Joy McCann
@mjmccann.bsky.social
Environmental/public historian & writer - oceans, ice, coasts & islands. Author of Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean. Living on Palawa country, lutruwita Tasmania.
#envhist #envhum #naturewriting www.joymccann.blog
#envhist #envhum #naturewriting www.joymccann.blog
Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’
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Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’
The black summer bushfires heralded the beginning of a time when we realised the world as we knew it was gone. Five years later, we still space for grief, anger and political action
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Due to the impeccable timing of a delayed official press release, you probably haven’t heard that 40% of corals on the southern Great Barrier Reef died in 2024 due to record-breaking heat exposure.
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Surveys show widespread Great Barrier Reef coral loss
Researchers say warming oceans threaten world’s reefs
www.voanews.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Due to the impeccable timing of a delayed official press release, you probably haven’t heard that 40% of corals on the southern Great Barrier Reef died in 2024 due to record-breaking heat exposure.
www.voanews.com/a/surveys-sh...
www.voanews.com/a/surveys-sh...
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The audacious plan to decorate the world's tallest Christmas tree in remote Tasmania
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Protesters decorate 80-metre-tall Christmas tree to stop it from getting logged
When an 80-metre gum tree in the Tasmanian forest was due to be cut down for logging, conservationists turned it into the world’s tallest Christmas tree.
www.abc.net.au
December 24, 2024 at 4:57 AM
The audacious plan to decorate the world's tallest Christmas tree in remote Tasmania
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem
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Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’
Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profits
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Some news from down under! The Unruly Ocean (coauthored with Erika Techera) has just been published by Routledge! Also my plans for a quieter 2025 have been quietly shelved with a Tasmanian State Library & Archives research fellowship on Tasmania’s Antarctic connections.
#envhist #envhum #antarctic
#envhist #envhum #antarctic
December 21, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Some news from down under! The Unruly Ocean (coauthored with Erika Techera) has just been published by Routledge! Also my plans for a quieter 2025 have been quietly shelved with a Tasmanian State Library & Archives research fellowship on Tasmania’s Antarctic connections.
#envhist #envhum #antarctic
#envhist #envhum #antarctic
Good news from Hobartisan Books - the Southern Ocean anthology will be available for sale from bookshops in March 2025.
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.
December 13, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Good news from Hobartisan Books - the Southern Ocean anthology will be available for sale from bookshops in March 2025.
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Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays.
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Rare glimpse at stunning reef near Woodside’s gas plans
Scott Reef is, in the words of author Tim Winton, the last “unspoiled” clear-water coral reef in Australia.
www.smh.com.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays.
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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"In the last year
Israel has killed
17,500 children in Gaza
In Launceston
there are 17,000 under 20's
Imagine
this city
with no children
Stand up, Speak out
Stop the Genocide"
Israel has killed
17,500 children in Gaza
In Launceston
there are 17,000 under 20's
Imagine
this city
with no children
Stand up, Speak out
Stop the Genocide"
December 10, 2024 at 10:51 PM
"In the last year
Israel has killed
17,500 children in Gaza
In Launceston
there are 17,000 under 20's
Imagine
this city
with no children
Stand up, Speak out
Stop the Genocide"
Israel has killed
17,500 children in Gaza
In Launceston
there are 17,000 under 20's
Imagine
this city
with no children
Stand up, Speak out
Stop the Genocide"
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Dr. Helen Scales is my favorite marine biologist! Please buy anything she writes for holiday giving if you can!! #naturewriting #science #oceans
I love that today's google doodle celebrates the amazing, important kelp forests fringing the southern coast of Australia
🦑
These underwater forests are home to wondrous animals like sea dragons, blue-ringed octopuses, wobbegongs and handfish
#Greatsouthernreef
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These underwater forests are home to wondrous animals like sea dragons, blue-ringed octopuses, wobbegongs and handfish
#Greatsouthernreef
doodles.google/doodle/celeb...
Celebrating the Giant Kelp Forests of the Great Southern Reef Doodle - Google Doodles
Learn more about the creation of Celebrating the Giant Kelp Forests of the Great Southern Reef Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork.
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December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Dr. Helen Scales is my favorite marine biologist! Please buy anything she writes for holiday giving if you can!! #naturewriting #science #oceans
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FFS!
Still, I suppose the Tasmanian government needs stadium funding from somewhere... 🤔
We need federal protections for old-growth forests across the country.
#politas
#auspol
#environment
#sustainability
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Still, I suppose the Tasmanian government needs stadium funding from somewhere... 🤔
We need federal protections for old-growth forests across the country.
#politas
#auspol
#environment
#sustainability
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Documents reveal plans to make 39,000 hectares of native Tasmanian forest available for logging
Right to information documents have revealed that parcels of native forest that could soon be available for logging in Tasmania contain vast swathes of "old growth" forest and threatened species. The ...
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2024 at 8:26 PM
FFS!
Still, I suppose the Tasmanian government needs stadium funding from somewhere... 🤔
We need federal protections for old-growth forests across the country.
#politas
#auspol
#environment
#sustainability
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Still, I suppose the Tasmanian government needs stadium funding from somewhere... 🤔
We need federal protections for old-growth forests across the country.
#politas
#auspol
#environment
#sustainability
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Australia! Don't become America. It's time for some serious election propaganda. Please share.
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Honest Government Ad | 2025 Election
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 23, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Australia! Don't become America. It's time for some serious election propaganda. Please share.
youtu.be/-oxQ5fmiI9M?...
youtu.be/-oxQ5fmiI9M?...
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.
November 22, 2024 at 11:09 AM
A brilliant ‘talk’ from one of the world’s Antarctic sea ice experts as part of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference in Hobart this week.
Tonight's science comedy event for #AARC2024 in Hobart was a #scicomm triumph. Thanks Future Science Talks for getting #Antarctic researchers to their first stand-up gig. Here's the kind of show we enjoyed from AAPP sea-ice scientist Dr Will Hobbs @utas.bsky.social.
👀 youtu.be/irAi1e-rvGc
👀 youtu.be/irAi1e-rvGc
November 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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🌊 "Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia’s backyard. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet alone holds enough water to raise global sea levels by approximately 50m if completely melted."
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Unprecedented changes in Antarctica ice prompt researchers to issue emergency statement
Hundreds of polar researchers issue an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate change in Antarctica.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM
🌊 "Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia’s backyard. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet alone holds enough water to raise global sea levels by approximately 50m if completely melted."
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
A brilliant ‘talk’ from one of the world’s Antarctic sea ice experts as part of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference in Hobart this week.
Tonight's science comedy event for #AARC2024 in Hobart was a #scicomm triumph. Thanks Future Science Talks for getting #Antarctic researchers to their first stand-up gig. Here's the kind of show we enjoyed from AAPP sea-ice scientist Dr Will Hobbs @utas.bsky.social.
👀 youtu.be/irAi1e-rvGc
👀 youtu.be/irAi1e-rvGc
Science Comedy: Will Hobbs - Antarctic sea ice
YouTube video by Future Science Talks
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November 21, 2024 at 1:20 AM
A brilliant ‘talk’ from one of the world’s Antarctic sea ice experts as part of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference in Hobart this week.
Reposted by Joy McCann
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 AM
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 AM
The City of Hobart (lutruwita Tasmania) has just released ‘Voices of the Southern Ocean’ (Hobartisan Books 2024), an anthology celebrating Hobart’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. Initially sent to CCAMLR delegates and other ocean decision makers. Honoured to be part of this project.