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Observe • Learn • Reason • Share | Earth, Climate, Natural Environment, Geology, Geography, Potpourri | California born | 35 years living in Asia | Retired in Oregon
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Secrets of the Forest Forest Fungi • Beneath every forest lies a living network of #fungi, quietly connecting & sustaining the trees above. • They form of a vast underground network connecting the entire #forest. Amazing network visualization! 1/2 #Carbon PBS|NOVA www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-L...

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Polar Bear Population Arctic’s apex predator and its status across the #Arctic. "If we fail to reduce our emissions, by 2100 we may lose all but a few high-Arctic subpopulations in & around the Last Ice Area." 1/3 #PolarBear #SeaIce WWF Arctic LEARN MORE: www.arcticwwf.org/wildlife/pol...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Polar Bears are hanging on for dear life…

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Kīlauea Volcano Compilation of episodes 1–20 of ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea. Ep 20 ended May 6. Ep 21 likely to start in 2-4 days. Kīlauea's current eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater began Dec. 23, 2024. #Volcano #Kīlauea USGS Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...

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Haboob Forms in Northern Mexico A sweeping haboob charges south in northern Mexico. Phenomena: #Dust, Intense #DustStorms GOES-19 May 9, 2025 UTC #Haboob CSU/CIRA & NOAA Learn More: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/weather_medi...

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Voyage Into The World of Atoms Structure of matter at smaller and smaller scales. Zooming into a human hair, passing through hair cells, fibril structures, keratin molecules, Carbon atoms, nuclei, neutrons, protons, finally quarks. #Atoms #Physics #Carbon CERN videos.cern.ch/record/2307613

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Forest Park Conservatory Go outside! Leave no trace! #ForestPark #PDX #Hiking

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Such a beautiful day for a ride on the @a38cycleway.bsky.social and very pleasing to see the council has left the grass verges unmown #AtoBeeRoads 🐝🌼💚

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Shanghai to Beijing 4hrs 55m one-way, October 2011. Very comfortable and clean, easy, and enjoyable. Not my highest land-speed record of 431 km/h (268mph) on the Shanghai Maglev Train, but pretty good. #HighSpeedRail

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Major changes in outlook and societal structures are needed to address the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a recent United Nations report says. Its 2025 “Interconnected Disaster Risks” report identifies five “deep changes” that need to happen.

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Kīlauea Volcano • April 22, 2025 — Kīlauea Episode 18, Lava Fountaining. • Fountains reached >600ft (200m) high, approximately 5 million cubic meters erupted, covering >60% of Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor. #Volcano #Kīlauea USGS - H. Winslow and M. Patrick Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Scale Worm "waves of folding & extention of the parapodia move from posterior to anterior & alternate on either side of the body. And that was magnificent." "Really great imagery." Depth ~2,210m (7,250ft) on sedimented slope. #Ecosystems NOAA/Gulf of Mexico oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/v...

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HUGE fountain now 😍 #Kilauea #Hawaii

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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Source North & South America | Asia & Australia | Europe, Middle East, Africa • CO₂ added to Earth's Atmosphere. • Four Major Contributors: fossil fuels, burning biomass, land ecosystem exchange, & ocean exchange. 1/2 NASA SVS Learn More: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5110

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

The Scales of The Stars Just how big is the Sun in comparison to other stars? This video shows the scales of known stars in our Milky Way galaxy and shows you just how big, or small, the Sun really is. #Stars #Sun #Earth Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser Learn More: www.eso.org/public/video...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Daily Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) April 13, 2025: 425.59 ppm Four Atmospheric Baseline Observatories: Barrow, Alaska -🟦 Mauna Loa, Hawaii -🟥 American Samoa -🟩 South Pole, Antarctica -🟨 Black Lines: Global Trends & Seasonal Cycles. #CO2 #CarbonDioxide gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

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‘Tyres are the main source of land-based microplastics entering our oceans, where they absorb and concentrate forever chemicals discharged by our environmentally reckless water and pharmaceutical industries.’ www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...

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Map of world showing locations of "Selected Significant Climate Anomalies and Events: March 2025" Learn more from NOAA's NCEI full monthly March 2025 Global Climate Report. www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

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Global Climate Report - March 2025 • Global Land and Ocean surface temperatures are rising. • Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent are diminishing. • Tropical Cyclone occurrences are increasing. Learn More from NOAA's NCEI: www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

GOES-19 Becomes GOES-East Planet Earth as seen from GOES-19’s first full day as GOES-East. April 7, 2025, GOES-19 became operational and took over for GOES-16 as GOES-East. 1/2 CSU/CIRA & NOAA Learn More: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/loop_of_the_...

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2025 Arctic Sea Ice Maximum and Antarctic Sea Ice Minimum Bonus Visualization: Daily Polar Sea Ice, Two Year History — March 26, 2023 thru March 28, 2025 #Arctic #Antarctic #SeaIce #dataviz Datasets courtesy of NASA/GSFC & JAXA NASA SVS Learn More: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5099

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2025 Arctic Sea Ice Maximum and Antarctic Sea Ice Minimum • Arctic sea ice extent annual maximum March 22. Lowest in 47-year satellite record. • Antarctic sea ice minimum March 1, tying 2nd lowest with 2022 & 2024 in satellite record. 1/3 #Arctic #Antarctic #SeaIce youtu.be/IGAlJjCOcyc

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Kīlauea Volcano • Ep. 14 Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of #Kīlauea March 19-20. • Lava Fountains up to 600 feet (180 meters) high. A trio of Koa‘e kea (white-tailed tropicbirds) flying close & riding thermal updrafts. #Volcano USGS Photo-M. Patrick March 20, 2025 Learn More: www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/ki...

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment