“We looked at big trees, we looked at little trees, we looked at shrubs, we looked at different fuel classes, and then we checked how they changed,” said Battles. “It really is just like a massive accounting job, except we’re not measuring money, we’re measuring carbon.”

"Most of the CO2 budget that would push warming to 1.5°C has already been emitted, mainly by the world’s major economies. Now, midway through the decade, when global emissions were supposed to have halved, they continue to rise. It is unacceptable..."

An audiobook from Chirp: Wiseguys and the White House www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/w...

Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus (male) Bell Mountain Wilderness Mark Twain National Forest Missouri, USA 19 August 2017

I was feeling buried under the doom of a Bluesky scroll, until I saw this beautiful gem of good news.

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These are some thoughts inspired by the Books: Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan 1992 Wise Guys and the White House Eric Dezenhall 2025

The Portuguese endemic Madeira white butterfly is officially extinct. First European butterfly species to be classified as globally extinct. www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trendin...

“The purpose of propaganda is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” ― Aldous Huxley

"People who have money are spending money. I am an economist."

My cover of “Negative Self Talk” by Hayley Williams. #hayleywilliams #paramore #hayleywilliamscover #edaabp

Salton Sea Mud Volcanoes. Imperial County, California, USA. 2014 It sits on the boundary of the Pacific and North American plates. Fumaroles are formed where geothermal gases rise through soft, water-saturated sediment. This was filmed on the property of a geothermal electricity plant.

may life treat you the same way you treat service workers

Widespread vaccination for flu is important; not to prevent avian flu, but to prevent virus reassortment. A reassorted virus could have the contagiousness of human flu, and the lethality of avian flu.

Such an amazing time to be alive!

"Lava River Cave" in Northern Arizona, USA, is a mile long. It was formed ~700,000 years ago during a lava flow in the San Francisco Volcanic Field. As the lava river flowed, its exposed surface cooled and hardened. The molten lava beneath kept flowing, then draining away, leaving a hollow tube

"We've tried everything." Really? Everything?! ... rectal ozone therapy as a treatment for patients with joint pain following chikungunya’s acute phase. This form of treatment involves administering ozone gas through the rectum.

#Wildlife #Ecology 🦫 Compared studies of pollinators found around wetlands made by beavers to those found around human created ponds shows for the first time, that beaver created wetlands are home to greater numbers of hoverflies & butterflies than human created equivalents. phys.org/news/2025-11...

I had a scary dream last night. A giant drum-set with legs, and an angry looking keyboard, were chasing after me. Gloria Estefan in tow, was singing: "the rhythm is gonna get you rhythm is gonna get you rhythm is gonna get youu rhythm is gonna get you TONIGHT!"

Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis Kolob Canyon District Zion National Park Utah, USA 2015

A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture. #aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon

Vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus male Cottonwood Campground Big Bend National Park Texas, USA. February 2019.

Photo composition is excellent

Shit Pot Crater (S.P. Crater) San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, USA 2013 19th century. C.J. Babbitt is said to have observed that the volcano, with its dark lava flow emerging from the base, resembled a spilled chamber pot

🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS

This movie line, derived from Sagan philosophy, really guides me. The overly competitive deceitful scientist (David Drumlin) in the film Contact (1997), had said “Unfortunately, we don’t live in that world.” Ellie Arroway says: “Funny. I’ve always believed that the world is what we make of it.”

Today, Veteran’s Day, veterans are leading No War on Our Cities protests in cities that Trump has threatened with military occupation including New York, D.C., Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, Memphis and Boston. In addition... 100 cities nationwide. Join us: Find your local action here:

From Jess Apgar: "... I served as an officer in the U.S. military for over 6 years. This Veterans Day, I'm joining thousands of veterans across the country in sending a clear message: The military has no place policing civilians. I work at the ACLU for the same reason I joined the military."

juxtaposition yikes! "Netflix and chill" vs. "Netflix and Kill" are the options. I would prefer the red Muppet, if he would just put some pants on.

The anti-vax movement has been immune to appeals for community health since its inception. That’s why the U.S. has laws around childhood vaccines for school entry. We must do everything we can to prevent further slippage. We’re going to lose our measles elimination status just as Canada has.

I bet it smells fantastic

Ashley Bui of UCR is giving a great talk on eucharitid phylogeny, but most importantly she tells us what the giant scutal spines are for: handles for grabbing by suspicious ants (their hosts)

Hamburger helps those that help themselves

Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus Pere Marquette State Park. Grafton, Illinois, USA. 23 May 2017

Excellent writing

In 2006, I presented an evening program at Capitol Reef National Park (USA), about history, prehistory and paleontology. The "Keepers of Time" was a program concept that I presented versions of at the Grand Canyon NP, Joshua Tree NP & Canyonlands NP. It was easy to adapt to each park, 2006-2024.

Is a millibar, a place where very tiny people go to have a drink?

My friends

Arizona Sister Butterfly, Adelpha eulalia. Supai TunnelGrand Canyon, AZ 5 August 2014 The colors and patterns are aposematic warning that they are distasteful to birds. They are full, sometimes allowing for close photograph. Yes they also have fast and evasive flight.

Best Pixies cover I’ve ever heard

♫Tape on me♫

Sleeping Ute Mountain, from 8600' Knoll east of Buckboard Campground, Abajo Mountains, San Juan County, UT. 2024

ARCH rock. Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. 2011

"the freckles in our eyes" --- Benjamin Gibbard 2003

Hymenoxys hoopesii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names: • Owl's Claws • Orange Sneezeweed • Yerba del Lobo (herb of the wolf) • Goddam Dirty-hippy Sunflower.

I'm mighty happy. Though the culture wars are tragic. Leaders good or bad, cults of personalities are destabilizing when there's so many. Bless em', if they could be civil, looking for common ground.

Kentucky Lake, USA. 2017

the fuck did i just see when i was walking my dog?