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Hitomi Sonnet

@tiaraofosprey.bsky.social
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Environmental advocate & conservationist: Birds, Bats, Butterflies. Urban Beekeeper🐝 Protect #Biodiversity #BeatPlasticPollution #ActOnClimate! Love💕 Osprey, Travel & Photography

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
First time I am seeing something like this. The Wildlife Institute of India has advised against the construction of an international airport because birds pose a risk to flights. It was always the other way round: infrastructure posing a risk to wildlife www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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Migratory birds pose huge risk to flights, says wildlife body, rejects greenfield international airport plan in Puri
Wildlife experts oppose Puri's airport plan, citing high bird strike risks due to nearby migratory birds at Chilika Lake.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"The US-Israel war on Iran is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
100 #kakapo chicks?! They won’t all survive and the season’s tally will end up quite a lot less than that, but that’s our current guess at how many have hatched so far. #kakapo #conservation #wildlife
A white board showing totals of kākāpō breeding. Credit: Andrew DigbyA kākāpō chick in a person’s hand. Credit: Andrew Digby
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I've interviewed more than a dozen hydrologists and climatologists across the West the past 10 days. A sense of panic is starting to set in. Wildfires and water shortages will start mounting this summer. Adverse impacts are expected from not only this heat wave, but the historically warm winter.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/03/2026
Even in a world of extremes, some events still stand out to me. This is one. All-time monthly records are being shattered. The size of this ridge across the western U.S. is truly striking for March, and we see a very clear climate change connection. Explore: csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Screenshot showing the Climate Shift Index from Climate Central for March 19, 2026. There is a change in likelihood of CSI 5 across nearly the entire Western USA.
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Okay, so BirdCast seems to be broken tonight😭 but at least the radar composite map is still working. (Anyone from Cornell awake tonight? Does a switch need to be reset?😂) These will be mostly short distance migrants headed north. #birds #spring #migration #BirdCast
NEXRAD radar composite map showing weather systems and migratory bird in lower Midwest to mid Atlantic states and points south.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct. Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...
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Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery
Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Female #kakapo Kohengi on her nest with a newly-hatched chick and an egg (unseen). We removed the egg from underneath her and gave it to another female (Phoenix) who had infertile eggs. We're trying to ensure each female on Anchor Island has 1-2 fertile eggs to hatch. #kakapo2026 #conservation
A female kākāpō looking out of a nest, with one small chick showing. Credit: Andrew Digby
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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Some good news
theguardian.com
Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort
Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
We found a 4th egg in #kakapo Waikawa's nest yesterday and found it was fertile. Waikawa has maintained her incredible 100% fertility record: 5 clutches of 4 fertile eggs in 4 breeding seasons. That's unmatched by any other kākāpō. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
A kākāpō egg being candled, showing development. Credit: Andrew DigbyA female kākāpō on a nest with two eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
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EcoInventos @ecoinventos.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Nuevo estudio descubre que antiguos bosques del Ártico colapsaron en 300 años por un calentamiento rápido similar al actual. ecoinventos.com/nuevo-estudi...
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Nuevo estudio descubre que antiguos bosques del Ártico colapsaron en 300 años por un calentamiento rápido similar al actual
Nuevos registros en el Mar de Noruega muestran cómo el calentamiento acelerado convirtió bosques en focos de incendios y erosión masiva.
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
More #kakapo matings: Heather and Bluster-Murphy on Whenua Hou yesterday morning, and Kuia and Tamahou on Anchor this morning. Here's Kuia on her nest in 2019. She's of Fiordland descent, so has valuable genetics. #conservation #parrots #birds
A female kākāpō on a nest. Credit: Andrew Digby
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Most wintering waders are remarkably site-faithful, using the same feeding areas year after year - sometimes for decades. What happens when the food disappears? Blog based on Oystercatcher research by @modelbirder.bsky.social and colleagues: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/w... 🎂4️⃣ #ornithology
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When Oystercatchers can’t find food
In a rapidly changing world, wintering waders face unprecedented challenges. How much flexibility is there for individuals to cope with issues such as over-fishing of shellfish stocks, habitat remo…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Potentially good kākāpō news
theguardian.com
Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō
After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population
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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“If Americans increased their protein intake by just 25 percent … maintaining their current ratio of animal to plant protein, it would require about 100 million acres of additional agricultural land each year—an area larger than Michigan, Ohio & Pennsylvania combined” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat
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Earth First! @lookup22.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge
Every new extinction ripples out beyond the affected species, from ecosystems to human knowledge across culture, spirituality and science.
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
North Atlantic right whales are having an encouraging season for births, with 15 calves born so far. But scientists warn that the critically endangered species needs 50 calves a year. apnews.com/article/righ...
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A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
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Neal Asher @nealasher.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, point...
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Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA) @friendsofmidway.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
USFWS says Wisdom did not lay an egg this year. She continues to visit Midway Atoll, even last week. Laysan albatrosses pause breeding every 2–3 years, a normal part of life, not a sign that Wisdom’s parenting days are over. And grandson N333 is incubating an egg now! #Birds Photo Dan Rapp Nov 2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
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People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 25/12/2025
In southern Ecuador’s Achuar territory, 62 km of new roads opened since 2022 have driven forest loss and illegal logging, community conflict, and the killing of two Indigenous people — exposing deep tensions over development and protection.
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All new roads lead to increased deforestation in Ecuador’s Indigenous territory
Between March and May 2025, at least eight children from the Achuar Indigenous community died of leptospirosis in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. The disease is preventable with access to safe…
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Hitomi Sonnet @tiaraofosprey.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Three rare white-tailed eagles have gone missing across the UK - Police investigating. Satellite tags were reportedly cut off, raising serious concerns about illegal interference & the future of efforts to restore this once-extinct species. 🦅💔 #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Wisdom is grandma!! Read on to learn more! #birds #albatross
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Some good news. “A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
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‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted. No database can record what was never discovered. Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction. news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
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Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA) @friendsofmidway.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Wisdom’s mate joins her! 🎼 #Reunited USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news. So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them. Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two! Photos by Chris Forster. #Birds
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Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA) @friendsofmidway.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
#Wisdom is back! The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds
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Deb Jeffrey @debjeffrey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Can you say "Overjoyed"? What a #bird She makes my heart soar! According to USFWS Midway Atoll NWR (11/19/25 @ 2:15 pm CST. “WISDOM: the queen returns” 😎 At an approximate age of 75, Wisdom the albatross returned this week to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025/26 nesting season.
Pictures of Wisdom. According to USFWS Midway Atoll NWR (11/19/25 @ 2:15 pm CST.
“WISDOM: the queen returns” 
At an approximate age of 75, Wisdom the albatross returned this week to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025/26 nesting season.
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Arnaud Martin @evolvwing.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
🚨New paper! 🚨 @jasminealqassar.bsky.social led this work on the silk glands of the pantry moth. These two long tubes inside the caterpillar continuously make a ton of silk How does this special organ work? www.cell.com/iscience/ful... @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🧵THREAD🧵
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Andreu Escrivà @andreuescriva.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Lo del precio de los huevos es lo de menos. Qué desastre, qué horror. La gripe aviar arrasa la mayor población de elefantes marinos del mundo: la mitad de las hembras ha desaparecido - elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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La gripe aviar arrasa la mayor población de elefantes marinos del mundo: la mitad de las hembras ha desaparecido
El Servicio Antártico Británico calcula que faltan más de 50.000 ejemplares en las playas, tras el repentino salto del virus desde las aves: “Es estremecedor”
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Longevity record! Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago. The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong. Blog about longevity of waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Genetic diversity is nature’s insurance policy. Snow leopards have almost none left. As the planet changes, evolution has no time to bail them out. Extinction isn’t a question of if, but when. abcnews.go.com/US/survival-...
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Survival of snow leopard populations 'precarious,' researchers say. Here's why
Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, scientists recently discovered.
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 03/10/2025
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Birds be moving tonight! Over 300 million in the air right now!! #birds #fall #migration
NEXRAD radar map showing birds and weather. BirdCast map showing 340.9 million birds in flight at 12:20am EDT on September 1, 2025.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The decline of osprey populations in the Chesapeake Bay is attributed to overfishing of menhaden, a key food source for the birds. But capitalists dispute that this is the cause, because menhaden is commercially valuable for fish oil, fish meal, agricultural feed, and as bait.
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Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing
The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food for the birds.
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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🦇 #HappyBaturday! Once common, Little Brown Myotis in parts of their range, populations have dropped 90–95% due to white-nose syndrome. Bats with WNS have been found in Alberta. Recovery is slow, but bat houses can help! Get free plans & tips here: www.albertabats.ca/bathouses #BatsNeedFriends
Image of a Little Brown Myotis on a branch. The bat has glossy brown fur on its back and lighter fur on the belly. Face, ears and wings are a dark brown. Text reads - Happy Baturday with a graphic of a bat in white. Logo Alberta Community Bat Program - WCS Canada albertabats.ca Image of bat by Jason Headley
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social
A horizontal bar chart titled "Percentage of Global fossil fuel emissions (since 1751) occurring in my lifetime." The chart shows how much of the total historical global fossil fuel emissions have occurred within the lifetime of individuals of different ages, from 5 to 100 years old. The vertical axis on the left lists ages in increments of 5 years, from age 5 at the top to age 100 at the bottom. The horizontal axis represents the percentage of fossil fuel emissions, marked in 10% increments from 10% to 90%.

The black bars represent the proportion of fossil fuel emissions that have occurred during each age group's lifetime. The bars increase in length as the age increases, meaning older individuals have lived through a larger percentage of the cumulative emissions since 1751.

Three specific age groups are highlighted with red bars and white text annotations:

Age 30: "if you are 30 it is more than 50%"

Age 50: "if you are 50 it is about 75%"

Age 85: "if you are 85 it is about 90%"

The source of the data is cited at the bottom: "CDIAC and globalcarbonproject.org." The graphic is credited to "@neilrkaye."
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Tonight’s migration is a bit split by a front/storm system, but pretty heavy where it’s happening. Now is the popular time for birders to hit hotspots along the gulf. #birds #spring #migration
BirdCast map showing approximately 165.6 million birds in flight at 12:00am EDT on April 20, 2025. NEXRAD radar reflectivity map showing birds and weather.
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
That’s a little more like it. East is still down, but the central river tonight is wider than it has been. Several hot spots throughout that corridor, too. #birds #spring #migration 
BirdCast map showing approximately 175.3 million birds in flight at 12:30am EDT. NEXRAD radar reflectivity map showing birds and weather.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 06/04/2025
Big turtle news: a sea turtle has been spotted in a river in Long Beach again. You can read about how they got there last time. laist.com/news/climate...
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At Last, Some Good Wildlife News: Green Sea Turtles Are Thriving In The San Gabriel River
They were all but extinct. Now there are so many that scientists need your help tracking and studying them as they spread upriver.
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A Mars bar wrapper promoting the 1994 World Cup. A McChicken box from 1996. One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash By @emilyanthes.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash (Gift Article)
A coot’s nest reveals that what humans throw away doesn’t really go away.
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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Obviously, colony collapses in bee farms impact agriculture. However, native bees are 2-3X more effective as pollinators than honeybees. Remember that media cycles on bee declines are driven by agribusiness interests. The truth is far worse and hardly reported. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
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Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.
Want to save the bees? First, throw out most of what you know about them.
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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"It’s a wonderful feeling to be surrounded by more trees than people." - Yo Yo Ma. Antonio Stradivarius made Yo Yo Ma's cello* in 1712 using spruce from the Val di Fiemme forest in Italy. This important tonewood forest is now threatened by climate change. *not the cello in the picture.
The Val di Fiemme spruce forest in Italy, north of Cremona. Tall, straight trees stand above bright green ground cover illuminated by the morning sun. A man stands in a distant clearing.  Yo Yo Ma looking up at the sky with a satisfied, concentrated look on his face, playing a reddish cello. Behind him are trees and green ground cover illuminated by a late-day sun. Source: YoYoMa.com
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Heard Island and McDonald Islands have seen a dramatic warming since 1940. The penguins there have enough to deal with even without the 10% tariffs just imposed on them.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos
Study is the first to show an animal combining different calls to make new meanings
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Emerald Ash Borer Network @emeraldashborer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A recent study from Penn State University showed that several native and naturalized predators could be used to control invasive Spotted Lanternfly populations!🌎🧪🍁 Read more here: www.psu.edu/news/agricul... #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology #Ecology
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Natural insect predators may serve as allies in spotted lanternfly battle | Penn State University
Insect predators found in the U.S. could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially reducing reliance on chemical control methods, according to a new study conducted by resear...
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