Very similar to last year, sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk basin has been quite slow to grow. Total ice extent for this region is currently at record low levels. Also compare now to the 1980s! Graph of region: zacklabe.com/wp-content/u.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.

December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥

🧪🌊🧵 Great to see this published. An 18,000 year record of deep water temperatures on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, which confirms that incursion of warm water onto the shelf has been the main driver of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat throughout deglaciation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

6th equal* lowest global sea ice area on record.

6th equal* lowest global sea ice area on record.

I prefer non-lethal distractions from the tRUMPSTEIN Files like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada the 51st state & buying Greenland. Sure it was hugely offensive to longtime friends & allies, but at least no one died.

So a foreign country can attack another country to remove a malevolent leader... interesting.

Rakiura returns, feeds her chick, and within seconds scoops up the new egg like it's always been there 🥰

New egg placed in nest at 21:45!

They're waiting a little longer before Rakiura returns to keep the egg warm longer. Should be putting the egg in her nest in the next wee while...

Rangers RIGHT NOW are giving another egg to Rakiura to hatch!

Two incredibly rare creatures - a pekapeka and a kākāpō chick!

Project this on the fucking moon

mood

When you gain the admiration of actual fascist supremacists, it may be time for for some self reflection. #auspol #ALP

India produces enough solar cells domestically to be self sufficient!

Sales of three-wheel vehicles in India is now 60% electric!

I used to be reasonably proud of New Zealand. A curious wee country in the bottom left of the pacific that was the first to give women the right to vote, very early in providing suffrage to indigenous people, first comprehensive national social security system, being nuclear free. Gone to shit now.

The New Zealand government supports Trump's illegal attacks on Iran. New Zealand is now in the axis of evil.

I'm ashamed of our government. Today supporting an illegal war is a nail in the coffin. This is not the NZ of nuclear free, of anti apartheid, of the Treaty of Waitangi Act. This is neo-liberals and populists run amok. Not the country I want nor that I'm willing to excuse #nzpol

Libs been owned yet?

Rakiura's getting her second egg in the next few hours and it's expected to hatch maybe sometime around midnight!!

I just watched a guy make a knob for 16 minutes.

Proof that pressure from members works! Keep telling your professional bodies that they should not be engaging with the cesspool anymore. Well done to @thebcs.bsky.social, about time 😉 Go follow them on here. And I’ll see UK cardio friends at the BCS conference this summer! #cardiosky

Damn it. Where's my doom and gloom? There's supposed to be doom and gloom!

Very sad news about Rob Grant, who, along with Doug Naylor created the long running comedy series Red Dwarf. He passed away on Wednesday, Rob was a very funny man with a talent for stinging reposts.

1/2 Being married to the National Seashore’s geologist means checking out the erosion after every big storm. Incredible erosion at Newcomb Hollow, and the parking lot is a mess. #OceanDevotion #Blizzard2026

my uncle runs a place in Anchorage that serves fish and chips, and he named the half portion the "Texas size" which is just an incredible troll

Eliminating the Impossible xkcd.com/3210/

Well huh. Viruses are a fundamental part of the marine food web. Like without them we'd-all-be-dead fundamental.

Here's a tip: When you get close to a significant figure increase in you savings account don't deposit the exact amount to get a nice string of zeroes. You'll be disappointed a month later because you'll see exactly how much interest you earned.

Seeing these two taonga species just casually hanging out together leaves me speechless. Rakiura, a nesting kākāpō visited by a pekapeka, short-tailed bat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=banr...

James you wee devil 😳

Did you know you can see highlights from our #kakapo nestcam: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...? In the last 24 hours we've seen a chick hatch and a rare short-tailed bat flying - and walking - around the nest. Exciting to see things never seen before! #conservation #kakapo2026

Not ideal

Rakiura the kākāpō and her friend the bat 🦜🦇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGL...

Rakiura the kākāpō and her friend the bat 🦜🦇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGL...

Pō mārie Aotearoa

At least the Luddites had something to smash.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this 2022 satire on covid policy

Critically endangered kākāpō Vori-A1, who has important genes from the Fiordland kākāpō Richard Henry, born live on camera in the nest of foster mother Rakiura. Almost no one has seen these birds hatch before! The egg had only been delivered 1.5 hours earlier.

Egg hatches at 15:31 and a good chick view at 16:16!

If you're watching our live #kakapo webcam: an egg near to hatching (Vori-A1-2026) will be put into the next in the next 10 mins. Keep watching over the coming hours/days to hopefully see a chick hatch! #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots www.youtube.com/live/BfGL7A2...

Don't mess with a kākāpō!

The real global warming was the snowstorms we suffered along the way

Don't mess with a kākāpō!

Kākāpō v. Petral... FIGHT!

If you want green, vote green If you want Labour to be proper Labour again, vote green If you don't want grifters, racists and fascists, vote green It you want an MP who is familiar with the area and people, vote green If you want Reform and are not yourself a multi-millionaire grifter, WTF?!

Following the #kakapo breeding season and want more detail? Don't forget to check out the "Kākāpō Files" #podcast from Radio NZ with the wonderful Alison Ballance. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kaka...

Fifth lowest minimum global sea ice area.