Arbma Cip
@arbmacip.bsky.social
Environment, water, climate change, microbio, food and energy
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“They’ve done this at the behest of the oil industry, so that billionaires can rake in even more money while polluting our planet and endangering people in America and around the world,” said former US VP Al Gore
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#climatecrisis
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Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations
Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
“They’ve done this at the behest of the oil industry, so that billionaires can rake in even more money while polluting our planet and endangering people in America and around the world,” said former US VP Al Gore
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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We already knew that climate change is likely making tropical cyclones stronger. But new research suggests warming could also make the precursors to these storms more intense.
Warming May Make Tropical Cyclone “Seeds” Riskier for Africa - Eos
Intensified hurricane precursors may linger longer over the continent, worsening extreme flooding hazards.
eos.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We already knew that climate change is likely making tropical cyclones stronger. But new research suggests warming could also make the precursors to these storms more intense.
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‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ocean Acidification Crosses Planetary Boundaries
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Ocean Acidification Crosses Planetary Boundaries
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December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Ocean Acidification Crosses Planetary Boundaries
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
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December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
A good example (and a new frontier) of DMS: drone sampling
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To conserve migratory marine life, protected areas are not enough.
Migratory Species need dynamic management strategies (real-time #tracking , shifting shipping lanes/requiring vessel speed limits, stricter fishing regulations, in key habitats and timings) and international cooperation.
Migratory Species need dynamic management strategies (real-time #tracking , shifting shipping lanes/requiring vessel speed limits, stricter fishing regulations, in key habitats and timings) and international cooperation.
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A good example (and a new frontier) of DMS: drone sampling
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This approach for pathogen screening has confirmed for the first time that a potentially deadly whale virus, known as cetacean morbillivirus, is circulating above the Arctic Circle.
Drone sampling of whale breath reveals first evidence of potentially deadly virus in Arctic
Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath—or "blow"—from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health monitoring...
phys.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This approach for pathogen screening has confirmed for the first time that a potentially deadly whale virus, known as cetacean morbillivirus, is circulating above the Arctic Circle.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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Read this from Ben Santer (very famous climate scientist for those who don’t know) about what NCAR means and what dismantling it will do.
Threatening NCAR, Trump administration seeks to extinguish a beacon of climate science
The Trump administration’s world view is that the US doesn’t need a climate science brain trust because it doesn’t like what the brains say.
thebulletin.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Read this from Ben Santer (very famous climate scientist for those who don’t know) about what NCAR means and what dismantling it will do.
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The Reeves' muntjac is the #forest creature most likely to photobomb other critters in #wildlife cams set up by the #Taiwanese forestry bureau (it shares a frame with a Swinhoe's pheasant below). Also photographed: a family of #Formosan wild boars, a Formosan black bear, Yellow-throated marten trio.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Reeves' muntjac is the #forest creature most likely to photobomb other critters in #wildlife cams set up by the #Taiwanese forestry bureau (it shares a frame with a Swinhoe's pheasant below). Also photographed: a family of #Formosan wild boars, a Formosan black bear, Yellow-throated marten trio.
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Mushroom growers and fruit orchard farmers use #wildlife cams to document how their leopard-cat-friendly agricultural practices have been rewarded with wild #cat sightings.
A list of #Taiwan brands certified for their chemical-free farmland and leopard cat conservation: ahutw.info/farmers.php?...
A list of #Taiwan brands certified for their chemical-free farmland and leopard cat conservation: ahutw.info/farmers.php?...
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Mushroom growers and fruit orchard farmers use #wildlife cams to document how their leopard-cat-friendly agricultural practices have been rewarded with wild #cat sightings.
A list of #Taiwan brands certified for their chemical-free farmland and leopard cat conservation: ahutw.info/farmers.php?...
A list of #Taiwan brands certified for their chemical-free farmland and leopard cat conservation: ahutw.info/farmers.php?...
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This week the Westlands Water District board approved the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan to develop 21 GW of solar + 21 GW of batteries on 136,000 acres of the west Central Valley into solar farms, with over 400 miles of new transmission lines and substations. ☀️🔌💡 ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2024020124/3
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This week the Westlands Water District board approved the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan to develop 21 GW of solar + 21 GW of batteries on 136,000 acres of the west Central Valley into solar farms, with over 400 miles of new transmission lines and substations. ☀️🔌💡 ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2024020124/3
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Water voles are on the verge of a renaissance in London.
A little Christmas good news story about American mink getting lured to their doom:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
A little Christmas good news story about American mink getting lured to their doom:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Welcome back, Ratty: water voles return to London
With their main predator, the American mink, thought to be eradicated there is hope that one of the stars of The Wind in the Willows will thrive again
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Water voles are on the verge of a renaissance in London.
A little Christmas good news story about American mink getting lured to their doom:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
A little Christmas good news story about American mink getting lured to their doom:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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It should be no surprise that environmental NGOs are under specific, intensive, & sustained attack by a de facto alliance of right-wing (think Project 2025) & centrist forces (think Abundance).
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It should be no surprise that environmental NGOs are under specific, intensive, & sustained attack by a de facto alliance of right-wing (think Project 2025) & centrist forces (think Abundance).
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£8m from @Wellcome is funding a new global initiative at @LivUni, led by Prof William Hope, to tackle #AMR by identifying effective combinations of existing antibiotics. Project will start with high-impact solutions for Southeast Asia.
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/12/18/8...
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/12/18/8...
£8m secured to tackle antimicrobial resistance - University of Liverpool News
£8m secured to tackle antimicrobial resistance
news.liverpool.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
£8m from @Wellcome is funding a new global initiative at @LivUni, led by Prof William Hope, to tackle #AMR by identifying effective combinations of existing antibiotics. Project will start with high-impact solutions for Southeast Asia.
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/12/18/8...
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/12/18/8...
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“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
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"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants
BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Dana-Farber) has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, it made materially false statements and certifications relat...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
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Polar night vs. midnight sun in early/mid-December...
Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; 🌙) and South Pole (right; ☀️) over a 24-hour period.
Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; 🌙) and South Pole (right; ☀️) over a 24-hour period.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Polar night vs. midnight sun in early/mid-December...
Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; 🌙) and South Pole (right; ☀️) over a 24-hour period.
Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; 🌙) and South Pole (right; ☀️) over a 24-hour period.
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Well, I tried waiting for blue skies and yellow ginkgo carpets on campus, but the Tule fog/stratus robbed me of that vision, so here’s the consolation view yesterday.
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Well, I tried waiting for blue skies and yellow ginkgo carpets on campus, but the Tule fog/stratus robbed me of that vision, so here’s the consolation view yesterday.
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We’ve got a piece in The Conversation about the 2025 Arctic Report Card and the implications of 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic change. #Arctic #akwx #Climate
theconversation.com/from-record-...
theconversation.com/from-record-...
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
The 20th anniversary of the annual report tracks how sea ice, snow cover and many other vital signs of the Arctic have changed, and the impact that’s having on people and wildlife.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We’ve got a piece in The Conversation about the 2025 Arctic Report Card and the implications of 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic change. #Arctic #akwx #Climate
theconversation.com/from-record-...
theconversation.com/from-record-...