American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

"Prevalent threats include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species, with overharvesting also driving extinctions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Forget all the slogans about consigning coal to history. We’re on a path to consigning the planet to history." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... by @javierblas.bsky.social

"The PCC is taking over illegal gold mining in the Amazon and corrupting Indigenous cultures in a spiral of violence in some of Brazil’s most remote regions." Great story by @terrencemccoy.bsky.social, Marina Dias and Júlia Ledur for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

73% of all greenhouse gases emitted in Sao Paulo come from private cars jornal.usp.br/atualidades/...

Unsettling www.bbc.com/news/article...

Back at work after a month of parental leave - this place has really taken off! I'm part of the news team at @science.org, looking after our European coverage. There's a bunch of us here now: bsky.app/starter-pack...

This is interesting. Researchers have created a cell bank of reprogrammed stem cells from centenarians www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Interesting comment piece on the need to cut carbon emissions and implement adaptation measures to prevent disasters like the Valencia floods www.nature.com/articles/d41...

They're called "Blue Zones" - a few places on Earth where people lead such healthy lives that they live very, very long. But what if it's all based on shaky statistics? @ignacioamigoh.bsky.social explores. www.science.org/content/arti...

Really excited to see my story on blue zones finally out. It's always such a great pleasure to work with the wonderful people of Science magazine www.science.org/content/arti...

Antarctica is going green www.nature.com/articles/d41...