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David Ullrich
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“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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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
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
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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
May 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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...
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
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Eagle Aurora over Norway

Credit: B. Jørgensen
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Credit: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
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
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
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 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
April 14, 2025 at 5:30 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
April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every member on the board of directors should be required to have a seat. THIS SEAT‼️
April 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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...
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...
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...
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
March 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Where Elon's inspiration comes from.

You simply can't make this trash up‼️
March 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong. Egon suggested crossing the streams to reverse the particle flow in order to close the gate. Isn't that equivalent to reversing entropy which explains the seriousness of the moment?

Stream crossing generates anti-time in this fictional setting.

lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09...
March 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I came up with that as well. Maybe a degree or two higher still depending on where you live.

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March 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
March 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
February 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Empty skies after 9/11 set the stage for an unlikely climate change experiment

globalnews.ca/news/2934513...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

www.researchgate.net/profile/Davi...

Credit: Smithsonian (9/11 FAA Closure)
January 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
January 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
January 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
There is no spoon.
January 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM