Merav Ben-David
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Merav Ben-David
@mbendavidwy.bsky.social
Scientist, Educator, Wyomingite, and former Democratic candidate for US Senate.
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Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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With everything else going on, the Senate sent the Big 💩 Bill back to the House, and made some changes. Here’s one:
June 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Repost from @resistancerangers.bsky.social on IG- I know we're about to declare war with Iran, and there are so many fronts to this continuing shitzkrieg, but this one, this right here, hurts my little raccoon soul most. For the love of all that's green and blue, keep calling.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Up for sale by the Wyoming congressional delegation
June 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We need to stop this bill!
June 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Psst…the only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels. Pass it on.
June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@billmckibben.bsky.social can you DM me? Thanks!
May 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Agreed
My two cents: we don’t abandon the Democratic Party. We remake it. It’s a good party. It just has bad leadership.
March 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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New post on The Climate Brink from Zeke @hausfath.bsky.social about our climate future. With current policies, we’re on track for a bit less than 3C, with 2030 NDCs we’re on track for about 2.5C, and with net zero pledges we’re on track for a bit less than 2C.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/moving-awa...
Moving away from high-end emissions scenarios
I have a new commentary in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes in current policy scenarios
www.theclimatebrink.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Simulated reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Large interannual variability, but watch what happens in recent years...

Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
December 28, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)

• about 600,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,110,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Plots zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Tons of fuel oil thrown into the sea during the wreck of Russian tankers,reached the shores of Russia's Krasnodar region, the plume stretched for 55 km

Beaches of Anapa may become unsuitable for human habitation for years. Also, the Kerch Strait water area may be polluted due to the change of wind.
December 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Breaking News!

An extremely dangerous level 8 heatstroke alert has been issued for Santa's reindeer.
December 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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This graphic gives the 12-month running average for Mauna Loa CO₂ since 1959, with a quadratic trendline (in red).

An R² of 0.9995 is overwhelming evidence that atmospheric CO₂ growth is accelerating. And at present, CO₂ is above the trendline!

The climate 8-ball says: "Outlook f&%ked, try again."
December 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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As a reminder, land areas (where we live) are warming around twice as fast as the oceans. Subsequently, most of us are 'experiencing' temperatures rising faster than the global mean record.

Data from NASA GISTEMPv4: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/ ⚒️🧪
December 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Well it's December, which is another month that observes particularly large #Arctic amplification. Here's a view of those temperature changes by decade...

Data from ERA5: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea...
December 1, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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The House is set to vote Thursday on HR 9495, a bill that would give the incoming Trump administration new power to muzzle, punish, and effectively shut down tax-exempt organizations without transparency or due process. VOTE NO!

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Ahead of House Vote on Bill that Would Stifle Dissent, ACLU Sounds Alarm Again | American Civil Liberties Union
H.R. 9495 was narrowly blocked last week after members of Congress received more than 100,000 messages from constituents urging them to oppose
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November 21, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Global mean sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average) so far this year ➡️ highest on record

Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 averaged over January to October.
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM