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Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees There's a thriving community of diverse microbes living in tree wood, a new study led by a Yale School of the Environment team of scientists has found. A single tree hosts about one trillion bacteria ...

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Thanks for sharing these almond stats. I often refer to them in my CA water use talks

Ps we got out of the almond business in the early 70s as plantings followed water in the SJ Valley and caused prices to be low then, too

What they are doing to Our science is Sabotage.

deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage.

Yesterday was the hottest August day in 120 years of record keeping in Phoenix🥵🥵🥵. Temps reached 118 degrees F at the Phoenix airport at 3:40 pm local time. BTW, the previous record of 117 was set just 2 years ago. @azcentral.com

California almond growers challenge USDA 3-billion-pound crop estimate Almond farmers question USDA's crop size prediction, fearing market disruption. Industry experts debate accuracy of estimation methods.

Ironic that they who voted for him now cant trust the ag crop forecast data. And it is depressing their crop prices. Who would have thunk? A reminder of possible effects of talent lost when USDA relocated Economic Research Service (ERS) to Kansas City, Missouri

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Pleasant 73 F in Kensington. Time to open some windows. No Karl today

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.

Meant to say he was willing 'to do the Right thing'. He profiled such African American stars as Bo Didley, Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, the Jacksons. He faced pressure from stations and advertisers in the South not to do this. Sounds familiar? It's the 50s they want to return to. Study History

New paper using @fluxnet.bsky.social data by @ngocnb.bsky.social

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I Didn’t Expect to Cry Watching This Netflix Doc About Ed Sullivan—But I Did (And You Probably Will Too) 'Sunday Best' is a new documentary on Netflix that delves into the life and career of Ed Sullivan, as well as his hit show, which lasted over twenty years.

Recommend watching Sunday Best, the documentary on the Ed Sullivan show. Its about the music. But it is also about having the courage to fight racism by doing the thing. Lesson for today for those who were too young to watch it; yes i saw the Beatles then

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This was at 4am.

Noaa pmel data

For perspective these are the data i was thinking about

California under tsunami advisory after magnitude 8.7 quake in Russia The entire West Coast from Washington to the Mexico border was placed under a tsunami watch after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake rocked Russia.

California under tsunami advisory after magnitude 8.7 quake in Russia

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For starts they state elevated CO2 reduces ocean alkalinity

Not sure i can keep reading

Just attended @repgaramendi.bsky.social town hall in Contra Costa county. He is standing up for democracy and engaging with us. Thanks. The town hall will be posted tomorrow.

Trump’s budget takes aim at gold standard measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide OPINION: “President Trump, a renowned climate change denier, has shown repeatedly that he has no use for scientific data that disproves his preconceived assumptions,” David Ho writes.

I wrote about the Keeling Curve — our most iconic CO₂ time series — for @sfchronicle.com.

"The Keeling Curve is valuable to science, but it is also a treasure that belongs to humanity as the most poignant indication of our impact on the environment and as a testament to our ability to document it."

Just learned this was published last month! Enjoy

Explaining hot spots of methane flux in a restored wetland: the role of water level, soil disturbance, and methanotrophy
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Here it is

4-H Summer Camp at Las Posadas Forest, Napa County, July 1929 [photograph]

I love the collection of photos of ranch life in West Marin by Boissevain, our early farm advisor

A favorite is a group of kids around the flag pole at 4H camp near Angwin circa 1920s. I have a similar photo of us circa 1970s. The scene is timeless

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Show this to more people. We have to speak up and get congress to stop this crap. What ICE is doing is so so wrong and un-American in so so many ways.

Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking changes in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1988 and 2016.

Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking changes of 4.8 feet in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1988 and 2013.

Photo of hydrologist Michelle Sneed holding a pole marking 7.3 feet drop in land surface elevation at a location in California between 1965 and 2013.

But then Michelle Sneed (former USGS hydrologist) did a series of them around the central valley, because they are an excellent data visualization and science communication tool to convey the magnitude of change. These are a few examples.

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Yosemite weather can be unpredictable. Here’s how to prepare for summer travel Yosemite’s summer weather can be extreme, fast-changing and elevation-dependent, with searing heat in the valley, freezing nights in the high country and thunderstorms that spark wildfire risk.

Yosemite weather can be unpredictable. Here’s how to prepare for summer travel

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California summers are getting hotter. These areas are warming the fastest Summer temperatures have risen in San Francisco, Fresno and other parts of California.

Congratulations Fresno! You are one of the fastest warming places in the summer since 1950. Awesome story and interactive tool from @jackjlee.bsky.social.

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The world is sweltering. So why is California so much cooler than normal? California’s mild summer is no fluke. It’s part of a larger, stalled atmospheric pattern impacting the entire Northern Hemisphere.

Wavenumbers!

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We must defend science and environmental data - Point Reyes Light A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls,...

Here is an alternate take on my OpEd defending Science. As i mentioned last time there is a hunger from the public to hear from science experts. I encourage more of us to write to papers where you have roots on matters defending science, facts and democracy

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A step toward solving central mystery of life on Earth It is the ultimate mystery of biology: How did life begin?

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Calif now has 1.3 mil EVs (100,000 added Q1 '25) plus 316 data centers

Yet @California_ISO demand is down 1% v '24 & '23.

Due mostly to behind-the-meter PV

Gas down 22% v '24 & 41% v '23
Utility PV up 18% v '24 & 47% v '23
Batteries up 64% v '24 & 214% v '23

157 of 202 days in '25 w/>100% WWS

As a biometeorologist i agree shade improves our energy balance. But it wont change the stress imposed by air and wetbulb temperatures on the hottest and most humid days.
They are measured in the shade

We still must decarbonize our energy system