Ria Marie

If you want to understand why the East US will be invaded by Arctic Air down to Florida in… checks notes… early November… look no further than the Arctic being en fuego - relatively speaking. That anomalously warm air/ blocking is “displacing” very cold air far to the South

Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’

So the expansion of the universe may not be accelerating but rather, is slowing. If verified, we're back to where our understanding was by about the 1990s. And our ideas about Dark Energy require revision.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Let a man guard himself against irritability in speech; let him be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let him practice good conduct in speech.
~Dhammapada 232

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

Dancing in the moonlight 🌊🌊

The Philippines are bracing for yet another typhoon, as the huge and sprawling Tropical Storm Fung-wong steadily strengthens in the Philippine Sea. #Fungwong #UwanPH

Latest track and forecast here: zoom.earth/storms/fung-...

Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, knowledge is hidden by selfish desire – hidden, Arjuna, by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction, the inveterate enemy of the wise.
[3:38-39]

Happiness ~ Pema Chödron
https://justdharma.org/happiness-pema-chodron/

#PemaChödron #aspiration #happiness #suffering

Furry friend stopping by for a visit. It’s always awe- inspiring to see them this close and such an amazing privilege. #BearSeason2025 #mammals 🌿

💨🌞⚡👍

Typhoon #Kalmaegi is strengthening again after crossing the islands of the Philippines.

Winds are 185 km/h and its intensity will likely continue to increase before it strikes Vietnam in the next 24 hours.

Anger clouds the judgment; you can no longer learn from past mistakes. Lost is the power to choose between what is wise and what is unwise, and your life is utter waste.
[2:63]

Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or, like the snow-fall in the river,
A moment white then melts forever.

-Robert Burns

Hope this helps. ❤️🙌

#yogatherapy #mentalhealth #wellness #inspire

A Christianity that makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported while making the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported is a Christianity that is following someone other than Jesus.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social out here doing all the side quests

In Arctic Soils, Methane-Eating Microbes Just Might Win Out over Methane Makers - Eos Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows.

Is there a “methane bomb” lying in Arctic permafrost? New research is showing the answer is complicated—warming Arctic soils might help or hurt the climate, depending on other factors like hydrology.

YouTube video by Bleeding Strings Let It Be — A Soulful Acoustic ballad About Healing and Letting Go | Bleeding Strings

youtu.be/MLeOvLjipgk?...

A work-boot wearing woman in black and blue clothes walking away from the camera through a grassy field in the mountains with a guitar slung over her right shoulder

#selfportraitsunday

Off to play a few songs with some fellow ramblers ✌🏼

#photography #art #artofselfportraiture #artyear

A white willow ptarmigan with reddish-brown mottling on the back and head walks with purpose over the rocky ground, it's long, fluffy legs eating up the distance with each stride.

Coming through! Important ptarmigan stuff to do!
#birds 🌿

Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected.

Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis.

New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected.

grist.org/technology/g...

Freedom from and freedom as This is not only freedom from the separate self.

"This is the return to ordinary, uncomplicated living. Emails, menopause, coffee, internet trolls. It’s the same body-mind moving as before. It still looks and feels like a self. Only now, it’s no longer believed to be about anyone. It’s no longer the identity."

— Freedom from and freedom as

Map of September to November sea surface temperature trends in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. All areas are warming over the 1982 to 2024 period at around 0.4°C per decade. This data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1.

Here's now a map view of the warming of the Caribbean during the months of September to November. While there are many environmental factors that impact hurricane intensity, this warming certainly plays a role in fueling that rapid intensification.

More views at zacklabe.com/united-state... 🌊

Short summary of key points how global warming makes tropical cyclones more destructive.

From 1980-2002 THREE storms acheived extreme rapid intensification.
From 2003-2025 EIGHTEEN storms achieved extreme rapid intensification.
6X increase!
It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change!
(source of data Dr Kieran Bhatia x.com/bhatiakieran...)

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