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I am also a fan of Cassidy et al (2013). Must-read for food systems folks.
Yay @altmetric.com!
Still proud of one of my papers from my more-than-decade-old master's: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
December 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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“Land is threatened by the way that we use and manage it all over the world, and human activities are the main driver behind land degradation,” says PIK scientist Julia Tomalka, author of the UN-report on Land #degradation, published ahead of #COP16Riyadh by UNCCD: news.mongabay.com/2024/12/land...
Land use change impacting seven planetary boundaries, solutions urgent, say scientists
Swift action must be taken to address human-caused land-system change and land degradation, which is now having wide ranging impacts on planetary health and human health, according to a first of its k...
news.mongabay.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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More climate trivia -- here is a graph showing the single hottest day of each year, 1940 - 2024.

The only two years breaking 17.0°C are 2023 and 2024, with 2024 the hottest of them all. There appears to be a trend.
November 22, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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People conflate these questions:

(1) Does individual action matter? (A deep tradition in ethics says "yes" but I respect friends who only emphasize collective action.)

(2) Is demand-side carbon reduction important? ("Yes" is scientifically correct.)

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/c...
What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change?
Researchers are looking at the impact that individuals’ actions can have on reducing carbon emissions — and the best ways to get people to adopt them.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!

For those who are keeping up with the f&%kery with global sea-ice extent, it appears that the maximum for this year was on November 11, setting a new record low maximum of 23,489,326 km².

This is the first time the maximum has been below 23,500,000 km².
November 18, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM