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Geologist | Alpinist | Explorer | Flyfisher | Ocean-Sailor | Climate | Conservation Estes Park, Colorado @8200’ sv Chinook 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 One🌎Cool🌍Planet🌏 OneCoolPlanet🌊 Celebration/Observation/Science/Opinion “If you lived here, you’d be home by now!”
DINOSAURS: Very informative and clearly narrated history of #dinosaurs. Really good, very much worth a listen. Dr. Steve Brusatte from Univ of Edinburgh is a compelling lecturer.
We know how the dinosaurs died. We don't know why they lived. | Steve Brusatte
YouTube video by Big Think
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One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.
We are approaching a pandemic-level of travel avoidance. As we noted before, once people's vacation travel patterns change, they discover new places to fall in love with; they rarely return to their old ones.
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe. n.pr/4z7IApd
Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
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The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
A paper in Nature Communications presents a newly described feathered dinosaur found in northeastern China that adds evidence to the theory that flight-related features evolved differently in various bird-like dinosaur groups. go.nature.com/4z4M3F1 #Paleosky 🧪
PERU: Raymond Eckland, Jon Zerain, and Josue Sanchez established Shumaq Warmi, an 850-metre line on the mountain’s south face, on Sept. 11. They graded Shumaq Warmi WI4+ M5 90°, ED, VI. #Chacraraju #Alpinism #Mountai #Peru #Andes
New Alpine Route on Chacraraju, a Peak Known for its Dangerous Conditions — Gripped
Three climbers have made the first ascent of Shumaq Warmi, an 850-metre line on Chacraraju at WI4+ M5
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🌀⛈️🌀With all the hurricanes swirling in the Pacific these days, you may be wondering... where do these storms come from, and how do they get so intense?
Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve.
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Laugh Lines: Monday, September 28, 2026
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
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🌊 Why are tides tiny in some places but 10m+ in others? It’s not just the Moon. Ocean-basin shape, coastlines, seafloor ridges and resonance all amplify or damp tides. And climate change is changing the tides too. theconversation.com/earths-tides...
Earth’s tides are shaped by more than the Moon. And they’re changing as the planet warms
For coastal communities, understanding how tides are changing is increasingly important.
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"For the first time, scientists link heavy snow to groundwater in California", by @ianjames.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
For the first time, scientists link heavy snow to groundwater in California
Scientists are finding that snowfall is more connected to water underground than we knew. Using satellite data, they found groundwater levels actually rise during big snow years, in contrast to most y...
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"The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections, Human Rights Watch said today." www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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Japan 2026: Welcome to Nikko! #tenkara #flyfishing #japan
Japan 2026: Welcome to Nikko!
Nikko. This is why Anthony, Matt, & I traveled to Japan. A solid 2+ drive from Tokyo, this is where we’d be staying, and fishing, for the next four days. Our friend Hiro picked us up at our Tokyo hotel early Monday morning in his Toyota van. The plan was to drive up into Nikko, do some sightseeing in the morning, meet up with Hiro’s Nikko Tenkara partner Takashi Sakauchi in the afternoon, check into our hotel, and then have a “welcome” dinner that night ahead of our first day of fishing on Tuesday.
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A 5,000 year-old arrow has emerged from melting mountain ice in Norway, offering a glimpse into prehistoric hunting in the high mountains 🏹❄️ archaeologymag.com/2026/09/5000...
5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 5,000-year-old arrow is among 48 prehistoric finds recovered as melting ice reveals older archaeology in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains.
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HERE COME THE BIRBS! Last night an estimated 18,403,000 birds, flying south at 25 mph, crossed North Carolina. Checkout Cornell Lab's migration Dashboard for data in your area.
Migration Dashboard - BirdCast
Explore nightly migration data in your region
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Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.
BAFFIN ISLAND, 1975: Charlie Porter….never named his route or wrote a detailed account of the climb, and he made no effort to turn the ascent into a campaign of self-promotion. One of the most epic climbs ever. #Climbing #Alpinism #Mountaineering #Baffin
Climber Spent 9 Days on a 40-Pitch Arctic Wall — Gripped
Charlie Porter climbed the world's first grade VII big wall with his bold solo up a new line on Mount Asgard in the 1970s
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CANADA: The Alpine Club of Canada. "State of the Mountains Report" An annual mountain report highlighting the changes in #Canada’s alpine environment. This is always a fantastic read, highlighting mountain activity, usage, and conditions. #Alpinism #Mountaineering #Mountains #ClimateChange
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Three years ago tonight, I was in the presence of the most remarkable supercell thunderstorm that I have ever had the privilege of witnessing. For over an hour, I watched it dance beneath the starts, spinning like a top. Mother nature will never cease to amaze, inspire, and humble me.
Toshi Yoshida, "Hakone Sacred Grounds," woodblock print, 1954. #art #arte #yoshida #japan #japaneseart #printart #printmaking #woodblockprint #japanesewoodblockprint #autumn #autumnleaves #fallleaves #museum #artgallery
In recent days, two Black men in the DC area have been found hanging from trees, and in both cases the authorities are claiming suicide. That makes NO sense. Black people do not hang themselves from trees. What the HELL is going on?!
New penguin just dropped 👇. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also highlight...
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