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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Meet #MissAbyss, 🐙 a Dumbo Octopus on a massive mission to protect our deep ocean floor from mining! Help us send a loud message that some places are just too special to destroy! Background at: www.southernfriedscience.com/please-help-... 🦑 🌊 #deepseamining @taotaotasi.bsky.social

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for “farms” in the below graphic is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay). The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...

Sankey diagram showing Colorado River available water supplies, water consumption by basin, water consumption by sector (biggest sector is agriculture) and water consumption by crop (majority is alfalfa plus hay, ie cattle feed).

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📣 FREE SOIL TEXTBOOK ALERT 📣 🪱📚🪱📚🪱📚🪱📚 Now at over... 4.9k downloads ⬇️ 14k readers 📚 34k views 👀 Go team! 🎉 #soil #soilscience #openaccess #OER #education #highered #academicchatter #academicchat

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Who now? My past self already blocked him XD

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/06/2026

The Trump administration shuttered Climate . gov last year. Now, former NOAA scientists fired during the DOGE cuts have launched Climate . us - a new home for trusted climate science and public resources. Science persists. ✊ zurl.co/GdVMU

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Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's fake 😢 See the comments

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Women For Survival @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Land return to Mi’maq doubles tribal land base. #Indigisky🔥 Source: The Portland Press Herald share.google/TD6RSugge0Wb...

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Land returned to Mi’kmaq Nation will double tribe’s territory

Nearly 3,400 acres have been returned to the Aroostook County-based tribe.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In April, Pete Hegseth makes flu vaccine optional for armed services, saying vaccine mandates "weaken our warfighting capabilities." ~60% of Air Force doesn't get vaccinated. Two months later, flu outbreak races thru big Air Force base. Air Force re-implements mandatory vaccine policy at base.

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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

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Alix Seif, MD @alixseif.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🚨60-day comment period ends August 3rd🚨

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

How about some optimism for the weekend? @nvogtvincent.co.uk has a new paper, and I think the title makes the point: Global Coral Reef Collapse is not Inevitable. 🧪🌊 Link: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pi…

Coral reef tipping points and adaptation: (A) Schematic of a tipping system, applied to a coral reef. The system, represented by a ball, begins in a stable state with high coral cover (top panel). Under rapid forcing such as temperature-induced mortality, the system is pushed to an unstable state with intermediate coral cover (middle panel). If the system passes this ‘tipping point’, decline becomes self-perpetuating and the system transitions to a new stable state with low coral cover (bottom panel). Since this new state is stable, coral cover does not increase even when the forcing is removed, and much stronger forcing is required to transition back to the original stable state with high coral cover. Note that ecological forcing may also shift the stability landscape or its underlying shape (not shown here). (B) System response (colours, perhaps representing coral cover) to forcing (grey, perhaps representing temperature). A tipping system (dashed line) responds abruptly and nonlinearly to forcing. A system without tipping (solid line) responds more smoothly to forcing and can recover once forcing is weakened. (C) Coral adaptive responses to rapid warming. Accumulated thermal stress is proportional to the time integral of the difference between temperature (illustrated here by smoothed annual maxima) and coral thermal tolerance. Stress is reduced if adaptation is possible - whether due to evolution, gene regulation, changes in symbiont community composition or, at a reef level, coral community composition - limiting mortality.

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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

hey if you're a scientist and you use this data in your research and you want to tell me how dumb this is, contact info is in my bio (i will also listen to scientists who think this is a great idea, if such a person exists)

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You may have noticed I disappeared from social media after my launch of @beyondxandy.bsky.social I was violently attacked by a transphobe who recognized me and have been in the hospital and resting If you'd like to help me with my medical bills, please consider donating here: gofund.me/9328f91f2

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Donate to Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime, organized by Jey McCreight

I am a transgender activist and science communicator who was v… Jey McCreight needs your support for Help trans activist Jey McCreight recover from hate crime

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/05/2026

Jacquelyn's walk through is excellent if you're trying to understand what is going on with this proposed OMB rule change. This is how authoritarianism sinks in its hooks. Moves like this.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

College application essays written with AI had less diverse ideas and perspectives. "In a separate study, the team found that human-written essays offered up to eight times more new ideas than those produced by A.I." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/o...

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Opinion | What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 25/05/2026

Please send @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social to Congress. We desperately need more scientists in the halls of power. To oppose the current crop of anti-science grifters. #ScienceSky 🧪

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Coast Funds @coastfunds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Indigenous stewardship has a 'value to humankind globally.'" A recent study published by the British Ecological Society affirms what Indigenous peoples already know: Indigenous stewardship bolsters conservation goals. 🌱 🔗 ow.ly/ftA250Z2mrV

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Wordle 1,799 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Watch Duty also covers more than fires - for example, residents of Orange County can currently use it to get verified evacuation info on this unfolding chemical incident: www.ocregister.com/2026/05/21/h...

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Officials buy time against possible chemical tank explosion in Garden Grove

Some 40,000 people were evacuated on Friday following a malfunction in a tank containing a flammable, volatile chemical used in plastics and manufacturing at an aerospace plant.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Watch Duty now has nationwide coverage, incidentally. A membership is pretty cheap, lets you see firefighting aircraft, and supports one of the very best public safety orgs and its app that the US has.

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🍁Mel🇨🇦 @melhathnofury.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

They dropped Nature’s engineers to solve the London Hnderground flooding problem and they fixed it. Beavers 🦫 are amazing. Just plop them in the ecosystem and watch them repair it.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

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Everlee Has Disappeared

Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026

Never believe any billionaire's promises that are not secured by threat of law.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Remembering the Bill Gates memo arguing he could do more good for the poor if he deprioritized climate change.

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Conservation Job Board @conservationjobs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

JOB OPENING: Education Coordinator: Education Coordinator $52,000 - $58,240 per year -- Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District

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Education Coordinator

Education Coordinator $52,000 - $58,240 per year -- Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

May 4, 2026 MANHATTAN, New York In an era of extreme economic inequality and financial instability, members of Rise and Resist gathered outside the Met Gala near Metropolitan Museum of Art and staged their own “Resistance Red Carpet.”

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just look at those little baby birbs bobbin in the wind

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Mainstream media is starting to cover the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you for speaking out and helping keep this story alive. #SaveUSFS

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Hummingbird nest outside my classroom, Monday vs Friday of this week The chicks are growing so fast 😍 @uarizona.bsky.social #hummingbirds #bird #nest #Tucson #UofA #ShantzBuilding

Two tiny brown hummingbird chicks poking their heads out of their white nest, craning to their necks to see

The two hummingbird chicks are bigger than before, their heads now easily reach out of their nest

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 02/05/2026

So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Some people continue to advocate for regenerative grazing as a big climate solution. But it's not. The better answer is to cut back on beef consumption, curb food waste, and rethink the food system. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

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Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I assumed it was metals since my colleagues study that. But yes pyrolysis will break down PFAS so long as you reach 800-900C, using slow pyrolysis. And I agree the metals might be unavailable. Ran out of time typing before. (Still wouldn't trust it without more testing, especially for filtration).

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

...I haven't studied use of plants for organic contaminant remediation but pyrolysis will break down many of them. Mind, you have to pyrolyze at 800-900C to break down PFAS.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

PS No you couldn't use phytoremediation plants to make a biochar for filtering water because the risk of heavy metals contaminating the water would be too high. It would likely not meet federal safety standards.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Thankfully biochar renders most of these metals relatively unavailable to plants. So if you had to use such a metal-rich biochar I would dilute it with biochar made from uncontaminated feedstocks before applying it to soil. 2/2

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

You can make biochar with phytoremediation plants but they'll have high concentrations of whatever metals the plants were remediating. You would have to apply it to soil at very low rates, depending on the metal toxicity, concentration, and soil type. 1/2

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

😮 I assign a project like this in a soils laboratory course I teach Hope you're having a good learning experience

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Rivka Fidel, PhD @rivkafidel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

@scibugs.bsky.social do you concur with the Weevil IDs for this? Possibly yucca weevil?

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