Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...

#CleanAir saves lives and livelihoods

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

"Es ist Vernachlässigung in höchstem Maße, Kindern in die Augen zu schauen und zu sagen: 'Wir wussten, wie wir euch schützen können, und wir haben es nicht getan", so die 19-Jährige Violet Affleck in ihrer Rede. www.gala.de/stars/news/b...

CVF are proud supporters of the other important event at the UN today highlighting the need for "Clean Indoor Air". It is of vital importance to *everyone*, but especially for Clinically Vulnerable people. Thank you @drbronking.bsky.social 💙💜💗

Wonderful Bronwyn King talking clean IAQ at UNGA

"Clean air for every child in every classroom is a right, not a privilege." "This is why for Montenegro, improving air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It is a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation." 👏👏👏

For our scientists. By @ellecordova.bsky.social

Once again, ARC hits the 🎯 with their comms strategy: 8pm on Sunday night. When the eyeballs of researchers are glued to … twitter? They've not posted this anywhere else. I can't think of a better way to _not_ "engage stakeholders". Almost uncanny.

The Dark Ages of health care in the rest of the developed world is the present-day reality in the USA. We docilely accept that if a person gets cancer, they'll likely lose their house or their life savings. Any threat to impose that system elsewhere would be met with fierce rebellion. We are sheep.

Study has ‘profound implications for preventing the neurodegenerative disorder.’ @iansample.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

When I operate, my brain is running at multiple planes. I think about the pathology, the anatomy, the surgical technique but also I think about the trainees, anaesthetists, nursing staff, the patient’s home situation, the hospital protocols and even the impact of what we do on the environment.

IKEA furniture is cheap—but convenience comes at a cost. the world’s largest furniture company has been linked to the razing of old-growth forests, Indigenous rights violations, and even assassination hits placed on land defenders 🧪🌍 maia wikler for @atmosmag.bsky.social

Norway's government has a new tourism ad out, and it's refreshingly honest By @thejuicemedia.bsky.social!!!!

Our new grass pollen paper is published! During spring, most sub-pollen particles are associated with hot and dry days. #Melbourne #pollen #allergy And it's the first day of spring today in Australia! 🌱 @robynschofield3.bsky.social @melbournepollen.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

This is so depressing. Environmental NGO has to pay for access to ministers bc clearly nothing else is working.

Published today by my PhD student Simon Mkasimongwa looking at air quality in Sydney and Melbourne. Highlights: •Both cities meet national standards but fail WHO guidelines •Data coverage in Melbourne is inadequate •Many multi-pollutant events seen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Australia’s biggest miners have pocketed almost $60BN in diesel tax subsidies in <20 years. Unless we act, taxpayers lose $84BN more by 2030. It makes no sense for 🇦🇺ns to pay tax while coal giants get a free pass. End this fossil fuel subsidy now. www.afr.com/companies/mi...

A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs. www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...

Didn't realise this nonsensical government advice about deleting emails was now all over the news as top advice. Madness. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08... www.independent.co.uk/news/delete-... metro.co.uk/2025/08/12/d...

#MedSky Let’s do this right.

Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive theconversation.com/stop-the-fre...

"Real Zero has one definition. You commit to phasing out fossil fuels and you do it without relying on offsets, carbon capture and storage, and any other technology that does not exist yet.” - Dr @shantabarley.bsky.social, Fortescue Chief Climate Scientist #auspol

Big thanks to Professors Katz, Abraham, Dynan, and Troske for this wise and quick response.

NASA is now at its lowest staffing levels since the dawn of the space age. They are destroying our scientific institutions. It will get worse and more painful until we stop them.

“Insured inflation-adjusted losses globally from weather-related disasters in 2025 were the highest on record for the first half of a year: $81 billion. The previous record was $75 billion, set in 2024.” Via @climateconnections.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Our lobbying system in Australia is a total joke. Monique Ryan and I have a bill in the House and Senate to fix it, but the major parties prefer the lack of transparency and accountability. Labor and the Coalition need to do better. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The first term of the Albanese Government was the second most secretive in the last 30 years - more secretive than the Morrison Government. This has to change in their second term - we need more transparency and respect for the Australian people. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/902424...

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

Devastating for US Antarctic researchers. US abdicating multiple global leadership roles in marine science. USAP people, we need a professional lobbyist-large sections of both senate and house bills dedicated to drilling and nothing about the NBP. Community led push needed and a comms strategy.

Last week, a Federal Court judge found the Australian government has no legal duty of care to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change. If that case is appealed, a superior court may revisit the government’s obligations – and have regard to the ICJ ruling in doing so.

The ICJ advisory opinion is out - Judge Yuji Iwasawa said countries are obliged to comply with the "stringent obligations" placed on them by climate treaties and failure to do so is a breach of international law. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Good to see increasingly more agrivoltaics options than the titled panels with sheep underneath - when we know we need to reduce the number of methane-emitting, biodiversity-reducing sheep!

I am so sad to see this. This organization is essential for understanding pollution and its impacts. The people who work there are incredibly dedicated, experienced, and world leaders. This is incredible loss of national investment and capacity. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

A great description of the Murujuga decision and the events in Paris. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

A delegation from the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) has travelled to Paris for a final decision on its bid to secure World Heritage Listing for the Murujuga Cultural Landscape on the Burrup Peninsula and the islands of the Dampier Archipelago in North West Australia.

Could not be happier with this incredibly will deserved recognition of the cultural values and custodianship of #muruguga. In #paris with @johnwilliamstrutt.bsky.social and @robynschofield3.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

And the Murujuga decision is under consideration now

Very excited to be in Paris providing atmospheric chemistry expertise, alongside Ben Mullins and Katy Evans supporting the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation for the UNESCO Murujuga World Heritage nomination decision today!!

Spain to ban advertising on fossil fuels and domestic short flights: Draft bill on 'sustainable consumption' approved by cabinet also plans to regulate ads of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. www.catalannews.com/business/ite...

Your 'moment of doom' for July 2, 2025 ~ Metaphorical. "An $88 million (€77.4 million) satellite backed by Jeff Bezos has disappeared in space while conducting a climate change mission." www.dw.com/en/methane-t...

So great to see this wonderful work now out!!

⚠️Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.27°C per decade – the highest rate since records began. This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1

After abandoning every mitigation and infecting kids repeatedly, our media wants to know: why do so many children have Long COVID? My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here: www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days. /more