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jenna newman phd@jennanewman.bsky.social · last wk.

“Studies have previously shown an association btwn tree cover & public health outcomes. The new study is novel bc it tracks how the tree canopy expands or contracts in response to development, natural disasters & other forces, &how those changes in turn appear to correlate to communitywide health”🛟🧪

“When it comes to urban trees, old is gold. Many cities across the country, including New York, have been planting trees in neighborhoods where cooling shade has been sparse because of neglect in decades past. But a new study has found that simply adding trees is not enough: To get the most from tree cover, communities also have to preserve older ones. Polt we take care of trees, they take care of us, and might even help save our lives," said Harrison C. Garcia, a student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the lead author on the study. "They're not just a luxury. They're not just something to look at."”
Eric Klinenberg@ericklinenberg.bsky.social · last wk.

Researchers in Chicago tracked neighborhood-level tree canopy over two decades and discovered something startling: “Each year-to-year percent increase in canopy was associated with around a 10 percent reduction in mortality." Keeping mature trees alive can help keep people alive -and cooler, too.

Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 2w ago

And there are lots of adaptation actions that are also mitigation actions! We can do both! Long list of examples here: bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m worried that governments and businesses are “pivoting” from mitigation to adaptation/resilience and then calling that their “climate” or “sustainability” plan. We need to urgently reduce emissions AND make our systems more robust to withstand inevitable amounts of warming.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w ago

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

Cartoon image of a street with much of the space taken up by a car with a single driver, while the rest of the street has people tightly packed in a bus, a bus shelter and riding bikes in a bike lane. Adding insult to injury, the driver says “damn those bike paths and bike lanes taking all the space.”
Fred Nurk@f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here's a fine example from Australia: wind farms kill birds. Which is true, but also a bad kind of propaganda. Fossil fuelled climate change, buildings, vehicles + poison kills far, far more. Suggesting an AI powered solution = comedy.

Wind farm reports 20 wedge tailed eagle deaths - yes, but there's SIXTY turbines, and how many eagles died from bushfires over the same period?Wind Turbines are not killing fields for birds - for eagles, chances are that it's vehicles + poison that is going to do them in, along with climate change.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've watched the right use this communication strategy (and close cousins of it) my entire life - and of course, it is much older. quick examples: "solar panels fail at night", "not all men" etc. In each case a true statement is made, yet each is a case of the bad kind of propaganda. 2/

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”

France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

ctvnews.ca

isaac@sevier.io · 2mo ago

"We couldn't have possibly seen this coming" well actually no yeah we did and someday we will have to simply turn off all production of fossil fuels much like we did during those first days of Covid if we want our children and their children to live.

Pat Fuller@bannerite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Canada is burning. Europe is on fire. 1/3rd of the U.S. sky is smoke (pollution). Texas is flooding. The oceans are boiling. The heat is lethal. If you are still denying climate change you are denying the longevity of Earth.” Scott Barney on Facebook

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Genuinely losing my mind watching Carney's announcement today. Canada is burning, our prime minister says we can't afford climate action, and today he ANNOUNCES MORE DEFENCE SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The NYT reports that Trump personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension after his red card Days later, FIFA reversed the suspension It’s the first time since 1962 that FIFA has overturned a World Cup red-card suspension

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TLDR Swinton@thedoodlebear.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's interesting how everything people used to proudly call "public" when I was growing up (public parks, public libraries, public schools, public transportation, public television, etc) is suddenly "socialist" now that rich people are spinning it.

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is absolutely terrifying The Nino 3.4 forecast temperature anomaly mean is now at 4C, when even the biggest historical super ninos have seen less than 3C I really have no idea what this is going to bring over the next 12 months, but it will be very, very, grim

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