🍉🌻Carlota Forte🌻🍉Available for hire
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Scientific illustrator and palaeoartist from 🇵🇹 | She/Her | Masters Degree in Biology | Bachelors Degree in Arts | Nature and outdoors lover | Occasionally a writer, full-time nerd. https://carlotafortesciart.wordpress.com/
NEW on “Paper Trail”: More likely than not, there are ”forever chemicals” in your blood. Here’s the thing: 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into people’s blood for decades — and continued making them. We found out how they kept this secret. Listen to the full episode:
How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
Precise giants: New research reveals how blue whales find food in a vast ocean 🐋 MBARI biological oceanographer John Ryan shares how a team of researchers used bio-logging tags and satellite data to learn how blue whales find dense swarms of krill. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/precise...
Precise giants: New research reveals how blue whales find food in a vast ocean • MBARI
MBARI biological oceanographer John Ryan shares how a team of researchers used bio-logging tags and satellite data to learn how blue whales find dense swarms of krill.
mbari.org
Went to the local book fair yesterday and found my personal Holy Grail 😍 An oldie but goldie and in great shape for the outrageous grand fortune of €5. That John Sibbick cover illustration has lived rent free in my head since I was five-years-old.
Originals I will have at the #DragonCon Art Show. 🧵 Eight Blessings on the Wind 🪶 #art #drawing #birdart #sciart
The only good thing coming out of Harry P*tter was the My Immortal fic
We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.
ZDM Warszawa@zdmwarszawa.bsky.social · last mo.Jeszcze nie tak dawno zdominowane przez samochody, beton i asfalt. Dziś pełne zieleni, przyjazne pieszym, lepsze dla klimatu. Tak wyglądają teraz ulice Złota i Zgoda. Właśnie zakończyliśmy kolejny ważny etap projektu Nowe Centrum Warszawy. ℹ️ zdm.waw.pl/ZłotaZgodaGotowe
I know I've shared this illustration for #SundayFishSketch a few times now, but I'm sharing it again because it was accepted into the Minnesota State Fair fine arts building and is currently on display. So, if you're headed to the fair check it and the other amazing art out!
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Faraday Prize! Scientific research is critical for solving the challenges that humanity and the planet currently faces, but ensuring that diverse communities are engaged in & benefit from science are just as important as the work that happens in the lab.
The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · last wk.Professor Anjali Goswami FRS is awarded the Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture 2026 for her research in vertebrate evolution and her public engagement work, particularly her advocacy for women and people from minoritised communities. https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/michael-faraday-prize/
Up at Cruagh Woods at the outskirts of Dublin. This tree went over in a storm several years ago but still continues to show some growth every year. #Hiking #Photography #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #Ireland
a cute little fossil fern for this #FossilFriday. This picture was taken by illuminating the fossil with light in the visible spectrum and capturing the infrared radiation emitted from the specimen!
Around 1,000 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse
Around 1000 people missing in Tibet and Nepal after deadly floods
Officials in Nepal earlier said 403 people, including 341 foreigners, were reported missing.
euronews.com
*Working on the final FINAL micro-details on this extinct whale piece for the past 15 minutes* Me to me: Can you PLEASE declare it done already I'm literally begging you 💀
Donald Trump fired a long-time West Point professor for teaching that humans contribute to climate change. No way to run a military, no way to run a country. Great way to run a dictatorship. www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
stripes.com
I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.
Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
nytimes.com
I hate to do this, but anything you could spare would make a big difference for me + my family. My next pay is two weeks away and that paycheck is only going to be a quarter of what it usually is. Student loans + groceries are going to eat up most of that almost immediately. ko-fi.com/sophiesaurus
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Sophie M.@sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 2w agoMildly overwhelmed by the expenses that keep piling up this month. Taking a month off to take care of my sick partner should not threaten to financially derail my life for the rest of the year. We need a better system than this.
"I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations in three seconds" sure, at the expense of the artists whose works were scraped without permission, and at the expense of the health of our fucking planet. Selfish behavior.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3w agoThis is hopefully the last time Luke has to write about 1666: Amsterdam aftermath.site/1666-amsterdam...
Naty and Zevran. A farewell kiss at the Denerim City Gates before the final battle 💔 #ZevWarden #Zevran #DragonAge #DragonAgeOrigins
This video, captured by 'beelightfulbees' on IG, shows a Bombus hypnorum, a 'tree bumblebee' napping on a flower, little toes tippy-tapping as it dreams. But do bees really dream and WHY? And how can we know that? Let's talk about 'memory reactivation' theory. (📷: beelightfulbees)
paleolithic people (second try, for some reason two of the pics never uploaded)
Learning pattern design, you can buy stuff with this print from my rb. I want to see more colourful paleo art design, so gonna be the change I want to see. www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
