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Teraga

@teraga.bsky.social
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Science and Environmental Writer | BA Environmental Studies + PGCert Social and Psychological Inquiry | Antispeciesist 🌿. #environmentalpsychology #geography #proenvironmentalbehaviour #behaviourchange #scicomm #privacy

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A quick heads up: Interrail’s running a 25% off sale. If you’re looking for alternatives to flying, this is one of the easier switches. www.interrail.eu/en #TravelTips #BudgetTravel
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
How is it acceptable to ship 2900 cows, half of those pregnant, from Uruguay to Turkey to be slaughtered?! I'm at loss for words at humans' lack of empathy for "the other", be it human or non-human. #animalrights #antispeciesism #animalliberation news.sky.com/story/strand...
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Stranded ship carrying nearly 3,000 cattle now at sea for 55 days
The Togo-flagged Spiridon II remains off Bandirma, Turkey, after authorities reportedly denied it entry over ear-tag discrepancies, with at least 58 animals said to be dead
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The indifference of media and politics towards the possibility of the #AMOC shutting down shocked me when I first studied it. With time and study, I became less naive (or more disillusioned). So, I'm glad that #Iceland has declared it a real, existential risk. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c...
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A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat | CNN
Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of collapse and the country is preparing for this “existential threat.”
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Since I quit most social media, I've been wanting to create a website from scratch, but I never got to finish it. I recently stumbled upon the #smallweb or #indieweb movement, and it felt like finding my people! The web feels exciting again!
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 04/11/2025
Big Meat is following Big Oil’s playbook—funding science, shaping narratives, and deflecting blame. Chapter 4 of “Climate Obstruction” reveals how PR + media framing obscure corporate responsibility for emissions. Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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Johnny Oberg @johnoberg.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I filmed this pig staring at me he arrived at a slaughterhouse. His eyes. The fear. The terror. 💔 Don't let his death be in vain.
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 17/10/2025
Read the full investigation by @greymoran.bsky.social:
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Police Bodycams Reveal Pattern of Deference to Meat Industry
State troopers cited concerns about animal rights activists as justification for blocking journalists from livestock crash sites.
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 17/10/2025
#Italy: We strongly condemn the car bomb attack on one of Italy’s leading investigative journalists and his family, Sigfrido Ranucci. Report journalist has been living under police protection since 2010. Recently, he had reported a series of threats, including P38 bullets found outside his house.
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MFRR: Car bomb attack on investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci rings alarm for media freedom in Italy
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations in strongly condemning the car bomb attack ...
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Sandrino Russo @sandrinorusso.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Attentato a Sigfrido #Ranucci: i giornalisti scomodi sono un bersaglio. E allora è il caso di ricordare ancora una volta una cosa non scontata: tutti devono difendere la libertà di informazione e la libertà per Sigfrido, comprese tutte le istituzioni.
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Kenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I don't get to write about a lot of good news, but this is a really big deal — the global fur industry has collapsed over the last decade. My rundown on the numbers and how it unfolded: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
Cycle track through central Copenhagen
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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
New study connects the dots between eating less meat and safer drinking water. Fertilizer runoff from livestock feed is contaminating U.S. groundwater. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=238144
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New study connects the dots between eating less meat and safer drinking water
Fertilizer runoff from livestock feed is contaminating U.S. groundwater. But replacing just 10% of meat with alternative proteins could slash the risk of nitrate pollution by up to 20%.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Could Tyrannosaurus rex swim like its silver screen equivalent in the new Jurassic World film? The big carnivore was probably able to do the dino doggypaddle, but a big body full of air sacs may have been the reptile more of a "tipsy punter" than a skilled swimmer. I dig in at NatGeo. 🧪
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Could T. rex swim? Kinda
Evidence suggests dinosaurs like tyrannosaurs were probably best suited to a version of the doggy paddle.
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Can we change our trajectory and live within #planetaryboundaries? Yes, but we have to act as soon as possible to implement the Paris climate agreement, shift to a healthier diet (EAT-Lancet), improve food and resources efficiency, consume less. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries - Nature
Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource efficiency can...
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Plant Based News @plantbasednews.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The History of 'Plant-Based Meat' Is plant-based 'meat' a new concept? Absolutely not! But it is the future! Voiced by Robbie Lockie.
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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 02/05/2025
It’s not exactly revelatory to say that slaughterhouses cause pain; they’re killing factories, after all. But the scope of this pain, and the number of animals and people it impacts, isn’t immediately apparent.
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How Slaughterhouses Work: The Harsh Reality of Meat Production
A brief primer on the harsh conditions animals and workers endure.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 21/04/2025
Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and disrupt ocean currents, on top of the consequences for people and wildlife that rely on the ice
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Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet
Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and disrupt ocean currents, on top of the consequences for people and wildlife that rely on the ice
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
"We found that observing unnecessary high-carbon behaviour demotivates people and reduces the sense of collective effort that is essential for a successful societal response to climate change." - great article and research by @steveclimate.bsky.social #unsustainablecelebrities #climateaction
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Beauty in the concrete jungle! #natureconnection #natureconnectedness #urbannature
A photo of tree branches with magnolia pink flowers. Behind the branches, there is a clear blue sky.
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Hady George @houdzgeorge.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A bronze cast of a Diplodocus skeleton outside of the Natural History Museum, London. Gorgeous in the sun #FossilFriday
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I haven't logged in in a while, been quite busy with these beauties. #natureconnection #natureconnectedness #forestbathing #urbannature #biophilia
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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Do people feel they can go #green at work? Our colleagues Brian Wagner, Ellen van der Werff and Linda Steg have a new paper out about what motivates employees to act pro-environmentally while doing their jobs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
green notebook and pencil on wooden desk with small plant
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Simply magnificent!
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi! I am looking for #NorthernLights chasers and photographers for tips on the best places to see #AuroraBorealis in Scandinavia. Get in touch if interested or if you know someone who could be interested! #NaturePhotography #Scandinavia #Norway #Finland #Sweden #AuroraChasers
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Mark Honigsbaum, a medical historian and author of Pandemic Century, says: “Why are they becoming more frequent? Well, the simple answer is, it’s because of the way we humans settle and colonise larger and larger areas of the planet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Anthropocene
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Age of the panzootic: scientists warn of more devastating diseases jumping between species
Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My adventures in #natureconnectedness continue, just not on social media! Armed with my humble but trusted feature phone, I am determined to get out as often as possible and document random nature encounters. I will upload the photos on my website teraga.me/seeking-urba.... #natureconnection
A collage of 9 photos shot by me (Teresa). The photos document casual encounters with urban nature and portray different natural elements and landscapes, the sea, trees, frozen leaves, city plants.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Always worth watching the NASA spiral. Beautiful and terrifying.
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
My WTF moment of 2024: my partner bought this record thinking it was an 80s metal band. We put the record on and find a Soviet reworked version of @thecure.com's "Kyoto Song" @robert.thecure.com in it. That was quite unexpected! @craigatcof.bsky.social #thecure youtu.be/s8cNZTAdXhY?...
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YouTube video by Alisa - Topic
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Fireworks are yet another expression of humans' inability to consider the needs of the vulnerable (be it human or non-human). Why not replace them with kinder alternatives (light shows, for example) instead of keeping idiot and damaging habits alive? #NoFireworks
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
An uplifting encounter. #UrbanNature #NatureConnectedness #WildCity
A wild flowering plant growing from the asphalt.
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NateintheWild @nateinthewild.com · 23/12/2024
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
When the city feels cold and grey, look down 🌱 #UrbanNature #NatureConnectedness
A photo of wet green leaves with a bright red leaf in the middle.
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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
If you’re planning to take part in Veganuary, our researchers want to hear from you. They're looking for people to sign up for a study in December so that they can compare habits and attitudes before and after the meat-free month. brnw.ch/21wPnPc #ExeterESI
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Rob Hudson @robhudson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The secret language of trees.
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Kristof Dhont @kristofdhontphd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Are you a PhD student interested in the psychology of human-animal relations? Consider applying to the EASP Summer School blogs.kent.ac.uk/easp2025/ Our workstream focuses on the social & moral psych of human-animal relations & animal product consumption; w/ Emma Alleyne & @chopwood.bsky.social
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
New summary published for #Faunalytics. Check their library out for tons of interesting research on effective #animaladvocacy and much more. faunalytics.org/does-social-...
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Does Social Support Encourage Or Deter Plant-Based Eating? - Faunalytics
Researchers explore the influence that friends and family have on a person’s ability to change their diet — and stick with it.
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Living with cats is a delight until you have to shove a pill into their throat. Then, it becomes carnage (for my poor hands). Luckily, the vet suggested the burrito technique.
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a black and white cat is being petted by a person
ALT: a black and white cat is being petted by a person
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A bear has been killed in Italy. Again. I wrote some reflections about human-bear conflicts and populist parties weaponising people's fear of wild animals to gain votes. I also found a handy guide to bear encounters. teraga.me/2024/12/02/e...
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Exterminate, Reintroduce, Exterminate Again.
One year ago, I wrote about the killing of Amarena, a peaceful bear that lived in Abruzzi, central Italy, with her two cubs. Despite the local institutions’ attempts to educate the population…
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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
"A printed #book is a living animal with flesh of paper and ink of blood." "What makes the book perfect (...) is their ability to [allow you to] disconnect." #authors #books #reading lithub.com/in-praise-of...
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In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse
When the witty and wry English fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates for GQ in 1995, only 39% of Americans had access to a home computer. According to the Pew Research Center, the…
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Teraga @teraga.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I recently took an online course on #natureconnectedness offered by @DerbyUni's @findingnature.bsky.social, and I am now committed to pause and notice those little pockets of urban nature as often as possible. This is encounter n.1. #urbannature #dumphonephotography #naturejournalling
A big vertical frozen brown leaf sits on other frozen leaves, on the ground. Around there are also green grass and sprouts.
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