Kendra Zamzow

It didn't get particularly cold here in Chickaloon (-22F for one night), it just seemed that the -5ish went on and one and on. Was it a particularly long period of cold relative to history in some areas? [and I'm not even getting into the WIND concurrent with below zero's]

5F and guessing 40-45 mph gusts in Chickaloon. Reportedly 60 mph on a ridge behind town. Glad I have thick ropes over my yurt, anchored to trees.

The Cells That Breathe Two Ways | Quanta Magazine In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time.

Is anyone else insanely excited about this article? www.quantamagazine.org/the-cells-th...

[hat tip to 500 Women Scientists]

First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages

Makes my heart happy

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

I got Queen Bee! How many words can you make with 7 letters?

www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Group rallies to preserve a hidden orchard in the heart of Anchorage’s commercial sprawl The Friends of Boyer’s Orchard say the property is under development pressure.

If the spirit moves you to help purchase this land to keep it in orchard. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Hmm. Yet I only used the snowblower (in Chickaloon) once. Maybe it was deeper higher in the mountains.

All I know is that this is the first winter since I began year-round stream monitoring in 2020 that I did not have to wear snowshoes to access any of my 19 sites in any month. This is between Glacier View and Lazy Mountain (Palmer). What was the % normal snowfall for Sutton and Chickaloon?

E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program

And the point is??
EPA's Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b, in annual savings is to be canceled. Despite a "range of industries including heating, lighting, home appliances and food-equipment manufacturers" wanting to keep it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

@heidizamzow.bsky.social

My book The Birding Dictionary is out tomorrow but folks are already getting it today for mysterious reasons! Hope you're enjoying it <3

Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...

Ninety-seven percent of new cars released after 2023 contain at least one screen, reckons S&P Global Mobility. Yet research last year by Britain’s What Car? magazine found that the vast majority of motorists prefer dials and switches to touchscreens.

www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨

Want to pursue a PhD in a science-friendly country?

Univ. of Aukland is seeking a grad student to advance coastal seabed restoration.

Tuition fees, research costs, & a tax-free annual stipend of NZ$34,569. 

Contact & application details in 🧵

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#GenerationRestoration

Threatened Public Lands Map | More Than Just Parks Interactive map tracking current threats to America's public lands. Explore environmental challenges, report new threats, and take action to protect these precious landscapes.

This viewer is currently pretty basic, but a good idea that needs refinement to demonstrate where and how so many federal landscapes are now at imminent risk of development -- Threatened Public Lands Map 🌏https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map

Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

NOAA and USGS conduct much of the best earth-atmosphere science in the US. This is NOT something we want privatized.

www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...

This is terrible news for coastal communities in Alaska and for Tribes that are implementing culvert replacement, floodplain restoration, riparian planting, and other actions to restore salmon habitat.

Proposed federal cuts jeopardize Pacific salmon habitat restoration, tribal rights An internal document from the Office of Management and Budget, reviewed by KUOW, calls for eliminating NOAA’s Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, as well as national grant programs for species recov...

These cuts violate treaties with tribes and cut the SeaGrant program which funds University of Alaska programs. #akleg #AlaskaFish

Careers & Fellowships | The Walrus Work with us at The Walrus! As a registered charity, we publish independent, fact-based journalism; produce national, ideas-focused events; and train emerging professionals in publishing and nonprofit management.

Are you interested in learning about editorial fact-checking? The Walrus is currently accepting applications for an Editorial Fellowship for BIPOC journalists. This is a remote, paid 12-month position, with a June 2025 start date. thewalrus.ca/about/careers/

At the moment, the most Canadian thing I own is four custom-built windows -- built in Canada by Loewen with Canadian douglas fir and sold at a glass shop in Whitehorse -- that I picked up on Tuesday. Worth about $10,000 Cdn. They will grace the south wall of my Alaska cabin.

The Dire Wolf Its representation has been introduced to the world, now what?

Genetic engineering meets Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara culture -- and that may be a good thing.
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"the people whose ancestral stories are intertwined with the Dire Wolf of 10,000 years ago are the best people to accompany it in this world’s existence"
substack.com/home/post/p-...

At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine A neglected parcel of land was restored by volunteers and patients at a community medical center. Along the way, their health also improved.

Tribes lead the way in bringing nature into healthcare. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c...

of course, there's this: "However, a potential hitch has surfaced: As the Trump administration cuts federal spending, a grant program that helps states and tribes pay for wildlife crossings in collision hot spots is now in doubt, including grants that had already been promised."

Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute The state has emerged as a leader in building wildlife crossings, which can save animals, money and human lives.

Tribes lead the way in research and contribute over $1 million in funding to take care of animal relatives 🌎
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c...

We need these in Alaska. Alaska Dept of Fish & Game solution is hunting out all the moose on the Glenn Hwy corridor. We can do better.

Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach to development.

From NYT "50 States, 50 Fixes"

Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/c...

I changed out my studded tires for all-weather tires on Monday. Then got caught in a blizzard east of Glennallen on Tuesday night. Spring!?!

Cash-strapped states panic over end of Obamacare subsidies The looming possibility of slashing Medicaid spending and not extending ACA subsidies has prompted a legislative scramble from Sacramento to Annapolis.

I am hearing a lot of recycled news on NPR, but I am hearing NOTHING about the end of "tax credits" on Obamacare health insurance. Which is the only thing that makes Alaska's insanely high premiums affordable.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

The animal experimentation industry should become our past What kind of creature tortures its best friend?

The animal experimentation industry should become our past open.substack.com/pub/profvict...

I have a sister that is a veterinarian at a sanctuary for chimps formerly in laboratories. I have a friend that rescued a beagle from a lab facility. It's real and it needs to end.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 81

Research found that tomato plants flowered up to 30 days earlier in response to their leaves being chewed by hungry #bumblebees.
When this behaviour is mimicked by cutting the leaves they only flower 5 days earlier!
#bees
#nature
#tomato
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Opinion | How Trump Will Fail (Gift Article) The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.

People feel pain from tremendous wealth inequality and the shrinking ability to retire in some comfort and dignity. Intensifying inequality and further shrinking safety nets should, gods willing, be their downfall.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

Hope is a Verb.

Every August for the past 20 years, Johannes Fritz has taught endangered Northern Bald Ibises the safest way to migrate across Europe, using a microlight aircraft. A stubborn hope that’s every bit as human as the tendency to destroy.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j...