While I was in the washroom, my 🦜 flew into my office and left a little “gift” for me. My reward for WFH summer fridays.
Joanna Coleman
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Urban Ecologist, Conservation Biologist, Asst Professor, Queens College-CUNY & Co-Chair of the IUCN SSC 🦇 Specialist Group, 🦇 Trade and Human Dimensions Working Groups. 🇨🇦 🇷🇴 🇸🇬 🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
NYC now ranks 3rd among major global cities for worst air quality. Keep windows closed and wear an N95 mask outdoors if you can. Oh, and try and avoid Cyclosporiasis, which has hundreds of New Yorkers basically chained to their toilets. Thank goodness for MAHA. www.iqair.com/world-air-qu...
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Climate change exacerbates almost two-thirds of pathogenic diseases affecting humans - Nature Climate Change
A comprehensive and systematic literature review reveals that over 58% of human pathogenic diseases are aggravated by climatic hazards that are sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions.
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“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
My 3rd time in Berlin. I ❤️ many things about this city, but above all, the spontaneous & unmanaged vegetation everywhere you look.
Online marketplaces like Facebook are driving Indonesia's illegal hornbill trade. Because these birds are long-living and slow-reproducing, conservationists warn that the ongoing sale of over 500 live chicks and body parts threatens their long-term survival. @spoorthyraman.bsky.social reports.
Indonesia’s native hornbills are being hammered by online and offline trade
Among the many inhabitants of Southeast Asia’s dense rainforests are hornbills — a group of birds that stand out with their raucous call, large, ostentatious beak and colorful feathers. Indonesia…
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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated communities where coastal mangrove forests had been removed. In contrast, islands still covered were well protected. Wild, natural ecosystems are not a luxury. They are the very bedrock of a habitable planet. share.google/5oQXv9s3WwLI...
Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
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What a cool discovery !
Sensory Ecology Lab@sensoryecology.bsky.social · 2mo ago“By analyzing the chamber’s composition and the larvae it harbors, the team challenges the long-held notion that royal jelly alone — the queen-making food fed to select larvae — makes a queen.” #scicomm www.sciencenews.org/article/quee... 🧪 🐝 🐙
Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)
Good example of lawmakers not thinking ahead. Or not thinking at all. www.science.org/content/arti...
Lawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborations
Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent
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Habs, please get your shit together - try some shots on goal, why don’t you ? #GoHabsGo
Some plant is releasing pollen right now in NYC and it seems I have an allergy to it. I never had plant allergies before.
I kinda think Jakub Dobes is a good pick for the Vézina trophy.
Gratuitous photo of my grand niece, Dahlia, in the onesie I gave her for Xmas. Just so 😍 with her (& her mum, my 1st niece, who sends me photos of Dahlia almost daily).
Big doubts that this move would materially drive grocery prices down, but quite sure it is a short-sighted, terrible move for air quality & GHG emissions. And I think it violates the Kigali amendment, which almost all parties signed, with the 🇺🇸 showing leadership. apnews.com/article/refr...
Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs
The Trump administration is loosening a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment.
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If you ❤️ wetlands, then maybe check out this Bluesky account & iNat project !
Swamp@swampvids.bsky.social · 3mo agoSwamp stalkers! Or...swamp friends...? Yes, that's the word! Some of whom might also be swamp stalkers. Been working on a project just for you! Everything in the swamp! It's far from complete. Feel free to follow it and/or the swamp on iNat. www.inaturalist.org/projects/str...
Holy smokes some of the best hockey I’ve ever watched - Habs are ON 🔥 🔥 🔥
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The Government Mandated “Kill Switch” Coming to a Vehicle Near You
Every so often a law that was passed years ago quietly becomes a present-day compliance reality. Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is one of those laws. Tucked into an e...
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Solid health policies people.com/rfk-jr-hals-... www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Trump pressures FDA's Makary to approve flavored vapes, WSJ reports
U.S. President Donald Trump rebuked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary for not moving quickly enough to approve flavored vapes and nicotine products over the weekend, the Wall St...
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Gonna go out on a limb and call this a win for the Habs !!!
Go habs go !!!!!!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Habs hang on in Game 7, eliminate Lightning, move on to face Buffalo Sabres | CBC News
Following the Montreal Canadiens' Sunday night victory in Tampa, the Habs will now face the Buffalo Sabres. The two teams will kick off their second-round matchup on Wednesday.
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Mayon is erupting ! One of the most imposing and perfect stratovolcanos of all. Crazy, scary and amazing. youtu.be/Nj8XHRVAKeA?...
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