David Ullrich
@davidullrich202.bsky.social
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do the web, we do to ourselves.”
― Chief Seattle, Squamish-Duamish
(1782 – June 7, 1866)
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― Chief Seattle, Squamish-Duamish
(1782 – June 7, 1866)
https://x.com/DavidUllrich202 🏳️🌈
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Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
The team identified nine different types...
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Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
The team identified nine different types...
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Reposted by David Ullrich
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature below the current level
www.newscientist.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature below the current level
www.newscientist.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Satellite data shows the ice sheets are melting faster than expected and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Warming of +1.5°C is too high for polar ice sheets
nature.com/articles/s43...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SUou...
Data from 1992–2020 are taken from the latest Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise18, updated with satellite gravimetry data148 from GRACE for 2021–2024
Credit: Chris Stokes
nature.com/articles/s43...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SUou...
Data from 1992–2020 are taken from the latest Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise18, updated with satellite gravimetry data148 from GRACE for 2021–2024
Credit: Chris Stokes
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Warming of +1.5°C is too high for polar ice sheets
nature.com/articles/s43...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SUou...
Data from 1992–2020 are taken from the latest Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise18, updated with satellite gravimetry data148 from GRACE for 2021–2024
Credit: Chris Stokes
nature.com/articles/s43...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SUou...
Data from 1992–2020 are taken from the latest Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise18, updated with satellite gravimetry data148 from GRACE for 2021–2024
Credit: Chris Stokes
Impact of paleoclimate on present and future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/1k-0s...
The evolution of Greenland’s climate and ice volume during 1850–2100.
Credit: Hu Yang et al. 2022
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/1k-0s...
The evolution of Greenland’s climate and ice volume during 1850–2100.
Credit: Hu Yang et al. 2022
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Impact of paleoclimate on present and future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/1k-0s...
The evolution of Greenland’s climate and ice volume during 1850–2100.
Credit: Hu Yang et al. 2022
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/1k-0s...
The evolution of Greenland’s climate and ice volume during 1850–2100.
Credit: Hu Yang et al. 2022
Reposted by David Ullrich
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour
www.newscientist.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by David Ullrich
Plastic shards permeate human brains
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
May 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Plastic shards permeate human brains
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
Reposted by David Ullrich
Microplastics could be hampering the oceans ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, which could harm marine ecosystems and affect carbon storage in the deep se...
www.newscientist.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Microplastics could be hampering the oceans ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Plastic shards permeate human brains
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
May 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Plastic shards permeate human brains
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time
sciencenews.org/article/plas...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shards of plastic less than 200 nanometers long and less than 40 nanometers wide.
Credit: Nihart et al
Microplastics could be hampering the oceans ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, which could harm marine ecosystems and affect carbon storage in the deep se...
www.newscientist.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Microplastics could be hampering the oceans ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column which could harm marine ecosystems
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour
www.newscientist.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by David Ullrich
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by David Ullrich
First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid ― An emerging threat to female fertility
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid ― An emerging threat to female fertility
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid ― An emerging threat to female fertility
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid ― An emerging threat to female fertility
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
drive.google.com/file/d/12KGr...
Selected SEM-EDX image MPs in follicular fluid.
Credit: L. Montano et al 2025
Eagle Aurora over Norway
Credit: B. Jørgensen
Credit: B. Jørgensen
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Eagle Aurora over Norway
Credit: B. Jørgensen
Credit: B. Jørgensen
Dragon Aurora over Iceland
Credit: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
Credit: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Dragon Aurora over Iceland
Credit: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
Credit: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
Night on a Spooky Planet
What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland.
Credit: Stéphane Vetter
What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland.
Credit: Stéphane Vetter
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Night on a Spooky Planet
What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland.
Credit: Stéphane Vetter
What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland.
Credit: Stéphane Vetter
Auroras over Northern Canada
Gusting solar winds and blasts of charged particles from the Sun resulted in several rewarding nights of auroras back in December 2014, near the peak of the last 11-year solar cycle.
Credit: Kwon, O Chul
Gusting solar winds and blasts of charged particles from the Sun resulted in several rewarding nights of auroras back in December 2014, near the peak of the last 11-year solar cycle.
Credit: Kwon, O Chul
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Auroras over Northern Canada
Gusting solar winds and blasts of charged particles from the Sun resulted in several rewarding nights of auroras back in December 2014, near the peak of the last 11-year solar cycle.
Credit: Kwon, O Chul
Gusting solar winds and blasts of charged particles from the Sun resulted in several rewarding nights of auroras back in December 2014, near the peak of the last 11-year solar cycle.
Credit: Kwon, O Chul
Venusian Annular Eclipse
This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse also known as an occultation.
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/cata...
Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove
This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse also known as an occultation.
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/cata...
Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove
April 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Venusian Annular Eclipse
This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse also known as an occultation.
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/cata...
Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove
This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse also known as an occultation.
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/cata...
Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove
The Transit of Venus
A stunning image of the transit of Venus across the Sun's disk, taken by the Hinode spacecraft on June 6, 2012. Earthlings will be able to observe the next transit in 2117.
science.nasa.gov/about-hinode
Credit: NASA & Hinode Spacecraft
A stunning image of the transit of Venus across the Sun's disk, taken by the Hinode spacecraft on June 6, 2012. Earthlings will be able to observe the next transit in 2117.
science.nasa.gov/about-hinode
Credit: NASA & Hinode Spacecraft
April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Transit of Venus
A stunning image of the transit of Venus across the Sun's disk, taken by the Hinode spacecraft on June 6, 2012. Earthlings will be able to observe the next transit in 2117.
science.nasa.gov/about-hinode
Credit: NASA & Hinode Spacecraft
A stunning image of the transit of Venus across the Sun's disk, taken by the Hinode spacecraft on June 6, 2012. Earthlings will be able to observe the next transit in 2117.
science.nasa.gov/about-hinode
Credit: NASA & Hinode Spacecraft
The world's climate is in uncharted territory, warns major report
A World Meteorological Organization report details a long list of grim records for everything from CO₂ levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A World Meteorological Organization report details a long list of grim records for everything from CO₂ levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The world's climate is in uncharted territory, warns major report
A World Meteorological Organization report details a long list of grim records for everything from CO₂ levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A World Meteorological Organization report details a long list of grim records for everything from CO₂ levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Earth could warm by a whopping 7°C by 2200, scientists predict ― leading to flooding, famine, and catastrophic heatwaves
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1i0gg...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1i0gg...
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Earth could warm by a whopping 7°C by 2200, scientists predict ― leading to flooding, famine, and catastrophic heatwaves
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1i0gg...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1i0gg...
First successful model simulation of the past 3 million years of climate change
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1235W...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1235W...
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
First successful model simulation of the past 3 million years of climate change
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1235W...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/d/1235W...