++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

O desmatamento nunca foi o único problema, mas era o maior. Agora temos menos floresta a cada ano e mais degradação rolando. Um tipo gigante agora é fogo. A @erikaberenguer.bsky.social deu o papo aqui no vídeo youtu.be/jy3X8jwB6U4?...

Amazônia à prova de fogo | Erika Berenguer | TEDxAmazônia | Erika Berenguer | TEDxAmazônia

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Prof Rachael Garrett@rachgarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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Deforestation policies do not reduce forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon

This study examines whether policies aimed at reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are also effective at limiting forest degradation. While deforestation refers to the complete clearing of f...

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Prof Rachael Garrett@rachgarr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New article by our group in @pnas.org 📄🌳 We often focus on stopping deforestation —but what about forest degradation? Are existing deforestation policies offering any protection against this problem? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Amazon #Deforestation #ClimatePolicy #Conservation

New article by our group in @pnas.org 📄🌳 We often focus on stopping deforestation —but what about forest degradation? Are existing deforestation policies offering any protection against this problem? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Amazon #Deforestation #ClimatePolicy #Conservation

Deforestation-focused policies do not reduce degradation in the Brazilian Amazon | PNAS

Forest degradation causes large declines in carbon stocks, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, despite leaving some trees standing. Over the past...

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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

For interdisciplinary scientists lacking a home, one path forward is building a new community of researchers with shared interests, say Laura Vang Rasmussen, @rachgarr.bsky.social, @sofiananni.bsky.social, @nramankutty.bsky.social, & Ariane de Bremond @glp-earth.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/cre...

Creating Communities to Help Interdisciplinary Scientists Thrive - Eos

Solving complex challenges often requires diverse expertise, but skepticism remains within traditional academic institutions and mindsets regarding interdisciplinary science and scientists.

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Almost as remarkable as the flooding is having a public service that actually functions. There are crazy floods often in the us and people are largely on their own. #climate change

Kees van der Leun@sustainable2050.bsky.social · 6mo ago

After receiving 1,300 mm of rain within ten days (more than our record *annual* amount here in central NL, 2023), Grazalema faced a mandatory evacuation: www.thespanisheye.com/2026/02/05/i...

Thank goodness www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: First Vehicles Cross Reopened Gaza Border

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened Monday after having been largely closed since May 2024. It allowed some Gazans who had fled during the war to return. Sick and wounded people ...

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Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people. Over half of the world’s largest media companies have billionaire owners. 9 of the top 10 social media companies are run by just six billionaires. 📖 oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...

New Oxfam Inequality report just dropped: Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020. The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity. Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.

Hello friends! Thank you for all of your help and support. My children were so excited for fresh eggs we were able to get with donations and I would love for them to feel this excitement again. www.gofundme.com/f/reham-and-...

Imagine setting out in a desperate attempt to save your loved ones from starving and being shot in the back as you carry a bag of flower. No, I will #neverforget.

Peter Desnoyers@pjdesno.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This appears to be the CNN article: www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...

Can we just start referring to him as piggy now?

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The Israeli army killed Gaza civilians in a free-for-all, say ... ... Israeli soldiers who served there.

Congrats to this group!

Unai Pascual@upascual.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Honoured to receive this ERC Synergy grant to work with these fantastic researchers!

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day. (Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

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Gutsy and fascinating work developing a chicken pain index, in essence, as a path to more ethical animal-agriculture futures in a protein-hungry world by @cleoverk.bsky.social 🧪🐓. Paper and summary: 🧵

"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

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😢 "Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"

Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?

The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate

fgsglobal.com

@lailaberning.bsky.social congratulations on your stellar defense today!!

ICMY ‼️ GLP land system science experts published our 8️⃣ policy principles for sustainable & just land systems. Following these principles from agenda setting to formulation to implementation can help improve land policy. @glp-earth.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @camunigeography.bsky.social

#USA2025 How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown?

As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.

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Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems @rachgarr.bsky.social etal. @royalsociety.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

That's 250 million not going to helping people. @senategop.govpeeps.us @houserepublicans.bsky.social This is how you serve your country? What a joke.

Jonathan Edwards@jonathanreports.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

Public write up of our recent @consletters.bsky.social paper. "Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests... theconversation.com/protecting-b...

Protecting Brazil and Indonesia’s tropical forests requires political will, law enforcement and public pressure

How Brazil and Indonesia have cut down on deforestation.

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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

404media.co

Baha and Samaa have worked hard to make their tent into a nice home for their girls, but it provides neither shade nor insulation, it's infested with insects, and they're all suffering from the effects of malnutrition. Please help. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social 🍉

🚨🇪🇸 Breaking: Spain has dispatched a navy vessel to support the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza. Speaking from New York, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain “condemns the genocide” in Gaza and demanded Israel uphold international law and allow Spanish citizens to sail safely in the...