I firmly believe that if we take the Bible seriously, we’ll be at the front of the line demanding climate action – and many Christians are! But the fact that so many in the US base their beliefs on politics explains why identifying as an evangelical is the top predictor of climate denial in the US.

The government wouldn't give us a list of data centres seeking power in Ontario. So, we built one ourselves. What @rorywh.bsky.social and I found: at least 15 projects drawing a combined 2,202 MW: more electricity than 2 million homes. #OnPoli for @nationalobserver.com 🧵

NEW: Who's counting anyway? A series of tracking measures that were once regularly updated and relatively easy to access are disappearing in Ontario. Government denies it's deliberate, critics say it makes it harder to hold to account. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1171077...

A couple of Dr. Seuss trumpets. Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada. These lichens are about 2cm high. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Road salt applied to streets and parking lots is washing into Lake Simcoe and other watersheds throughout Ontario, putting biodiversity and drinking water at risk. @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social reports on the problem — as well as one potential solution. thenarwhal.ca/lake-simcoe-...

Nova Scotia's Margaret Sibella Brown was fascinated with moss and liverworts. As an amateur bryologist, she published several papers and oversaw efforts to collect sphagnum moss for use as surgical dressing during the First World War. This is her story. 🧵 1/8

Minor kerfuffle at the bird feeder. This perch doesn't hold more than one pine grosbeak at a time. #birds 🌿

The visible song of a male Red-winged Blackbird in the morning light.

skunks at the garden are already blooming, but out at morton, they're barely up. it's wild what a difference ~35 miles makes

'The multiple dimensions of the biodiversity crisis present society with massive challenges.' Take a look at the 'Biodiversity Crisis' Themed Collection at #EnvironmentalConservation spotlighting leading international research geared towards this topic www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🌎 🌐

The study adds to a robust body of evidence that birds—a sentinel for the health of other species—are not OK. More research findings: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c... (gift). Journal article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #birds 🌎

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...and possibly to a premature death in the icy ocean. The collapse of molting sites is a new threat to the already endangered birds, which number ~250K breeding pairs worldwide: insideclimatenews.org/news/2602202...? Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43.... #birds 🌎

The greatest borb there ever was. Spruce grouse - #birds 🌿

Hang in there lovely Bluesky people and don’t let the political shenanigans get you down this evening (Tufted Titmouse) #birds 🌿

Cute little buddy on the back deck this morning. - red-backed vole. #mammals 🌿

It's #InternationalPolarBearDay. It's getting close to the time when moms will be emerging from their dens with new cubs. Cubs stay with mom for 2.5 years facing many threats and challenges. Their biggest threat, however, is shorter sea ice seasons meaning less access to food. #mammals 🌿

"Humpbacks, unfortunately, when they get caught in something, they have a tendency to roll in it and they can wrap themselves up so tight and they have an inability to get out of it," said Dr. Andrew Trites www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Randy and Sebastian Malleck — hailing from Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation in central Labrador — have won Cain’s Quest, a 3,400 km snowmobile race. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Deep in the woods on Vancouver Island, BC #WeekHforHS #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Scapes

Dressed For The Woods, 2013 by UK sculptor Nicola Hicks #WomensArt #Imbolc

On The Move... Early evening. Coco The Eastern Coyote, totally focused, as she prepares for her evening hunt. Incredibly beautiful and extremely intelligent. 🐺📸🇨🇦 #EasternCoyote #CanisLatransVar #Mammals #Nature #Wildlife #OntarioParks #Canada

Native plant seeds from critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems to be preserved vancouversun.com/news/native-...

Canada Geese in the cypress knees ... 🪶

Lots of good guesses and many of you got it right. It's a river otter. While we're used to seeing them in the water, they are active all winter and slide on their bellies in the snow, creating these tracks. #mammals

Gosh I have photographed a lot of flies over the years.

Did see a mink run across the frozen sections of the lake today though!

AI and data centre companies will inevitably lead to higher expenses for power grids and to bills rising for everyone to feed their insatiable power needs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nation could really use Catherine O'Hara to deal with passing of Catherine O'Hara

With Premier Kinew's, and others, talk of increasing shipping out of the Port of Churchill and other Northern ports the effects of ship noise is in the news again. This article talks about the some of the research done in Canada. It also mentions that some 1/2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy birthday to Danielle Goyette, born on this day in 1966 in Saint-Nazaire, Quebec! She won eight Abby Hoffman Cups, two Olympic golds and eight World Championships. Danielle is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame.

When I used a band saw to cut Nypa fruticans seeds in half, I was surprised to find ruminate endosperm. The literature said this palm has homogeneous endosperm. It turns out, it has both. Endosperm condition can vary within a species. #Arecaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Toxic chemicals permeate the food we eat. Here’s how to design them out www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

NDP urges territory to grant #Yukon River personhood Party has tabled motion calling on territory to create legislation in step with First Nations www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dr. Jane once said that most people, even when they know about problems and become aware of solutions, "do nothing because they feel useless and hopeless and helpless." We need to move past that. Video: Concordia University

Next will be a tariff on the show 🤭 Carney praised the show's creators, showrunners and stars for its reach, its Canadian roots and its 2SLGBTQ+ story, giving Tierney props for deciding to make the show in Canada after American studios had asked him to "tone it down." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

FBI director tells Americans not to bring guns to protests, schools still okay

Temperature anomalies averaged over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the Northern Hemisphere... December had a warm Arctic, cold continent temperature anomaly spatial pattern. Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

Minneapolis shooting: Tim Walz condemns ‘federal occupation’ as victim identified as Alex Pretti – latest updates www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Shame on CNN

MINNEAPOLIS: “Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died.” apnews.com/article/immi... - @apnews.com #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USPoli 2/2

Scotty’s observation of an Arctic Fox near Summit Camp atop the ice cap 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱 🌿

A brief moment with a few of my neighbours this morning. The deep cold didn’t seem to be bothering them. Deer grow a dense coat for winter and their legs and ears have a counter current system where the blood vessels keep the heat in the core of their body. #mammals 🌿

B.C.’s EAO took more than four months to publicly post records showing Woodfibre LNG was out of compliance during construction in Squamish after failing to monitor for juvenile salmon. The company says monitoring continued and no harm was observed. No fines were issued thenarwhal.ca/woodfibre-ln...

This is an absolute shit idea @davidebybc.bsky.social

Lichens on a stick. The large orange #lichen is a sunburst lichen (Xanthoria sp). NWT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

I just learned the most amazing tea and I was literally flinging myself around my kitchen like a wacky waving arm inflatable tube guy with the effort of not screaming “I TOLD YOU SO!”

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo