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Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.

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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

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‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

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Of the 30 films nominated for Oscars this year, one (1) makes even passing reference to ongoing ecological crises: Wild Robot.

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NZ First's “woke banking” bill takes aim at efforts to build sustainability concepts into investment practices. But there's a risk NZ is perceived internationally as not being serious about business and investment, writes Martien Lubberink theconversation.com/collateral-d....

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The sans-Ukraine meeting is not the first time large powers have colluded to negotiate new borders without the people who live there. With family in parts of Europe, east and west, apart as a long-tail consequence of the Munich agreement, this cuts close theconversation.com/ukraine-isnt...

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Question: Who would you rather read a story to your children? My #cartoon today #RainbowCrossings. With an inept attempt at alt text with prompting from @meshedlight.bsky.social

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When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice Age some 2.6 million years ago.

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“What this project has taught me … is that we have answers and initiative. I’ve seen a glimpse of the power of manaakitanga, aroha, whanaungatanga and tikanga at work. We have ingenuity… innovation… determination… vision. We have kotahitanga. Together, we are hope.” e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

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“It feels like a betrayal by NASA....It’s inefficient, it’s wasteful, and it’s also just messed up.” This is how scientists inside and outside the agency are feelings about the cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Words by me: 🧪

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Latest by @waikatouniversity.bsky.social law expert Al Gillespie: 'New Zealand has so far been largely mute while Trump has quit the WHO and the Paris agreement, attacked foreign assistance programs and withdrawn funding from key UN organisations.' theconversation.com/nz-depends-o...

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Sharing this evidence of the effectiveness of vaccines just as RFK Jr is confirmed as US Health and Human Services chief and a measles outbreak widens in Texas

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With both RFK Jr and Gabbard confirmed, two people who rose to prominence spreading conspiracy theories about public health and national intelligence will now run the U.S. government agencies in charge of those areas. For someone studying these conspiracy theories for a decade... this is nauseating.

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„Bik, a specialist in identifying manipulated images, has detected and made public the use of fraudulent or erroneous data in more than 7600 scientific papers, more than 1100 of which have been retracted.“ 🧪

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Australia has released a vehicle-to-grid plan (EVs being able to sell power back to the grid) saying widespread uptake could 'materially reduce electricity costs for consumers and accelerate national emissions reduction'. theconversation.com/a-house-batt...

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The PCE isn't holding back re the govt's proposed science restructure. '... in my experience, such upheavals are rarely worth the loss in productivity and morale that ensue' Main concern is about Manaaki Whenua merging with bioeconomy rather than earth systems pce.parliament.nz/media/p4pju4...

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RFK says fluoride is toxic, but in 2011 Calgary took fluoride out of drinking water, and the number of children receiving IV antibiotics for dental infections at Alberta Children’s Hospital increased by 700% from 2011 to 2018. Calgary is now bringing back fluoride. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

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The extent of sea ice globally is now at an absolute record low level for the entire satellite-era. [Graphics: zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Note: the poles are affected by very different Earth system processes/seasonality. I am using 5-day running mean data.]

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"The scientific community needs to speak up – not just for the sake of science, but of human decency, dignity and morality." www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

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Ocean temperatures around Australia were hotter than ever last year - 0.89°C above average theconversation.com/its-official...

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In this week's Listener, you'll find my review of @linazeldovich.bsky.social's excellent book about phage therapy, The Living Medicine - and a lot of other great stories

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From Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa's powerful Waitangi speech: 'When there’s an absence of true leadership, voices that represent comparatively simpler and shallower viewpoints, begin to shine through.' ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...

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This is what can happen when you put people before profit - Māori initiative to build homes and provide finance for whānau living on collectively owned ancestral land theconversation.com/maori-commun...

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Ice is melting at the North Pole in midwinter.

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Well just received this email regarding a paper under review:

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Heartbreaking new findings People who grew up in state care had an average age at death of 46 years, compared to 70 for the general population born at the same time. This means they lost 24 years of life theconversation.com/24-years-of-...

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We are alarmed by the Administration’s actions to freeze science funding and eliminate DEI efforts and climate change initiatives, which go against AGU’s mission and harms our members. We must unite to address these changes, beginning by hearing from you. Read more: https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e

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Just watched the Hercules on their retirement flyby above Whanganui-a-tara - and to show you what it's like to travel in these workhorses, strapped in with the cargo, these are from the @swais2c.bsky.social Antarctic season a year ago, with @vandeflierdt.bsky.social et al

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Europe's governments and banks will struggle to cope with the soaring costs of catastrophes such as floods and wildfires, EU’s top insurance regulator warns “I think it is the biggest risk facing society, frankly,” says Petra Hielkema HT @carbonbrief.org #climatecrisis www.ft.com/content/2844...

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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

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I'm on a national committee that bridges the ocean and atmospheric science communities to facilitate research on ocean-atmosphere interactions and their role in marine biogeochemical cycles. Our weekly meetings have been put on hold to ensure we don't violate Trump's EO on DEI. 🙄

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A day late but this is a timely reminder any day

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Gene technology has been earmarked for expansion in New Zealand, but without robust regulation local communities could be left with the unintended consequences.

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Hercules planes are the workhorses of Antarctic transport (and I've had the pleasure of perusing their honey bucket a few times) - but they are being retired this week, with fly-overs across the motu today and tomorrow www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre...

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"Simeon Brown has taken time out from saying no to cycle lanes ... and children playing on the street near cycle lanes, to chair a meeting for residents opposed to an 87-unit development near the Half Moon Bay Marina."

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A plant scientist I know wants to find a couple of very old feijoa trees in Auckland for tests on their root microbiome — anyone have any leads? #feijoa #science

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For anyone in need of a timeline cleanse - I had the absolute privilege to visit a turtle sanctuary recently; spending time in the wilds remains a restorative activity

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I spoke to #WHO 's Mike Ryan, in Uganda helping with the #Ebola response. Six contacts are ill, but not yet clear if they have Ebola. Vaccination could start Sunday. WHO is covering off key programs hit by the Trump admin's aid freeze, including border screening. www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/u...

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The news cycle right now - even just for science & higher ed - is overwhelming. We have to do it, but fortunately, we don’t have to do it alone. My team is focused on tracking what’s happening to research funding, jobs & salaries, shared datasets, university responses & safety of our communities

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Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 640,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,280,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,850,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,290,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

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"Stuff can now reveal the wife of one of Tim Jago’s survivors contacted ACT Party leader David Seymour in November 2022, two months before Jago’s arrest, warning the party that their president was a 'sexual predator'." - by Edward Gay.

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I have no words for this

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ICYMI Last week, two Massey Uni authors wrote: "The 'critical minerals' argument risks being a cloak for justifying more mining of coal and gold." theconversation.com/luxon-goes-a...

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