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Shipping's biofuel demand could hit 40% of marine fuel by 2050. Without stronger land-use rules, that scale risks pushing agriculture into forests and driving up food prices. ⚓️ The window to get this right is narrowing. 🔗 theicct.org/publication/...

Considerations for a qualitative risk-based indirect land-use change framework for the International Maritime Organization - International Council on Clean Transportation

This brief examines how the IMO can build a global framework to identify and limit high-ILUC risk biofuel feedstocks under its Net-Zero Framework, drawing on best practices from existing biofuel…

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Natural history museums are at an inflection point that started with the auctioning of dinosaurs. If Fort Hays State (Sternberg) or Drexel (Acad.Nat.Sci.) think they can monetize collections (i.e., sell natural history specimens); museums become safety deposit boxes instead of research institutes.

A new analysis of federal earnings data measures how much students who received federal financial aid earned four years after graduating. Our graphics reporter Arfa Momin studied the data to see when a graduate’s major and college mattered most to earnings. nyti.ms/4rZ82Ld

BYCATCH PDF 👾🐟 Available now over on my ko-fi! It contains all pages of the final book, and on top of that I have the M.U.T.T.S. PDF listed as well! 🙇 Come check it out! 🎣 ko-fi.com/peripendrake...

I watched a blue jay stuff a snack into the siding of the neighbor’s house. It looked like a modern, Cenozoic version of a T. rex trying to shove a little ankylosaur under a log for later. Tap tap tap, there. Snug.

We’re nominated for a Signal Award in their Science category! If Science Friday has sparked your curiosity, taught you something new, or has been a fun part of your commute, please vote for us! Vote now before Oct. 15th: https://bit.ly/4eoRbvB

If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes. n.pr/4AXBftW

Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark

If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.

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The Little Book of Whales is an attractive, accessible overview of whale biology, diversity, and cultural significance, aimed primarily at natural history enthusiasts. It works best as a 'coffee table science' book, offering a broad introduction supported by strong visuals.

Join @localnaturelab this October to spend time with oak trees near you. You can participate in the challenge anywhere in the world. If you can travel to Washington Square Park (NYC), check out our Quercus Zine (lnkd.in/gkzMEyg4 )—free to download. #oaktobernyc

One year ago today 🌿 Eldo rock, lichen & moss

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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My new favorite mug has arrived! @effinbirds.com 🦅

More vegetation > less heat Recent data shows NYC overall has seen increases in vegetation cover, meaning more areas within the city having "enough" vegetation to start combating the UHI effect. But not all neighborhoods are equitably green. Read our new analysis here: tinyurl.com/NYCvegtation

NYC is Gaining Vegetation — But is it Increasing Equitably?

More local areas across NYC have “enough” vegetation to start reducing the urban heat island effect and the associated impacts on people’s…

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In "Captive Ecologies," Jennifer C. James @femmenoire.bsky.social makes a case for the ecological significance of slavery’s afterlife, examining Black literature and art to trace the entanglements between racial capitalism and Black ecological freedom. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/I5cfkh8

Something I can finally share! I made a series of paitings and drawings of woolly mammoth and other species and landscapes from the North American Ice Age, whcih will be shwon at the Art House Blackhills Hot Springs Gallery from te 25th of September.

Swiss Miss Pudding Bars (1981—1987): A line of frozen bars of pudding on a stick, which pre-dated the iconic Jell-O version. Available in a variety of flavors like chocolate, chocolate chip, and fudge ripple, as well as chocolate and vanilla coated in chocolate and toffee

Suddenly feeling terrible that I’ve never given my cats a tiny typewriter. Photo from my collection, 1966.

There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when trained musicians woke up, put these outfits on and did their job.

This semester, I teach 2 courses - (a.) envirnomental history of science 1500-1780 (for the MA); (b.) history of biology (living things from Aristotle to Darwin) #histsci #environmentalhistory #histlife #plants #animals here the topics... any suggestion is welcome #class #teachings #histknowledge

"no birding today," I told myself, "too much unscheduled birding yesterday and you're covered in bug bites, there's a motocross event and a concert nearby that'll make it too noisy, don't even charge your camera batteries" the warblers in my backyard park: lol

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · last mo.

Unexpected quest birding is so funny. I did not want to go out today-- tailgating, buggy, too hot and humid, bad photography lighting, had my flu and covid shots yesterday I can honestly say I was not having "fun" at all But also it was very needed, what a nice break from real life

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org How are Pronghorn the fastest critter on four feet this side of the Prime Maridian ? Well for starters they have 13 gears.

Do you know what species of bird this is?

I'm on substack, and we're starting out with a bang! Check out my newest piece that dissects the fallout from one of my recent viral posts. raventhesciencemaven.substack.com/p/i-posted-a...

You folks are about to learn something my husband knows all too well: that I am as stubborn & persistent as all get-out. Here's acclaimed puppeteer Basil Twist talking about the puppets for the Totoro stage show; yet another data point in my one-person campaign to get it transferred to Broadway🙏

My Neighbour Totoro | Puppetry with Basil Twist

YouTube video by My Neighbour Totoro

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Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · last mo.

Another London dispatch: If any of you know any Broadway producers or investors, I am begging you to convince them to transfer "My Neighbor Totoro" to NYC when it closes in London in January. It is one of most enchanting, moving, heartwarming shows I've seen & I want audiences here to experience it🙏

There are just a few days left to sign up for my Fall 2026 Center for Wildlife Studies “biology and ecology of sharks” course! You can take the online take-at-your-own-pace lecture for university transfer credit, or just for fun to learn something if you’re not a current student.

Shark Biology and Ecology Online Course — Center for Wildlife Studies

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Traffic exhaust is linked to childhood leukemia and asthma, along with a slew of other diseases — but for families living along busy truck routes in Vancouver's east side, there's no escape from the air pollution. thenarwhal.ca/port-of-vanc...

The Vancouver families breathing in diesel truck fumes | The Narwhal

East Vancouver neighbourhoods shoulder the health burden of thousands of diesel trucks heading to and from the Port of Vancouver every week

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Just learned that important early observations of the Wright Brother's flight experiments were first published in the beekeeping magazine, Gleanings in Bee Culture, because Scientific American thought it was a hoax and turned down the story.

To be loved is to be changed.