Andy Lyons

IPCC selects UC Berkeley scientist for climate change assessment - Berkeley News The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produces the authoritative scientific assessments that guide global policy and action on human-caused climate change.

The @ipcc.bsky.social has selected UC Berkeley climate change scientist and forest ecologist Patrick Gonzalez as a lead author on its next global scientific assessment of climate change. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/22/i...

22.08.2025 23:14 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

14.06.2025 23:07 — 👍 29589    🔁 6359    💬 373    📌 357

Lorrene Ritchie, Retiring in July, Shaped Evolution of Nutrition Programs Lorrene Ritchie, seen here presenting at an international conference in Norway, is a world-renowned expert on children's nutrition programs.

What an amazing leader and human being! Thank you for your service!

www.morningagclips.com/lorrene-ritc...

09.06.2025 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for No...

I joined @farmerfred.bsky.social on the Garden Basics podcast to discuss how to best locate home/farm weather stations (including microclimate considerations!). We also discuss consequences of cuts to NOAA/National Weather Service for those who work and grow outdoors. www.buzzsprout.com/1...

30.05.2025 18:06 — 👍 110    🔁 18    💬 3    📌 1

“We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.”

~ Carl Sagan

26.04.2025 13:51 — 👍 2072    🔁 666    💬 34    📌 71

"Effective today, sources tell Science, NSF’s division of grants & awards is returning all grant proposals previously approved for funding and awaiting final signoff to program officers who oversaw the initial review. In the meantime, according to those sources, NSF will not make any new awards."

17.04.2025 01:09 — 👍 63    🔁 36    💬 3    📌 9

Photo taken by Johanna Turner of a coyote wearing a GPS tracking collar.

To help make neighborhoods safer, Christine Wilkinson (UC Santa Cruz), Niamh Quinn (UCCE human-wildlife interactions advisor), and other UC scientists teamed up to study how #coyotes navigate urban areas like Los Angeles. @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social
More ➡️ bit.ly/3QxFHd4

27.02.2025 02:37 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Making Maps in PowerPoint using a Template Created with ArcGIS Pro GIS programs like ArcGIS Pro are designed to make maps but have a steep learning curve. PowerPoint is well-known and has a good set of drawing tools, but can not import GIS data. This two-part Tech No...

GIS users- if you'd like to create your own PowerPoint template, so non-GIS users in your org can make simple maps on their own, check out my Tech Note & video tutorial. It demonstrates how to convert GIS data into PowerPoint shapes using ArcGIS Pro, with *lots* of tips and tricks. ucanr.edu/p/80271

18.02.2025 18:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Making maps of the UC ANR network has never been easier. Using this new custom PowerPoint template, you can mix 'n match layers, stylize them, and add your own labels, completely within PowerPoint! Spice up your next presentation or proposal with your own custom map. ucanr.edu/blogs/blogco...

18.02.2025 18:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0