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If you've never heard of marine heat waves, now is the time to pay attention. Driven by climate change, these increasingly frequent and extreme ocean temperature events, like “the Blob” in the North Pacific, are devastating marine life, disrupting fisheries, and impacting weather patterns. 🌊

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“Top Defense Department jobs, including the defense secretary’s chief of staff, are normally considered prestigious and typically attract multiple qualified candidates. But at least three people have already turned down potential roles under Hegseth”

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Ob die neulich auch bei der Besprechung dabei waren?

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Narrow-leaved fireweed (lat. Chamaenérion angustifolium or Epilóbium angustifolium) 💜 #MacroMonday #MagentaMonday #wildflowers #nature #photography #onlybeautifulthings

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A morning in Patagonia's Torres del Paine when it all came together! As a boat crosses turquoise Lago Pehoe, beautiful light graces the foothills of towering Paine Grande, emerging from the clearing clouds. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature

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Surrounded by pink sea thrift flowers and bathed in the gentle evening sunlight, our picnic on Great Saltee became an intimate encounter with these adorable wee puffins. #salteeislands #wexford #ireland #wildlifephotography #fotographie #birds

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Ich finde, ihr solltet das lesen, deshalb hier ein Geschenklink: www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

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Übrigens: #Klimakrise läuft Auch wenn es kaum noch jemanden interessiert

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Extinction of large herbivores has also significant implications for conservation of forest plants (and animals of course, too). Paper available through researchgate. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would challenge the legality of President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployment, as anti-ICE protesters clashed with police in downtown Los Angeles. Here’s what to know:

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Trump has manufactured a national crisis, again. First, the January 6 insurrection. Now, by seizing control of a state’s National Guard without its consent and placing Marines on standby.

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For today's #MicroscopyMonday, we are highlighting Scott Chimileski's (@socialmicrobes.bsky.social‬) series featuring natural chalk formations from the White Cliffs of Dover. The first image is the electron micrograph, the second is a close-up of the chalk, and the third is the cliffs.

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What a surprise!

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1/russland entführt systematisch ukrainische Kinder, um sie in russland einem System aus Umerziehung und Zerstörung ihrer ukrainischen Identität zu unterwerfen. TAZ hat mit Anwältin Kateryna Rashevska gesprochen, die auf solche Fälle spezialisiert ist. taz.de/Hoffnung-fue...

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Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger?

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Schafe gelten als nachhaltige Landschaftspfleger - ihr "Goldener Tritt" soll Kulturlandschaften offen halten u so für hohe Biodiversität sorgen. Allerdings mehrt sich Kritik - Schafe werden gehalten u in kleinen Gattern fressen so alles ratzekahl ab

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If ICE were acting entirely within the law and maintaining good conditions in all its facilities, they would not be turning Congresspeople away. But they clearly aren't. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/n...

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Konzerne drängen seit Langem darauf, Mineralien am Meeresgrund abzubauen. Bei der Uno-Ozeankonferenz hingegen haben sich etliche Staaten für einen besseren Schutz der Tiefsee ausgesprochen. Gegen den Willen von Trump.

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Extinction Rebellion will be demonstrating against private jets at Oxford Airport on Saturday 5th July. Protesters will march from the west end of Kidlington High Street to the entrance of the airport for a peaceful demonstration calling for an end to private aviation.

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Kharkiv rescuers have been working tirelessly for several days without sleep, amidst smoke, ruins, and pain, to clear the aftermath of Russian attacks.

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LARiot. Die Behörden haben ein Versammlungsverbot für die Innenstadt verhängt. Jetzt geht #LAPD gegen die weiter Demonstrierenden vor. Mit Gummigeschossen, auch gezielt auf Journalistinnen. : (

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Wrote about how the unrest in California follows Trump talking about targeting the state and ICE talking about intentionally triggering blue-state politicians. It's the Harvard playbook, and it's not going to stop in California. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 6th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 130,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 740,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,260,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,680,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪⚒️

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Es gibt keinen sinnvollen Grund dafür, dass der Sonderbericht zur Maskenbeschaffung vom Gesundheitsministerium zurück gehalten wird. Außer man will nicht, dass die Bürger sehen, wie Jens Spahn mit krummen Geschäften Steuermilliarden verprasste. #SpahnUntersuchungsausschuss

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On another inconvenient component of the synchronization of extremes across the Northern Hemisphere: Regional amplification of surface extremes with the atmosphere giving rise to the mutual amplification loop between lows and highs One extreme feeds on the other extreme... #climate #earth #oops

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For World Oceans Day yesterday, marine ecologist Prof Martin Attrill shared five lessons from 40 years studying UK seas. Read his verdict on whether the ocean can recover. 🌊 @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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NOAA's National Mussel Watch Program - which has used invasive zebra + quagga mussels to track contaminants in the #GreatLakes since 1992 - finds that PFAS are ubiquitous in the lakes, with mussels in Lake Michigan having the highest average PFAS concentrations www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

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Elisabeth Selbert (gest.9. Juni 1986) vertrat als Abgeordnete im Parlamentarischen Rat 1948/49 die SPD. Sie gilt als eine der vier „Mütter des Grundgesetzes". Die Aufnahme der Gleichberechtigung von Mann und Frau in den Grundrechteteil des GG ist mit ihrer Hartnäckigkeit zu verdanken.

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Warum Trumps Entsendung der Nationalgarde gegen Demonstrierende in LA nicht rechtmäßig ist: "It’s an unconstitutional authoritarian stunt. This isn’t about law and order. This is about power and control."

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“There is currently no need for the national guard to be deployed in Los Angeles, and to do so in this unlawful manner and for such a lengthy period is a serious breach of state sovereignty that seems intentionally designed to inflame the situation,” Newsom wrote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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#CaliforniaRiots : #LAPD beschießt deutlich als solche erkennbare Journalistin mit Gummigeschoß. #Pressefreiheit adé

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Dazu kommen abnehmende Flug und Lebensmittelsicherheit, zunehmende gesundheitliche Gefahren & sowie der Verlust der Rechtssicherheit: Bin nicht sicher, ob d USA ein guter Ort für internationale Konferenzen, Fußball-WM oder Olympiade sind

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Standing firm beneath the shadow of National Guard troops, Rep. Maxine Waters delivered a bold message: “There is no danger, there is no violence… The President hates Los Angeles because we’re a sanctuary city.” In the face of fear tactics, her defiance shines. She shows true courage. 💪🔥🕊️

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US Army Vet confronts National Guard at ICE protest in LA

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Diese Gegenüberstellung von brennenden Autos u tanzenden Demonstrierenden zeigt, wie viele Realitäten in den #LARiots gerade ablaufen u wie sie in der Presse abgebildet werden. Wir müssen jede Berichterstattung mit Vorsicht betrachten - LA ist groß u es gibt nicht DIE eine Demo (1)

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Moin zusammen - Träumen Tapire von Lotusblüten? Egal, was der Tag noch bringt. Der Lotus und das Tapir-Junge lassen mich lächeln ☺️

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Reporter: “What’s the bar for sending Marines?” Trump: “The bar is what I think it is.“

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