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Dana Bergstrom
@danambergstrom.bsky.social
Scientist, ecologist, Antarctica, impacts of climate change & writer of musicals - Antarctica, Beneath the Storm (out soonish)

#BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania.


Graphic art on Redbubble: SundogProducts
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.

Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Can’t pass up such a cracker of an opportunity for some gruesome fact checking. When Adélie penguins die, their bodies sort of get mashed into the ground eventually, creating a very soft, but gruesome pinkish carpet, that’s very unnerving to walk across 😬💀
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I have to admit I’m pretty scared to ride my bike these days due to too many close calls with cars on roundabouts . Why people think it’s ok to pass a bike on a roundabouts confuses me. Maybe I need whirling spike clubs on my 🚴?
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Atmospheric CO2 concentration update through October.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Harmful algal bloom (HAB) spread across 20,000 km2 & resulted in the deaths of millions of marine animals, from at least 550 species

Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The Libs are irrelevant? Yeah we know. So let’s keep the focus on what the govt is doing
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Australia’s climate action as of June 2025.
#climatechange
climateactiontracker.org/countries/au...
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#Dailyglimmer So quick you could miss it. Noticed a rather fluffy ball in a Blackwood, that turned into two fluff balls, then became two yellow mouths when food came close. Two wattle bird chicks in a wattle tree, & parents that can barely keep up feeding them. I bet they’re keen for a fledging date
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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John Howard/Baby Boomers - what a lethal f'ing mix -good riddance
'The federal election held on May 3 this year was the first in which Gen Z and Millennial voters outnumbered Baby Boomers in every state and territory. That trend is likely to continue.'
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change
Fewer than a quarter of young Australians trust the nation's political leaders on climate
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Good read about one of #Australia’s living treasures

We have so much to be grateful for the life time’s work of the unstoppable @annesummers.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
Fifty years after writing a book which would change how Australians view their history and culture, the author and journalist isn’t slowing down
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Aggression & violence towards retail staff increased since pandemic
ideas:
- the economic hit of the pandemic on some, combined with increased structural wealth inequality is leaving people behind
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Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Spanner thrown as retail giant battles worker abuse.
Violence and aggression towards Bunnings staff has exploded in one state more than any other, with a company leader blaming its laws and the fallout...
michaelwest.com.au/spanner-thro...
Spanner thrown as retail giant battles worker abuse - Michael West
Violence and aggression towards Bunnings staff has exploded in one state more than any other, with a company leader blaming its laws and the fallout from COVID.
michaelwest.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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“He brings a knife, you bring a gun. He brings a gun, you bring a trained attack kangaroo. THAT’S the Australian way”
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Earlier this year world’s largest battery-electric ship was successfully launched from the main production hall of Incat Tasmania into the River Derwent in Hobart, Australia.

The ferry carries 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Excellent video - watch!

Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Former U.S. VP Al Gore Reveals Shocking Data on Global Warming and Extreme Climate Events | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"Something is deeply wrong with this system, when people who are wealthy are getting far wealthier...and people who don't have a lot are falling further and further behind."

- Dr Cassandra Goldie AO, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service at our Revenue Summit 2025
#auspol
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The lesson from the past “could not be clearer: when denialists set the terms, progress burns “

Labor have an opportunity to do what’s right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery
If the government cuts a deal with them, it risks repeating the mistakes of the Abbott era, sacrificing progress for politics
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
👇🏽 great blog, very well worth the read.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Zero emissions coal is the coal that you don’t burn because solar is cheaper. I hope I’ve cleared this up for Dan
Dan Tehan says the Liberals’ new plan to reduce emissions will include new taxpayer funded Coal projects.
And that they will be pushing for “Zero Emissions Coal”🤔
PK “But it hasn’t happened?”
DT “Well, no it hasn’t happened.”💥
WTF is he talking about? #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A new Nature paper accompanying the Global Carbon Budget finds that the land and ocean sinks are 25% smaller and 7% smaller, respectively, than they would have been without the effects of climate change over 2015-24:
Emerging climate impact on carbon sinks in a consolidated carbon budget | Nature
Despite the adoption of the Paris Agreement ten years ago, fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise, pushing atmospheric CO2 levels to 423 ppm in 2024 and driving human-induced warming to 1.36°C, within years of breaching the 1.5°C limit 1,2. Accurate reporting of anthropogenic and natural CO2 sources and sinks is a prerequisite to tracking the effectiveness of climate policy and detecting carbon sink responses to climate change. Yet notable mismatches between reported emissions and sinks have so far prevented confident interpretation of their trends and drivers 1. Here, we present and integrate recent advances in observations and process understanding to address some long-standing issues in the global carbon budget estimates. We show that the magnitude of the natural land sink is substantially smaller than previously estimated, while net emissions from anthropogenic land-use change are revised upwards 1. The ocean sink is 15% larger than the land sink, consistent with new evidence from oceanic and atmospheric observations 3,4. Climate change reduces the efficiency of the sinks, particularly on land, contributing 8.3 ± 1.4 ppm to the atmospheric CO2 increase since 1960. The combined effects of climate change and deforestation turn Southeast Asian and large parts of South American tropical forests from CO2 sinks to sources. This underscores the need to halt deforestation and limit warming to prevent further loss of carbon stored on land. Improved confidence in assessments of CO2 sources and sinks is fundamental for effective climate policy.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
Australia’s first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in state of Victoria
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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You 👏 can't 👏 go 👏 backwards 👏 and 👏 comply 👏 with 👏 Paris

Literally cannot.

It's literally in the treaty and pretty much the whole point of it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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like romeo, the liberal party has taken its own political life after believing a fatal lie — that net zero policies have driven up power prices.

a once-serious party undone by reckless ignorance.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Dr Monique Ryan says the Coalition has finally given Business the Certainty it needs by pulling out of Net Zero
Ryan “They’ll have the certainty that they won’t have to deal with the LNP in government any time soon as a result of this decision today.” 🤣👏 #Abc
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM