change communications: nathanross.co.nz/2026/09/15/m... #MalcolmGladwell #climatechange, #climatecomms, #climatecommunications #nature
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Malcolm Gladwell’s Social Tipping Points and Climate Change?
Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, Revisionist History [🔗Spotify], and his books are all highly entertaining.  He has a knack for finding interesting stories, and linking them to other, unexpected stories…
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Virtually all of the technological, policy, economic and behavioural solutions exist to tackle the climate and nature crises, and they're not being deployed at sufficient speed and scale because there isn't enough demand for reform. That's the primary solution now: Building demand for reform.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After a lifetime playing indie-type music, I've just put flat-wound strings on my #guitar for the first time I'm an instant convert. Gorgeous clean & dirty sounds across all the pickups on my #Fender #Stratocaster, including extra tones from the S-1 switch. @daddarioandco.bsky.social
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Remember the "Precautionary Principle"? i.e. "where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." Yeah, good times. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Among the many moral and intellectual failures that wars represent, one of them is that they are a massive carbon bomb.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The key here is that there is ample capital for solving the climate and nature crises. For US$50 billion, Mr. Dean and his partners could deploy climate and nature solutions at massive scale, and yet ... (The same thing can be said of anyone with access to this level of resource.)
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2026 is the 130th anniversary of the first peer-reviewed article about humanity's burning of fossil fuels causing #globalwarming. We need bold new strategies and approaches to improve the public's engagement with ambitious #climatesolutions, incl. economic reforms. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Extreme heat, fires and floods mark record hot month
Climate data has been released confirming August 2026 as the hottest month on record after heatwaves and severe drought dominated Western Europe's warmest summer.
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I should add, if a tax comes in, the revenue gains will become a perverse incentive to *continue* the gas industry. The argument should be, "Since we're not benefiting, let's phase it out." Instead, we're focus on *embedding* Australia's gas industry for short-termism. @australiainstitute.org.au
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Nathan Ross @n-j-ross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I sympathise, but am not entirely convinced that taxing the gas industry is the right conversation. Shouldn't the conversation about law changes be about transitioning fossil fuel regulation from resources legislation to criminal law. Why is it legal to extract? @australiainstitute.org.au
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