Paul van Brakel

Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds "You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.

"The lake's waters reached 41ºC, or 105.8ºF — hotter than most spa baths."

"You couldn't put your finger in the water."

Just terrible. There's no other way to describe this.

News: www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...

Peer reviewed: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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...between 2001 and 2024, the state lost more than 540 square miles of its tree cover, about the size of the city of Los Angeles...
#biodiversity

Extended hurricane category scale, following Wehner&Kossin, Proceedings of the National Academy 2024: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
If that scale didn't stop at Category 5 for historic reasons, we would have had several Category 6 tropical cyclones since year 2000.

These two Indian-Americans surpassed Mark Zuckerberg as the world's youngest self-made billionaire: They are college dropouts Who are the two Indian-American college dropouts behind Mercor’s $10B AI success. (Photo: LinkedIn @suryamidha From debate team captains to business founders Academic achievements and early career choices The Thiel Fellowship and Mercor’s rapid evolution Funding, growth and global reach...

These two Indian-Americans surpassed Mark Zuckerberg as the world's youngest self-made billionaire: They are college dropouts
->Times of India | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

A 1 month GIF of NOAA SSTs

Admire how the Atlantic is 💤💤💤💤💤

Pacific slightly cooling

SO BORING

#ClimateCrisis

#photography #UrbanGaze #ColorADay #YellowThu #cityscape #autumn #composite #photographersofbluesky

Man walking alongside children rollerskating through a park just after a rainstorm, stone fence and bare trees, sidewalk reflects their shadows and bright afternoon sun

Vivian Maier

NYC, 1953

YouTube video by TEDx Talks The devastating impact of light pollution | Alyn Wallace | TEDxAberystwyth

Just like when we became aware of the effects of ALAN can we help others to see the light 'scuse the pun.

I recall the shock from work colleagues when I shared this with them at a meeting a number of years ago from the late Alyn Wallace
youtu.be/SOZ0dG_NG2k?...

Native birds facing extinction from pests after beech seed drop Rats and stoats will explode in numbers, eat all the seeds and look to supplement their diet with birds.

A Mast is coming Aotearoa New Zealand and it's bad news for bird life. We need to redouble our efforts in pest control.
#biodiversity
Native birds facing extinction from pests after beech seed drop www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

If they pulled it off the energy traders would be devastated as it has the potential to collapse electricity prices

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Now someone had been more than keeping tabs on the situation /2

Andrew Bayly is stretching it a bit (from earlier today) refer to the comment /1
#nzpol

Growing questions in NZ about organisation called Atlas Network In New Zealand, there is now a conversation about an organisation called Atlas Network and whether or not it has influenced the right-bloc government's agenda.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.

"It's really amazing to see how their behaviour is starting to change."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

...another libertarian gaining some power like Seymour albeit at a local govt level...
#nzpol

Remember while the govt kicks poor parents in the teeth their own benefit entitlements are out of their hands, yeah right!
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The major circulatory currents are slowing at an unprecedented rate. While predictions are difficult due to numerous feedbacks the most likely scenario is permanent La Nina type weather more severe than Gabrielle...

We have the likes of Mark Cameron railing about free speech in parliament the other day yet the right want to control the narrative more and more to increase their grip with the ignorant cannon fodder wannabes at the polling booth who aren't even invited to their path to plutocracy #nzpol

Business trying to control the narrative more and more

We wonder why we are having such weird weather incl here with this unusual spring caused by a SSW event which may continue for another month. AGW has warmed the planet at an unprecedented rate and now we're on the verge of collapse. When you pump 2.5GT of C into the atmosphere in such a short time..

Brooke betrayed her gender
Willis used it to cook her books
Luxon is in constant denial of his mess
Yep it'll be their undoing

GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V. Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V. - eine der größten Organisationen für Naturfotografie weltweit.

The Rewilding photographic awards are worth a look. Toggle the language in the top right hand corner if wanting to view English commentary

#biodiversity
www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/rewil...

Flying our way into oblivion
#climate

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

Part of what made the international rules-based system work was that we had a powerful anchor for it:...We expected leaders to pull back from their greed. And if they didn’t, journalists would expose these things. Now...

Luxon?

Food for thought
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

#nzpol

Are the wannabes dim can't they see through his self righteous pomposity for what it really is?

I once tackled a well-off comfortable orchardist on her pleading on FB that we (she) needed cheap RSE workers from the islands stating that her business model was based on exploitation...Crickets

Luxon needs a reset at an election coming near you!

Watching Nicola Willis:
- hedge
- misdirect
- screw up basic facts
- confidently lie
- pivot
- bloviate
- gaslight
…it was clear she was way out of her depth & uninterested in learning anything that might contradict her delusions (as was Luxon).

Well… the numbers are in.
It’s brutal.

#nzpol

Yes it reminded me of something.
So posted it.
bsky.app/profile/paul...