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Practical aspects as to why infrastructure is not built for unlikely scenarios: Why no water system is built with capacity for fires like Palisades and Eaton. #climatechange #infrastructure #water #wildfire www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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We have arrived in the Sky!

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Head up: A massive mine waste spill is currently killing virtually everything in one of #Zambia's major rivers. A 🧵: On the 18th of February (1 weeka go) a large mine waste dump (aka tailings dam) began to collapse at the Sino Metals mine in #Chambishi, in Zambia's copperbelt. Huge volumes of...

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🧪 #resistrfk #pandemic #science So, how do you suppose the MAGAts will blame this on Anthony Fauci? wapo.st/3DjC4Em

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In the late 1960s, physicists argued that singularities might be surrounded by a region of churning chaos, where space and time haphazardly grow and shrink. It was dubbed a “Mixmaster universe,” after a line of kitchen appliances. https://buff.ly/4kaLDWZ

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Science finds a way 🧪 gizmodo.com/europes-new-...

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Forecasting the Ocean: A Decade (2025-2035) of Ocean Science. Understanding and anticipating change in the ocean, and how it will affect marine ecosystems and humans. #Ocean #OceanScience #water #forecasting #ecosystem #marine nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2784...

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This makes me sick. Another example of our abilities and corporate greed outpacing ethical thought. Space law is in its infancy, and people with deep pockets are setting the standards. Space belongs to no one and is not there for humans to exploit. I hope this mission dramatically fails. 🔭🧪🚀

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A 2018 survey of more than 4,000 Wikipedians found that 12% had a doctorate. Scientists made up one-third of the Wikimedia Foundation’s 16 trustees. A feature from Nature Careers outlines how scientists contribute to Wikipedia. 🧪

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Judge Reyes just became my favorite person.

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🥳Just published @nature.com. Over 25 years after the discovery of SPO11 as the enzyme responsible for initiating meiotic recombination, we finally succeeded in reconstituting its DNA cleavage activity.🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Today is #NationalCabbageDay, which is always a good opportunity to remind everyone that red cabbage can be used to make a colourful pH indicator solution! www.compoundchem.com/2017/05/18/r... #ChemSky 🧪

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A discovery underneath the basement of an office block has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica, built ~2000 years ago. 🧪🏛️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

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🐝 Do bees have stinging personalities? A new study finds that honeybees show consistent individual differences in stinging behaviour - even when influenced by alarm pheromones or other bees. 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #Bees 🧪 #SciComm

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Climate change is one of the top five external threats. A consortium consisting of the University of the Federal Armed Forces, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Federal Intelligence Service, and others prepared a Risk Assessment for Germany's National Security Strategy. 🧪🌍

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🌳🌳🌳 We have a new paper in @pnas.org showing climate warming leads to growth decline in beech because it drives trees to reproduce more frequently. Climate change can cause growth decline even when drought isn’t increasing by shifting where trees allocate resources doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2423181122

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🔥🌲 More fires - but still a fire deficit Despite recent increases in wildfire area, North American forests still burn less than they did before 1880. But fire severity is now higher, threatening ecosystems and communities. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Wildfires #Forests 🧪

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In happier news, I finally made something for Valine-tine's Day! I've wanted to do something for years, but nothing ever really came to me, until now: enantiomearrings. I am pleased. If you want some, let me know!

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How climate change is upending the American dream: "Part of the problem is that many people were coaxed into living in the very high-risk areas they call home precisely by the availability of insurance that was cheaper than it should have been." @abrahm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

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How towns can adapt to fire as bigger burns loom. #water #drought #fire #adaptation #resilience #wildfire www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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My #paleoart painting of a scene from the Miocene Brule Formation, Badlands South Dakota: Hoplophoneus, a Nimravid sabercat jumps three-toed horses Mesohippus at a waterhole. Oil on canvas. I’m going to be doing more paleoart paintings this year and will chart progress

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Truth: Simply being present in the U.S. without legal authorization is not a crime: it is a civil offense, not subject to criminal punishment. False: Leavitt's statement below that everyone who broke immigration laws is a criminal. Now let's ask if Trump-Homan policies are based on same falsehood

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Out now, a comprehensive guide to metagenomics -- from sample collection to data analysis. This primer covers best practices, challenges, and applications in health, agriculture & environment. A roadmap for studying microbial communities 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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At ECMWF we create many #climate data visualisations. These often inspire others to create even more compelling graphics. This #dataviz, inspired by the Joy Division album cover, created by the BBC team of Justin Rowlatt & cameraman Gwyn is one of the best I have seen! What do you think? 🌍🌡️🌊⚒️🧪

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Electricity System Operability and Reliability Under Increasing Complexity: Decentralized and diverse #energy sources from #solar panels, #windturbines, #batteries, and small-scale energy generators offer flexibility and complexity. nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2854...

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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

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How do autocrats stay in power? Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇

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“you may notice a lot of drive-by responses from accounts that rarely or never post — they just reply to other accounts. The pattern starts with a phrase like “I respectfully disagree” and follows with a fatuous objection. Another pattern is to start by agreeing, then pivot to starting a fight.”

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Good exploration of private fire crews and how they fit into the puzzle of fire response (especially loved Congresswoman Chu’s acknowledgement of federal resources' quick response). I do have a few thoughts, though (🧵 1/?)

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GitHub change logs make it possible to see how and where the government has been scrubbing web pages of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility content. www.404media.co/github-is-sh...

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Hi new followers! I'm the Politics Director @teenvogue.bsky.social, and 1/2 of our small but mighty politics team. We run reporting, opeds + explainers/guides by + for young people navigating these ~chaotic~ times. We cover education, labor, US history + government, social justice advocacy + more.

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Follow the Pacific Institute for real science on #water, #climate, #energy, #resilience, more!!

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My friend Riley just penned this for @highcountrynews.bsky.social. Great to see some familiar faces here, and Riley really brings it home w/ this: "There is no future without fire, and no future in which federal wildland firefighters are not its indispensable stewards." www.hcn.org/articles/pay...

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The Metropolitan Water District's board is considering the findings of a 7-month investigation into accusations against top manager Adel Hagekhalil — a process that has revealed competing claims of discrimination and exposed deep divisions among the agency's leaders. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Hey everyone…had a conversation with the @uoftpandemics.bsky.social SM manager about why they should get off twitter A plea: their bsky account is a shell right now, but if we could get them some followers here I bet we could get them to switch Please consider following 🙏🙏🙏

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Lots of groups doing the important work of preserving Federal resources on climate and equity. Here's the @ucsusa.bsky.social page preserving many of the important documents and resources on environmental justice and science. www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...

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Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues. You may notice them as posters who are smearing Chrystia Freeland, pushing anti-Ukrainian narratives, Germany's election, anti-EU rhetoric, anti-NATO rhetoric, etc. Their numbers are still low, so stay vigilant

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In the cover story of the February issue of @sciam.bsky.social I explain what biomolecular condensates are and why they are transforming cell biology. A short 🧵 (You'll need a subscription to read the article.) www.scientificamerican.com/article/myst...

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Trying to figure out how to best support victims of the Los Angeles wildfires? For @vox.com, I wrote a guide for anyone who wants to help, and how to do it — right now and in the future. www.vox.com/climate/3952...

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