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September #Arctic sea ice extent since the year 1850 - comparison now updated through 2025
I have a couple of other sea ice reconstructions on my website too: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
I have a couple of other sea ice reconstructions on my website too: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
October 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
September #Arctic sea ice extent since the year 1850 - comparison now updated through 2025
I have a couple of other sea ice reconstructions on my website too: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
I have a couple of other sea ice reconstructions on my website too: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Whoops! Trump’s team “mistakenly” fired hundreds of CDC scientists — including the very experts fighting measles and deadly outbreaks — and is now scrambling to rehire them.
America’s public health is being dismantled by sheer incompetence. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
#SciSky 🧪 #NurseSky #IDSky
America’s public health is being dismantled by sheer incompetence. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
#SciSky 🧪 #NurseSky #IDSky
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Preliminary data suggests that today's
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.
This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.
This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.
Exceptional heat in AUSTRALIA
In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.
Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C
In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.
Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Preliminary data suggests that today's
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.
This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.
This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.
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Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.
Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution
Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.
www.abc.net.au
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.
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Splendid Fairywren
(Malurus splendens)
Australia
📸 Jennifer Sexton
(Malurus splendens)
Australia
📸 Jennifer Sexton
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Splendid Fairywren
(Malurus splendens)
Australia
📸 Jennifer Sexton
(Malurus splendens)
Australia
📸 Jennifer Sexton
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Great one minute summary of the climate impact from decreasing maritime stratocumulous clouds.
Above warmer oceans, clouds evaporate faster, exposing the dark ocean to direct sunlight, leading to even more warming.
And decreased air pollution from ships reduces cloud droplets and their size:
Above warmer oceans, clouds evaporate faster, exposing the dark ocean to direct sunlight, leading to even more warming.
And decreased air pollution from ships reduces cloud droplets and their size:
October 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Great one minute summary of the climate impact from decreasing maritime stratocumulous clouds.
Above warmer oceans, clouds evaporate faster, exposing the dark ocean to direct sunlight, leading to even more warming.
And decreased air pollution from ships reduces cloud droplets and their size:
Above warmer oceans, clouds evaporate faster, exposing the dark ocean to direct sunlight, leading to even more warming.
And decreased air pollution from ships reduces cloud droplets and their size:
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“Humans will leave an endless sea of trash behind them even if they disappear, because this is what you do when you party like there’s no tomorrow. And this is why there won’t be a tomorrow”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
They Came. They Danced. They Went Extinct.
I normally don’t expect a nature hike in the clean suburban air of my beach town to turn into a back-to-the future, post-apocalyptic excursion into the remnants of an extinct society.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Humans will leave an endless sea of trash behind them even if they disappear, because this is what you do when you party like there’s no tomorrow. And this is why there won’t be a tomorrow”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
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The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next
The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next
National scientific agency has been ‘reshaping its research portfolio’ since 2024, to deal with an imminent funding cliff
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The mood in parts of Australia’s national scientific agency is low after a mystery number of AI, robotics and data researchers were quietly let go within the last year.
Since the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation announced it was “reshaping its research portfolio” to deal with an imminent funding cliff in 2024, speculation about whose jobs are on the line has spread like wildfire. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next
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Japan has declared a nationwide flu epidemic after 4,030 cases were reported in just one week — up nearly 1,000 from the week before.
🏫 135 schools have closed with experts warning the virus is evolving and spreading faster than ever #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #MedSky #NurseSky #EMSky
🏫 135 schools have closed with experts warning the virus is evolving and spreading faster than ever #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #MedSky #NurseSky #EMSky
Nationwide epidemic declared in Japan as flu season hits early
The government has declared a nationwide flu epidemic, prompting calls for vaccinations and heightened vigilance.
shorturl.at
October 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Russian fertilizer will contain traces of lead.
The Russian president views the prospect of an army returning en masse as a potential risk he wants carefully managed to avoid destabilising society, three sources close to the Kremlin said.
Russia's 180,000 convict soldiers are causing concern for Putin
The Russian president views the prospect of an army returning en masse as a potential risk he wants carefully managed to avoid destabilising society, three sources close to the Kremlin said.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Russian fertilizer will contain traces of lead.
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Flurry of H5N1 activity noted in commercial poultry, wild birds
Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Flurry of H5N1 activity noted in commercial poultry, wild birds
Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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A data hoarder on Reddit used AI to create a searchable database of more than 8,100 files about Jeffrey Epstein released by the House Oversight Committee, making it one of the easiest ways to search through a very messy batch of files.
🔗 www.404media.co/data-hoarder...
🔗 www.404media.co/data-hoarder...
Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files
The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A data hoarder on Reddit used AI to create a searchable database of more than 8,100 files about Jeffrey Epstein released by the House Oversight Committee, making it one of the easiest ways to search through a very messy batch of files.
🔗 www.404media.co/data-hoarder...
🔗 www.404media.co/data-hoarder...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR
"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."
www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...
"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."
www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...
Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected
In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.
www.ecoticias.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR
"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."
www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...
"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."
www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...
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BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
The entire world in a snapshot/nutshell.
Legally it's not correct.
Ecologically it's not correct.
Laws of physics and thermodynamics it's not correct.
But fuckit.
I'm privileged
Let's get a pizza and some beer 🍕🍺
Everyone else is going to pay for it.
And I don't have to be accountable.
Legally it's not correct.
Ecologically it's not correct.
Laws of physics and thermodynamics it's not correct.
But fuckit.
I'm privileged
Let's get a pizza and some beer 🍕🍺
Everyone else is going to pay for it.
And I don't have to be accountable.
The NT chief minister is ignoring requests for information about rules for a taxpayer-funded VIP chauffeur service after claiming trips to a pizzeria and golf club were above board.
NT chief ignores questions over private driver rules after pizzeria trip
The NT chief minister is ignoring requests for information about rules for a taxpayer-funded VIP chauffeur service after claiming trips to a pizzeria and golf club were above board.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The entire world in a snapshot/nutshell.
Legally it's not correct.
Ecologically it's not correct.
Laws of physics and thermodynamics it's not correct.
But fuckit.
I'm privileged
Let's get a pizza and some beer 🍕🍺
Everyone else is going to pay for it.
And I don't have to be accountable.
Legally it's not correct.
Ecologically it's not correct.
Laws of physics and thermodynamics it's not correct.
But fuckit.
I'm privileged
Let's get a pizza and some beer 🍕🍺
Everyone else is going to pay for it.
And I don't have to be accountable.
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Two of Narrabri's three water supplies have been switched off amid claims the state government is "taking too long" to find a solution to a chemical contamination issue.
Narrabri rations water amid PFAS contamination 'crisis'
Two of Narrabri's three water supplies have been switched off amid claims the state government is "taking too long" to find a solution to a chemical contamination issue.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Two of Narrabri's three water supplies have been switched off amid claims the state government is "taking too long" to find a solution to a chemical contamination issue.
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That would amount to between 13,000 and 14,000 troops and police removed from their nine operations around the world.
UN to slash quarter of its peacekeeping force globally over lack of funds
That would amount to between 13,000 and 14,000 troops and police removed from their nine operations around the world.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
That would amount to between 13,000 and 14,000 troops and police removed from their nine operations around the world.
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My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).
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Reminder: almost all famines throughout history where millions died (China, India, Ukraine) were caused by bad political policy.
prospect.org/politics/tru...
prospect.org/politics/tru...
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
prospect.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reminder: almost all famines throughout history where millions died (China, India, Ukraine) were caused by bad political policy.
prospect.org/politics/tru...
prospect.org/politics/tru...
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China seeks to develop the world’s premier military capabilities by integrating its civilian commercial ecosystem and defense industrial base in a strategy known as military-civil fusion.
Civilian Tech Is Powering China’s Military
Beijing’s gains could eventually erode Washington’s battlefield advantage.
foreignpolicy.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
China seeks to develop the world’s premier military capabilities by integrating its civilian commercial ecosystem and defense industrial base in a strategy known as military-civil fusion.