Third Planet Watch

World's sea-ice falls to record low The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.

Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems.

Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.

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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

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JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

obviously not the point of the story but has anyone ever gone on more vacations than jd vance in six months of being vp

RFK Jr. has no science or medical training & is not qualified for his position. Elect an unqualified President and he surrounds himself with sycophants and other unqualified people. People need to vote this #GOPMAGACult out of office at all levels of government. Vote like your future depends on it.

COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

This is insanity - this administration is against science and knowledge if it in any way hinders or questions their uncontrolled quest to take over the economy & wealth of this country & concentrate it in the hands of their billionaire class supporters. It is national MAFIA type action. #Fascism

"...critics worry the groups are too aligned with timber interests that prioritize commercial logging, and that they helped pave the way for the Trump administration’s latest effort to expand logging on public lands throughout the country by skirting environmental protection laws."

Cover at of the book Entangled Life by Martin Sheldrake, showing many kinds of fungi in a border around the central black background with white title/author text

HIGHLY recommended. Sheldrake describes how studying fungi literally changes scientists and science and how we understand the world, and how little we actually do understand. That same thing happens to the reader reading the book. 😊

Speaking of mind blowing books. This is probably the book that I have read that blew mine the most, and the one I constantly find myself telling people about.

It too is about fungus. And trees. And how they live together and how forests could be classified as one, huge living organism 🤯

Why the federal government is making climate data disappear Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.

“I don’t know if we’re living in climate denial anymore,” said one expert. “We have this new front of denial by erasure.”

@grist.org's Kate Yoder reports: grist.org/language/tru...

Facts don't matter under #GOPMAGACult of our self appointed Dictator who does not having a thinking or fact loving mind but as a narcissist thinks he is some genius.

Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?

Australians and Europeans are installing rooftop solar for a third of the price that Americans pay. Overly complicated local regulations and slow permitting are to blame. But mayors and state legislatures have the power to fix it. By @billmckibben.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
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U.S. Science Has Weathered Attacks Before and Won Federal officials seized 3,000 copies of Scientific American in 1950 in a “red scare” era of attacks on science. The move backfired and offers lessons for today

happy 180th anniversary to @sciam.bsky.social

good history lesson by @danvergano.bsky.social

"We will continue to speak out and provide scientists with a place to make their voices heard."

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IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ - Carbon Brief Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new IEA forecasts.

The future will be electric. You can’t hold back progress; But you can get left behind. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

'Alarmingly low' monarch butterfly population calls for international conservation strategy: Guelph professor | CBC News In the last 15 years, the monarch butterfly populations in North America have dwindled to "alarmingly low" levels, University of Guelph associate professor and ecologist Ryan Norris. He was part of a ...

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It's coming. Only way to stop long term is regime change. Did the Democrats do this? NO. It the #GOPMAGACult and their self proclaimed Dictator. Vote for Democrats in elections nationally, statewide and locally. Don't buy the right wing propaganda. Democrats have been the positive change makers!

♥️Ooooh! I love the pollen knob on the top of the cardinal flower opening that evolved to deposit it on the hummer's forehead. Works like a charm🤩
#lobeliacardinalis #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark

Description of image: a list of symptoms for heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Most importantly, if you are experiencing confusion, dizziness, and/or unconsciousness during hot weather and that is heat stroke and you should call 911/contact emergency services immediately.

Why trees save lives: The benefits of shade - American Forests You’ve likely experienced the benefits of shade — but not everyone can. Tree Equity Score’s new shade mapping provides the data to change that.

"Dealing with extreme heat is the new normal for summertime. Extreme heat is the deadliest climate threat in the United States. Every year, it claims more lives than any other weather-related disaster — an estimated 12,000 premature deaths." AmericanForests.org

Black and yellow butterfly on purple flower

Ran into this Black Swallowtail investigating a thistle 🦋🌿📷 #butterflies #insects

The Bird Flu Story No One Is Telling Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands

Scientific American - "Today at least 406 wild bird species and 51 wild mammals globally have been infected. Australia is the only continent to remain free of the virus."

GMOs and more pesticides aren't going to solve it either. #climatechange #bangmos #buyorganic #protectfarmlands

Book Review: In "The Trees Are Speaking," Lynda Mapes makes the case for protecting what's left of our temperate rainforests - NPI's Cascadia Advocate Mapes brings a knack for lucid translation of findings by fish biologists and forest ecologists into lay language. And she has a key ingredient in winning trust of native peoples — the patience of Job...

"In her new book The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forest (University of Washington Press), Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes raises a passionate voice for protecting what’s left of our temperate rain forests. Trees have standing."

Can't have judges legally appoint someone not vetted as a loyal follower of our self appointed Dictator.

#FactsMatter

How little you remember of the history of past regimes like this trump regime, it did not end well for any of them.

When I read Orwell, Huxley, Bradbury, and Atwood, I saw the societies they described as a terrifying warning of something potentially very real. Those coming into power now also read those books. They see a "how to" guide.

Climate problems aren’t going to go away, only get worse. If your roof is leaking it’s not going to go away because you decide to ignore it.