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Insurance has a unique role to play in addressing climate-related risks, yet fires & floods are making the costs fall on communities, families, and small businesses. #ClimateSky #GreenSky

Felt #earthquake: 5.6 #quake 25 km southeast of Jutiapa, Departamento de Jutiapa, Guatemala, 39 minutes ago - 117 reports so far. Did you feel it? Send a report!

As someone who talks and thinks sustainability on a daily basis, I find the anthropological perspective very relevant, as always 💚

#time depends not just on the position of the observer but also on the observer's categories of thought, and their society and #culture. So how to study it #ethnographically? Find out here: www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/time

Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us. In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵

Very honored to join the board of @appliedanthro.bsky.social and support our mission.

Extreme storms continue to sweep across the US South today, as damages and deaths from last night's severe weather is just now being assessed. How is climate change affecting tornadoes? It's hard to detect a robust signal in such small, short events, but there's evidence that ... [see next post]

Deadline is soon. Please apply. LSE Fellow in Human Rights and Politics jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social

We're excited to launch our page for One Conservancy Science at @nature.org! Follow us to see how our team is tackling the world's toughest environmental challenges. From restoring habitats to promoting sustainability, we're blending science with traditional knowledge for a thriving planet.

Research shows forest canopy coverage of 50%+ decreases temperatures by 5.3°C compared to uncovered areas. Microclimate buffering through forest ecosystems could be key to combating rising global temperatures, read more here ⬇️ #climateaction #ecosystemrestoration

This state is home to 6 million acres of peatlands, more than any other state in the contiguous U.S. Can you guess which state? 🤔 Find out here – and check out TNC's new report that highlights the role of protecting and restoring peatlands as a natural climate solution: nature.ly/4i4oH9W

I don’t miss the movie world but I do miss these two, who said yes to end-of-the-world, tiny budget mini documentaries of brave women in distant places. Happy encounter yesterday :)

José Ubico, exdiputado, “amigo y aliado” de Giammattei, que se vendía como defensor de la seguridad, ha sido condenado de nuevo por narcotráfico en EE.UU., esta vez a 18 años. Una nota de Rodrigo Estrada. epinvestiga.com/actualidad/c...

Is paper reading at a scientific conference a type of performing art and does anyone enjoy it apart from the reader?

I love (as in “I love to cringe at the absence of self reflection among those who claim to know who we (the other) are better than we do ourselves”) to attend lectures and hear papers that “decolonize” by academically recolonizing.

Took advantage of my day off to see the beautiful exhibit by survivors of the Panabaj survivors in Santiago Atitlán. Just today and tomorrow at CCE in Antigua Gua.

Part two of @elfaroenglish.bsky.social’s new photojournalism curation, “Disappeared in El Salvador” 👇

‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Feb 13, 2018. I’m in DC moving between meetings when I see @stephencolbert.bsky.social riding a segway. A few miracles happened: I thought something smart to yell and attract his attention. I did not lose my voice. Stephen responded, turned back, took a selfie. My most fruitful 5 minutes in DC.

Sample of my balcony garden. Red harvest. Cosecha roja del balcón.

Went shopping this morning and, for the first time ever, I stopped to think global politics in front of the egg section. BTW, US$1.00 = Q7.80 do the math.

February sky.

Taliban minister ‘forced to flee Afghanistan’ after speech in support of girls’ education. Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, left for UAE after criticising ban on secondary school and higher education for girls. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Yes, bird flu could become airborne, human-to-human. As my collaborator Seema Lakdawala points out, we're doing the experiment now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/s...

The contemplative life of urban cherry tomatoes.

Me gusta recordar este mensaje poderoso de @katharinehayhoe.com : rendirse nunca. elasombrario.publico.es/hablamos-mej...

Check out what the Anthropology of Higher Education Topical Interest Group (TIG) is planning for our upcoming Annual Meeting in Portland. More info here: appliedanthro.org/membership/t... #SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2025 #highereducation

🌍 Mangroves and seagrass meadows: they store carbon, protect coastlines, support biodiversity, and sustain local economies. Yet, they're threatened by climate change and human activities like deforestation and land conversion.

These are some of the companies that have removed DEI Target Meta Platforms Amazon McDonald's Walmart Ford Lowe's Harley-Davidson Brown-Forman parent company of Jack Daniels John Deere Tractor Supply Make a statement by boycotting. REPOST

Our brilliant Global Director of Indigenous Sciences. @nature.org

Really proud to join the @appliedanthro.bsky.social board! Applied anthropology is a key element of my identity, my worldview, and moral compass. Happy to follow on the steps of my mentors.

⚠️🩵💙Amigos!💙🩵⚠️ 👇👇👇

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

Amigos no olvidemos a los perritos y los albergues que los ayudan. Dona lo que puedas, un quetzal puede hacer la diferencia. #AdoptaNoCompres #Guatemala #perros

#Opinión | El caso Lev Tahor revela la fragilidad del sistema de protección infantil en Guatemala. En su columna, Flor de María Gálvez analiza las reformas urgentes que necesita la Ley PINA. Léela aquí: epinvestiga.com/opinion/la-n...

No, genetic modification is not the same thing as domestication and crop breeding. Now, I'm not universally against GM technologies but this is a critical piece of corporate propoaganda that is incorrect and seems designed only to silence legitimate debate link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“The three yachts of the Walton family, heirs of the Walmart retail chain, had a combined carbon footprint in one year of 18,000 tonnes – an amount similar to that of 1,714 Walmart shelf-stackers.”

Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants. And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation. "Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022." (Gift link while I still have them) wapo.st/4gNCEZw

Poco a poco veo a mis paisanos y paisanas mudándose a BlueSky y eso me hace feliz. No me arrepiento de haber dejado Twixer pero sí extraño las interacciones sobre #Guatemala.

La secta Lev Tahor ha evadido la justicia en Israel, EUA, México y Canadá. En Guatemala han residido con bastante impunidad hasta el mes de diciembre pasado. En TanGente hoy analizamos el caso youtu.be/z4kEzCXlHic?...

In "The Future Earth", @ericholthaus.com imagined a future tipping point in wildfire when we realize we have to stop putting resources into fighting fire and redirect it to evacuation and relocation. Its hard to see the LA Fires and not wonder if we're at that precipice. #palisades

Scientists can even put numbers on this. 37% of the area burned across western NAm over the last 35 years is attributable to emissions from 88 corporations. Very fast fires are responsible for 3/4 of the structures that have burned. See www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... by @pyrogeog.bsky.social

The Age of Consequence. The amount of damage being done to this biosphere is unfathomable. “40 per cent of the world's soil is already degraded, but the problem could get much worse. A new global think tank is warning soil degradation is increasing and threatening food security and biodiversity.”

What do Greenland + the Panama Canal have in common? Both are significantly affected by climate change in ways that challenge global shipping & trade. As @chrfield.bsky.social says, [Trump is] indirectly acknowledging that climate change is real + creating new global challenges." Read more:

The ten hottest years on record occurred in the last ten years. Nice to have our suspicions be confirmed, but we all already knew that, right? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Ten incredible reads about the environment in 2024… good to have science recaps as the year closes. More please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Strong networks of relationships built on trust and reciprocity will always outlast and outperform relationships of convenience built on opportunism and self interest.

A GOOD news story.