Destynnie K. Berard

There is no more middle ground. If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in warzones, there is nothing else for it—you have to become a revolutionary. There is no going back to the way things were, to the future that we once anticipated. The old world is in flames around us.

If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in war zones—you have to become a revolutionary.

crimethinc.com/becomeananar...

It's tomorrow! ⚠️

You can still register to follow the NBI Accessible Science Talks online 👉 jic.link/NBIAST2025

Follow the hashtag for live updates: #NBIAST2025

screenshot of text: Do remember to tell people, when you write your article, that the most important message today is that every single day, each one of us lives, we make some impact on the planet, and we can choose what sort of impact we make; what we buy, what we wear, where does it come from? Did it harm the environment when it was made? Did it lead to cruelty to animals like terrible factory farms? Is it cheap because of child slave labor? If we start making ethical choices every day, millions and billions of us, we move towards a better world and a world of citizens who will push governments to make the ethical decisions themselves.

Jane Goodall, from a March 2020 Paste Magazine interview: www.pastemagazine.com/article/jane...

Viewed from below, a Scrub Jay holds a katydid that it just caught in its beak. The Jay is perched on a branch.

#birds #iNat #corvid #arthropod
I heard a Scrub Jay squawking in a tree, but had a very hard time getting a clear shot of it. I shot a bunch of pics essentially blind. Most were out of focus, but this one came out well.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law A major treaty establishing a framework for the world’s nations to jointly manage marine conservation in international waters, which cover about half of the Earth’s surface, has reached enough…

The agreement on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction was reached in 2023 with much fanfare, partly because it sets up a system for establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters.

On Sept. 19, Morocco became the 60th country to ratify the deal.

Pollen banking. Awesome that this is getting some attention!

Indonesia flooding traced to corporate canals that drain peatlands: Report JAKARTA — Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to corporate destruction of peatlands, NGO Pantau Gambut warns in its newest report. The report reveals…

Flooding in Indonesia is increasingly traced to corporate destruction of peatlands rather than natural causes, according to a new report by NGO Pantau Gambut.

New bat species described from Western Himalayas Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a new-to-science species from Uttarakhand state. Named the Himalayan long-tailed myotis (Myotis…

Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a new-to-science species from Uttarakhand state.

Named the Himalayan long-tailed myotis in a new study, the bat boasts a tail nearly as long as its body.

Indigenous people gain formal role in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role for Indigenous peoples, giving them a voice for the first time in one of the Amazon Basin’s most…

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role for Indigenous peoples, giving them a voice for the first time in one of the Amazon Basin’s most important intergovernmental bodies.

I'm very happy to share that our paper describing the evolution of sex chromosomes in brown algae is out!🎉 This project was a long journey, but it came together into a nice story 🧬 🌊 Grateful to everyone who helped along the way!

Huge waves in the ocean and atmosphere contribute to weather patterns such as El Niño, a periodic warming of ocean temperatures seen in this satellite image. El Niño typically delivers wet, cold winters to the southern US and can affect global weather. quantamagazine.org/how-quantum-...

Gulf Stream collapse may happen sooner, Dutch scientists predict - DutchNews.nl The system of ocean currents, including the Gulf Stream (AMOC) that helps keep north-western Europe relatively warm, may collapse as soon as 2060, a new study by Dutch climate scientists has shown. Ea...

This major new study from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has global implications, so it would be good to see it getting global media coverage rather than only a few Dutch outlets.

We ignore such news at our peril!

#Climate
#AMOC
#EndClimateSilence

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/golf...

Ecosystems as infrastructure: Tim Christophersen on how to rebuild humanity’s ties to nature The forests of northern Europe provided Tim Christophersen with his first education. As a child in rural Germany he followed his grandfather, a forest ranger, on long walks among the trees. Fishing…

Tim Christophersen argues that humanity’s crises of climate, biodiversity, and pollution stem from a fractured relationship with nature.

He sees restoration as both urgent and possible: ecosystems, once given diversity & space, can recover quickly, offering resilience, carbon storage, & abundance.

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.

"Europe relies on freely provided environmental and health-monitoring data from the US in planning for extreme weather events and long-term investment, but the Trump administration has proposed wide-ranging cuts in key science agencies, and NASA has signaled a step back from climate science."

tl;dr for non-canadians who haven't been following the Air Canada thing

CUPE (union): you have to pay us for time we spend working on the ground too

Air Canada: nah, feds will just force you to work anyway

Federal gov: yep

CUPE: fuck yall, not doing that

AC: shit, that was our only plan

Who else guessed this could’ve been the result of massive funding cuts and scientists losing their jobs…? 🫠

I’m begging, PLEADING, with people - please, please, please do not just assume that because an LLM “cites its sources” that what it says is right.

In addition to the well-known (I thought) problem where they make up sources entirely, they often “cite” sources that don’t contain the supposed info.

Seized corals find safe harbor in New York Aquarium In May this year, wildlife inspectors for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seized a shipment of 232 live stony corals at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The corals are now being…

In May this year, wildlife inspectors for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seized a shipment of 232 live stony corals at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

The corals are now being kept at New York Aquarium for rehabilitation and propagation.

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the declining numbers of…

A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the declining numbers of seed-dispersing animals, which are crucial for growing healthy forests.

England’s rewilding movement is gaining steam, Ben Goldsmith says Rewilding advocate, financier and host of the popular podcast Rewilding the World, Ben Goldsmith, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss nature restoration in his home country of England, where a…

Rewilding advocate, financier and host of the popular podcast Rewilding the World, Ben Goldsmith, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss nature restoration in his home country of England, where a significant cultural change is taking hold toward reviving biodiversity, such as beavers.

Reasonable grazing time enhances the diversity and complexity of soil microorganisms by promoting soil nutrient cycling and organic decomposition functions Zhuo Liu, Yan Shen, Guohong Wang, Huiping Li, Jingli Ma, Yao Zhou, Wen Li, Hongbin Ma This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Varying the …

📰Published📰Reasonable grazing time enhances the diversity and complexity of soil microorganisms by promoting soil nutrient cycling and organic decomposition functions 🌱

buff.ly/nGj0Poc

🧪🌍

How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island On Rábida Island in the Galápagos, where red-tinged beaches meet ancient lava formations, Mares’s leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus maresi) is back. Once thought extinct on this island, a genetically…

Mares’s leaf-toed gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos after being thought extinct for more than a century, with only ancient bones as previous evidence of its existence.

The case for hope in environmental journalism I often return to this image, which I took in 2022 in Jambi, Indonesia. At first glance, it seems to capture something hopeful: a full-circle rainbow arcing over a lush green landscape. But look…

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]

The more intimately we understand the scale of ecological loss, the harder it becomes to stay hopeful.

Yet the people living closest to the crisis are often the ones imagining the boldest futures.

Let’s normalize presenting research in comic form pls

Ambitious Denmark project starts farm-to-forest conversion In December 2024, Denmark embarked on an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and restore 250,000 hectares (617,763 acres) or almost 6% of the country into forested area. One local initiative is…

In December 2024, Denmark embarked on an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and restore 250,000 hectares (617,763 acres) or almost 6% of the country into forested area.

One local initiative is afforesting agricultural land, where nature is being allowed to take its course — with some help.

Nothing new, but glad it’s being said…

Africa’s freshwater fish face a crisis — but solutions are within reach A new WWF report is sounding the alarm on Africa’s freshwater fish: one in four fish species it assessed is at risk of extinction. These declines threaten not only biodiversity, but also the food…

A new WWF report sounded the alarm on Africa’s freshwater fish: one in four assessed fish species is at risk of extinction.

These declines threaten not only biodiversity, but also food security, livelihoods & cultural identity of the millions who depend on inland fisheries across the continent.

This case is an extraordinary win for our pacific neighbours who went to the ICJ seeking climate justice. Shamefully Australia opposed this, saying there were no broader legal obligation for nations to act beyond the terms of climate treaties. The court rejected this submission.

Evolution in overdrive as Baltic cod shrink due to fishing pressure, study shows The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says. It’s one of…

The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says.

It’s one of the first studies to show that a marine species has evolved in response to fishing pressure.