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netzpolitik.org
3 days ago
Obwohl sich der Gemeinderat dagegen ausgesprochen hat, setzen Tübingens Oberbürgermeister Boris Palmer und das Regierungspräsidium Videoüberwachung durch. Dafür greifen sie auf eine ungewöhnliche Rechtsgrundlage zurück.
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Tübingen: Boris Palmer will Videoüberwachung durchsetzen
Obwohl sich der Gemeinderat dagegen ausgesprochen hat, setzen Tübingens Oberbürgermeister Boris Palmer und das Regierungspräsidium Videoüberwachung durch. Dafür greifen sie auf eine ungewöhnliche Rech...
https://netzpolitik.org/2026/tuebingen-boris-palmer-will-videoueberwachung-durchsetzen/
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Climate Risk Economics
3 days ago
Climate policy is not discretionary spending but collective risk pooling, according to a Vienna University study, who argue that as natural disasters proliferate, it acts as a public insurance system that protects economies and societies.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Climate action is the world’s cheapest insurance policy, study says
Climate policy is not discretionary spending but collective risk pooling, according to a Vienna University study, who argue that as natural disasters proliferate, it acts as a public insurance system that protects economies and societies. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/23/climate-action-is-the-worlds-cheapest-insurance-policy-new-study-says
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Karen Hao
3 days ago
Incredible reporting from
@anissa.bsky.social
in
@theinformation.com
about OpenAI's struggle to get more computing power as Stargate—its $500B data center buildout—has floundered.
theinformation.com/articles/ins...
It also includes this detail. We are in the dirt-eating phase of the AI hype cycle.
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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7
16 days ago
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Transcendental Meditation Found to Calm Genes Associated with Both Aging and Stress
A study looking at how transcendental meditation affects genetic expression found that this popular form of mediation suppressed the activation of genes associated with stress responses. Okay, no surprise there—mediation is a calming, relaxing activity. However, the authors report evidence that the same genes found to be associated in stress response have been newly associated […] The post Transcendental Meditation Found to Calm Genes Associated with Both Aging and Stress appeared first on Good News Network.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/transcendental-meditation-found-to-calm-genes-associated-with-both-aging-and-stress/
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Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find
New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—may have the driver of behind the prosperity of the most influential pre‑Incan societies. In ancient Andean cultures, fertilizer was power, said archaeologist Dr. Jacob Bongers, whose findings highlight the unexpectedly powerful role bird droppings played in shaping ancient societies in the Andes. Farming on Peru’s coast is […] The post Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find appeared first on Good News Network.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-droppings-powered-the-rise-of-this-coastal-pre-incan-kingdom-archaeologists-find/
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Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch
The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense of touch, reveals new research. The 1,000 hairs that cover the trunk have unusual properties that highlight where contact happens along each whisker allowing the largest land animal to grab something as small as a peanut, say scientists. The whiskers of elephants and […] The post Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch appeared first on Good News Network.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whiskers-on-elephants-trunk-are-key-to-its-amazing-sense-of-touch/
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country
10 days ago
Hello
#ThickTrunkTuesday
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PIK_climate
11 days ago
NEW: Antarctic ice sheet not one tipping element, but interacting basins with distinct thresholds. ~40% of West Antarctic ice may be committed to long-term loss; parts of East Antarctica face risks at 2–3°C.
@ricarda-winkelmann.bsky.social
@juliusgarbe.github.io
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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New study identifies sequence of critical thresholds for Antarctic ice basins
16.02.2026 - The Antarctic ice sheet does not behave as one single tipping element, but as a set of interacting basins with different critical thresholds. This is the finding of a new study by the Pot...
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/new-study-identifies-sequence-of-critical-thresholds-for-antarctic-ice-basins
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Julius Garbe
11 days ago
🔔🚨 New Publication Alert! Research has shown that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is a climate tipping element. We found: it’s not one — it’s many. 📄 Paper (open access):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 Press release:
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Tread below 🧵👇
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MIT Press
10 days ago
Coming this March: "The Credibility Crisis in Science” examines how undisclosed “tweaks” to research designs and model specifications constitute scientific fraud and undermine trust in science:
mitpress.mit.edu/978026205127...
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Umweltbundesamt
10 days ago
Zu viel Stickstoff schädigt unsere
#Gesundheit
, die
#Ökosysteme
und deren biologische Vielfalt sowie das
#Klima
. Das UBA hat in einem Forschungsprojekt berechnet, wie hoch eine verträgliche Obergrenze für freigesetzten
#Stickstoff
sein darf.
www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/erstm...
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Erstmals nationale und regionale Grenzen für Stickstoff entwickel
Der Stickstoffkreislauf
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/erstmals-nationale-regionale-grenzen-fuer
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Umweltbundesamt
10 days ago
📣 Job mit Sinn und Perspektive gesucht? Wir suchen Mitarbeiter*innen an verschiedenen UBA-Standorten
#fuermenschundumwelt
💚 Aktuelle Angebote auf:
www.umweltbundesamt.de/das-uba/das-...
#umwelt
#umweltschutz
#klima
#klimaschutz
#wissenschaft
#jobs
#arbeit
#jobbörse
#dessau
#berlin
#sachsenanhalt
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Das Umweltbundesamt als Arbeitgeber
Arbeiten Sie mit uns für Mensch und Umwelt in einer modernen wissenschaftlichen Behörde. Ob Natur-, Ingenieurs-, Rechts-, Sozial- oder Wirtschaftswissenschaften – im UBA sind fast alle Fachrichtunge...
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/das-uba/das-uba-als-arbeitgeber
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Dominic
19 days ago
Hier nun die neue Episode des Podcasts der
@de.scientists4future.org
: "Soziale und klimatische Kipppunkte"
@khaustein.bsky.social
im Gespräch mit Jonathan Donges vom
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
/ ERSU. ➜
s4f-podcast.de/2026/02/folg...
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Folge #41 - Soziale und klimatische Kipppunkte
Im Gespräch mit Dr. Jonathan Donges
https://s4f-podcast.de/2026/02/folge-41-soziale-und-klimatische-kipppunkte/
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re:publica
10 days ago
🗓️ Die re:publica 26 findet vom 18.-20.05.2026 statt. 📍STATION Berlin 🎟️ Tickets auf
re-publica.com/de
#NeverGonnaGiveYouUp
#festival
#berlin
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Startseite - re:publica | republica
Die re:publica Berlin ist das Festival für die digitale Gesellschaft und die größte Konferenz ihrer Art in Europa. Die Teilnehmer*innen der re:publica bilden einen Querschnitt unserer (digitalen) Gese...
https://re-publica.com/de
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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7
24 days ago
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At 67,800-years-old, These Handprints Just Discovered in Indonesia Are Oldest Example of Rock Art
<p>The discovery of stylized handprints dating back at least 67,800 years in a limestone cave in Indonesia has broken the country’s own record for the world’s oldest-known example of rock art. It provides direct evidence that humans have been crossing the sea intentionally for nearly 70,000 years, as Man traveled from the Asian continent across […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/at-67800-years-old-these-handprints-just-discovered-in-indonesia-are-oldest-example-of-rock-art/">At 67,800-years-old, These Handprints Just Discovered in Indonesia Are Oldest Example of Rock Art</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org">Good News Network</a>.</p>
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/at-67800-years-old-these-handprints-just-discovered-in-indonesia-are-oldest-example-of-rock-art/
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David
24 days ago
not paywalled
www.newscientist.com/article/2513...
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The best new science fiction books of February 2026
We pick the sci-fi novels we’re most looking forward to reading this month, from a new Brandon Sanderson to the latest from Makana Yamamoto
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2513659-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-february-2026/?utm_source=nsday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nsday_020226&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSDAY_Daily
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Andy Baker
24 days ago
A shout out for Quaternary researchers - registration and abstracts are open for the 2026 Australasian Quaternary Association conference. Come to UNSW Sydney in July. Details are here:
aqua.org.au/conference/a...
Abstract deadline: 28 Feb.
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AQUA 2026 – Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA)
https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2026/
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Lage der Nation - der Politik-Podcast
about 1 month ago
*Die neue Lage ist online - Folge 462:* * Grönland: Wieso will Trump die Insel besitzen? * EU: Wie kann das Bündnis in der neuen Welt überleben? * Mobilität: Neue E-Auto-Prämie in der Kritik Gleich reinhören 🎧
lage.link/ldn/462
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MIT Press
about 1 month ago
Most modern games prioritize speed, intensity, and constant action, demanding rapid decisions. By contrast, Víctor Navarro-Remesal unpacks how slower games like “Journey,” “The Longing,” and “Coffee Talk” embrace stillness, routine, and reflection, inviting players to linger:
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The Quiet Power of Reflective Games
In an industry that prizes fast-paced, time-pressured decision-making, reflective games invite players to meditate on life’s beauty, banality, and the spaces in between.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-quiet-power-of-reflective-games/
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Conrad Lange Zbikowski
about 1 month ago
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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about 1 month ago
Here is Luke's paper on this in the Proceedings of the National Acedemy of Sciences:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios | PNAS
Prudent risk management requires consideration of bad-to-worst-case scenarios. Yet, for climate change, such potential futures are poorly understoo...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
about 1 month ago
"You always look at the worst case scenario whenever you're doing good risk management." Luke Kemp in this important PBS Weathered episode. Why do we do so little of this when it comes to climate? Worth watching!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
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This Is How the World Ends According to Science
YouTube video by PBS Terra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugkIxGKzx8
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PIK_climate
about 1 month ago
"We're making a double mistake. We're loading the Earth system with unsustainable levels of heat, and at the same time we're undermining the resilience of the living biosphere that can dampen this stress." - Watch PIK director Johan Rockström's keynote at
#WEF26
:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7U...
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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7
about 1 month ago
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Veronika Is First Cow to Be Seen Using a Multi-Purpose Tool, Something Seen Only in Apes
A clever cow called Veronika is the first ever to be recorded using tools—a brush or stick to scratch her back. The old Swiss Brown cow has astonished scientists in Austria with her broom, which she uses as a multi-purpose tool, an “extraordinarily” rare ability that outside of humans has only previously been documented convincingly […] The post Veronika Is First Cow to Be Seen Using a Multi-Purpose Tool, Something Seen Only in Apes appeared first on Good News Network.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veronika-is-first-cow-to-be-seen-using-a-multi-purpose-tool-something-seen-only-in-apes/
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PIK_climate
about 1 month ago
Der neue UN-Report zur globalen
#Wasserkrise
sei ein weiterer Weckruf, den nötigen Paradigmenwechsel in der Wasserwirtschaft zu forcieren, so PIK-Forscher Dieter Gerten zur
@dpa.com
. Dabei gebe es ein weites Spektrum an nachhaltigen Lösungsoptionen:
www.handelsblatt.com/dpa/uebernut...
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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7
about 1 month ago
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Tiny ‘Pouch-Cam’ Provides Rare Glimpse of Endangered Tree Kangaroo Developing Inside its Mother (LOOK)
Amazing “pouch cam” images provide a rare glimpse into the hidden world of an endangered baby kangaroo after he was born the size of a jellybean at a UK zoo. Experts say the special arrival marks a major conservation milestone for one of the world’s most threatened marsupials—the endangered Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo. Keepers at the […] The post Tiny ‘Pouch-Cam’ Provides Rare Glimpse of Endangered Tree Kangaroo Developing Inside its Mother (LOOK) appeared first on Good News Network.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-pouch-cam-provides-rare-glimpse-of-endangered-tree-kangaroo-baby/
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Alexandra Witze
about 1 month ago
And also a NOAA release plus a full report
www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-...
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Alexandra Witze
about 1 month ago
I'll keep dropping other reading links on Trump's science and health impacts in this thread, as time permits. So far some of the best big overviews have included an impressive series from
@statnews.com
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
and a big report from
@agu.org
eos.org/state-of-the...
🧪 (4/n)
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American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
https://www.statnews.com/american-science-shattered/
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Eileen Eckmeier 🇪🇺
3 months ago
Hurra, Boden des Jahres ist der Archivboden 🥳 Mein liebstes Untersuchungsobjekt, denn er bewahrt wichtige Informationen über die Natur- und Kulturgeschichte
#geoarchaeology
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
2 months ago
„Die Welt“ verbreitet erneut eine bizarre Verschwörungserzählung: das ausdrückliche politische Ziel von PIK-Direktor Johan Rockström und mir sei „die Überwindung des Wirtschaftswachstums“. Sorry, leider falsch. Mehr zu Axel Bojanowski im Thread bei X:
x.com/rahmstorf/st...
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LEIZA Freundeskreis
about 2 months ago
NDR über die neue DFG-Forschungsgruppe TORF (Times of Rise and Failure), die
#Archäologie
im
#Watt
betreibt. Mit dabei: das
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
mit Ruth Blankenfeldt!
www.ndr.de/kultur/das-w...
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Rungholt und das Watt als Zeitkapsel: Forscher graben nach Spuren versunkener Kulturlandschaften
Die neue Forschungsgruppe TORF untersucht, wie Menschen im Mittelalter am nordfriesischen Wattenmeer lebten und dabei die Küstenlandschaft massiv umgestalteten. Archäologen, Historiker, Geografen, Geo...
https://www.ndr.de/kultur/das-watt-als-zeitkapsel-neue-methoden-fuer-die-forschung,frieslandfinder-100.html
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Niklas Höhne
about 1 month ago
Wo stehen wir wirklich nach einem Jahr Trump? Und was kann die Welt, was kann Deutschland tun, damit wir unsere Klimaziele erreichen – trotz Trump? Trump kann die Transformation verlangsamen, aber nicht aufhalten. Podcast:
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
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Podcast: Klimawandel-Leugner Trump - warum es trotzdem Hoffnung gibt
Geht es nach Trump, dann wird vor der Küste der USA kein einziges Windrad mehr gebaut, Fördergelder für die Klimaforschung werden gestrichen und Daten gelöscht. Aber dagegen gibt es Widerstand – soga...
https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:eae9c3a17ff575a4/
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Science Magazine
about 1 month ago
“It’s the oldest cheese DNA in the world.” Bronze Age herders were buried with lumps of cheese starter, shows a 2024 study of ancient DNA. https://scim.ag/49HeqxQ
#CheeseLoversDay
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This enigmatic mummy from western China was swathed in cheese
Bronze Age herders were buried with lumps of cheese starter, ancient DNA shows
https://scim.ag/49HeqxQ
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Nina Willburger
about 1 month ago
A beautiful early medieval cobalt blue glass beaker. dating late 7th century AD. Found in a burial in Lauchheim. This type of vessel has no foot and will not stand upright, it had to be emptied before it could be put down. 📷
@almbawue.bsky.social
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Paul Reimer
about 1 month ago
So many headlines are not aging well.
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Rage Against the Miocene
about 1 month ago
An ancient cairn of rocks, thought to be a late Neolithic burial barrow, in the forested hills above Tintern Abbey. Misty enough to pull you back through time.
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RTÉ News
about 1 month ago
The OECD has warned that the uncritical adoption of generative AI as a tool in education could inadvertently undermine the development of key human skills such as critical thinking and evaluative judgment in students
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Warning over uncritical AI use in education
The OECD has warned that the uncritical adoption of generative AI as a tool in education could inadvertently undermine the development of key human skills such as critical thinking and evaluative judg...
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2026/0119/1553973-ai-education/
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Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
about 1 month ago
Vielen Dank für die vielen fantastischen Nutzerbilder 😍! Die Polarlichter sind weiterhin aktiv. Ein Gang nach draußen lohnt. /V
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Paul Macdonald
12 months ago
Anthropogenic Global Warming & Hail 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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The effects of climate change on hailstorms - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Hailstorms are dangerous phenomena that are expected to change in response to a warming climate. This Review summarizes current knowledge of climate change effects on hailstorms, details the uncertain...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-00133-9
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Phil Lewis
about 1 month ago
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/
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Paul Reimer
about 1 month ago
Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. While surface temperatures fluctuate year to year, the ocean’s long-term warming trend shows no sign of slowing.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ocean Heat Content Sets Another Record in 2025 - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols, reflecting the long-term accumulation of heat within t...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-026-5876-0
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Fridays for Future Germany
about 2 months ago
WEBINAR: Live aus der Antarktis ❄️ Morgen, am 13.01. um 17 Uhr berichtet Luisa vom Forschungsschiff Malizia Explorer. Gemeinsam mit Antje Boetius sowie Nele, Yasin & Linda von FfF sprechen wir über die Folgen der Klimakrise in der Antarktis. Anmeldung:
fridaysforfuture.de/das-antarkti...
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PIK_climate
about 2 months ago
Europe’s forests are weakening under heat, drought & pests, yet climate targets rely on them. This is dangerous says PIK DIrector Rockström because "countries can use their carbon sink from forests to say they're net zero without fully phasing out fossil fuels.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?
Vast swathes of the country’s trees have been killed off by droughts and infestations, in a trend sweeping across Europe. A shift towards more biodiverse cultivation could offer answers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/08/germany-forests-bark-beetle-spruce-co2-carbon-sink-monoculture-aoe
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Alfred Wegener Institute
about 2 months ago
Join the Arctic System Science Conference 2026 in Potsdam from March 23 to 27.🧊 Abstract submissions are open until January 31. Registration opens today and travel funding is available. For more Information, visit:
polarsystemscience.org/arcticsystem...
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Boden des Jahres
about 2 months ago
Film zum
#Boden
des Jahres 2026: "Was
#Archivböden
uns verraten" Video „Bodengeschichten auf der Spur“ auf YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ1D...
Vorgestellt auf der Festveranstaltung "Boden des Jahres 2026" am 05.12.25, dem
#Weltbodentag
.
#BdJ2026
#BodendesJahres
#Archivboden
#Bodenbewusstsein
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Boden des Jahres 2026: Was Archivböden uns verraten
YouTube video by Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Hessen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ1DjlAoWIg
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Boden des Jahres
about 2 months ago
Gratis bestellen: Poster zum Boden des Jahres 2026:
#Archivboden
Download & Bestellung:
www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikatione...
#BdJ2026
#BodendesJahres
#Bodenbewusstsein
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Nature
about 2 months ago
An open letter organized by US-based researchers working in Greenland opposes any takeover of the territory
go.nature.com/3YBbU7d
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US scientists push back as Trump eyes Greenland
An open letter organized by US-based researchers working in Greenland opposes any takeover of the territory.
https://go.nature.com/3YBbU7d
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