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Venezuela quakes have killed 4,333, injured 16,740, National Assembly president says reut.rs/3TuJcp7

What happened to Australia’s snow season? A climate expert explains. share.google/tDZgD18jvbi0...

Out today on the Soda Creek Trail, back on Groovy Uvi Trail (love that name!) Lots of fallen timber due mostly to the dreadful toll of the lodge pole pine beetle (another consequence of climate change). This year there are resl worries about wildfire danger. #KeystoneHiking

Detection of bird flu in a local bird marks dramatic escalation in risk to Australian wildlife. It reveals the virus’s potential to spread across the continent and the grave threat it poses to native animal populations and the poultry industry. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Making the case for embedded health journalism in research projects www.croakey.org/making-the-c... #publichealth

Latest edition! #TheHealthWrap: strange times in the United States, Ebola updates, tackling misinformation – and celebrating wildflowers - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/the-health-w... By @lrussellwolpe.bsky.social

Overnight rain delivered a clear sunny morning. We hiked out and back 10km along Mesa Cortina and South Willow Creek Trails to intersection with Gore Trail. #KeystoneHiking

Today we hiked the Peru Creek Trail from Lenawee trailhead to Horseshoe Gulch. Blue dkies, birdsong, flowers, rushing water. #KeystoneHiking

Outback becomes oasis of birds, wildlife after 'unbelievable' desert rains www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... cc @lrussellwolpe.bsky.social

Miss Bayley says Hi to her fan club. After cancer and thyroid problems she is doing very well, but sadly at 11 is no longer up for the tougher hikes. @igas2.bsky.social

And now with 5 minutes to go - Argentina has equalled the score. (More TV watching than work)

How can I work when Egypt 🇪🇬 are playing brilliantly? ⚽️

Hiked Ptarmigan Loop on Vail Mountain - always spectacular. Delighted to see masses of wildflowers with views across to Blue Sky Bowl. #KeystoneHiking

Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3,535 as thousands remain displaced reut.rs/4f0CgaG

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard Masks Up to Stop History of Grand Tour Illnesses. "It's more that I hear already that there's some sickness in some teams and I've had a history of being sick in my last two Grand Tours, so as you said: 'Better safe than sorry.'" Source: archive.md/CoeJz

Do soccer / futbal players take acting lessons?

Today we hiked Dercum Trail at the top of Dercum Peak, Keystone. Always a favourite #KeystoneHiking

The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign. A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness From a distance, we see how much Nordic workers get; up close, you see also how much they contribute. Lessons here for Australia. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...

July 4 hike up to 11,400 ft / 3,475 m on the Deer Creek Trail - a favourite summer and winter. Plenty of evidence of busy beavers. #KeystoneHiking

500 personnel scour NSW beaches for seabirds infected with deadly H5 bird flu, racing against nature’s scavengers, including dingoes, gulls and sea eagles that could serve as crucial link between sick washed-up seabirds and widespread wildlife disaster. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

She’s the only reason I know where Cape Verde is. Love her music! Love the skill and courage of that soccer team!

New research published in the Medical Journal of Australia asked Indigenous people what they thought about oral health and showed how it remains a central aspect in Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing. Read more:

The National Archives in the UK says it has discovered a vanishingly rare copy of the Declaration of Independence. The document was found by a volunteer reviewing the letters of an 18th-century Royal Navy captain, who had labeled it simply as "another paper."

27 million Australians (including me) very unhappy. ⚽️

New York’s heat wave is brutal. In this neighborhood, it’s even worse.

He is thrilled. And the rest of us ???

NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast (Migratory giant petrel.) Crap crap crap! Guess it's not just birds blown onto the SW coast. #H5N1 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Evening skies with smoke haze. #KeystoneHiking

Clinton Gulch Reservoir Trail - no-one else on the trail. #KeystoneHiking

Today's hike up from 11,542 ft / 3,518 m at Hoosier Pass with friends and K9 Kasha riding herd. Lots of wildfire smoke. Love these views.

For several years now, this strain of avian influenza virus has been wreaking destruction on populations of birds and marine mammals around the world. Now, it’s arrived in Australia. trib.al/kWAdAbi

Bravo Maya!

Golf Day #KeystoneHiking Surprisingly cool weather but lots of wildfire smoke.

Nancy Pelosi is leaving Congress at the end of the year, but at 86, she's beginning her next chapter: launching an ambitious, nonpartisan democracy institute at UC Berkeley. Some undergrads will even have Pelosi as a teacher. Professor Pelosi.👩‍🎓 www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

Sunday morning - out early on Soda Ridge Trail. Smoke haze from Utah wildfires hanging in the distance. 10km done by 11:00am. Heading to Bravo Vail w Joshua Bell tonight. #KeystoneHiking

Acorn Creek hike in glorious summer weather. #KeystoneHiking

The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/c...

Back in the mountains again. View from Game Creek, Vail. #KeystoneHiking

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A large increase in the number of flamingos at a lagoon in Venice, Italy, is giving scientists hope for the future of the area's biodiversity. Environmental experts have been working to restore the wetlands, which have been impacted by industrial activities.

Extreme heat is one of Australia’s most dangerous natural hazards and it’s getting worse. It has caused more deaths in Australia than any other natural hazard and has a major impact on ecosystems and infrastructure. insidestory.org.au/the-heat-is-...

A fascinating story as we all gear up to watch The Game www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

Latest edition! #TheHealthWrap: assaults on science, infectious diseases, politics of abortion – and keeping fit - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/the-health-w... HT @lrussellwolpe.bsky.social