Philippe de Chartres - (Phil Chartrand)
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🌧️ Forest loss and flooding
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
Interception reduction from deforestation and forest fire increases large-scale fluvial flooding risk - Communications Earth & Environment
Forest coverage loss from wildfires and deforestation increases flood risk for large-scale river catchments by reducing interception, according to analysis of data from twenty-one watersheds in Australia.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌧️ Forest loss and flooding
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
A new study shows that deforestation and forest fires in Australia reduce rainfall interception, increasing river flooding across vast regions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪
Reposted by Philippe de Chartres - (Phil Chartrand)
National Guard troops from Texas and Illinois are expected to be deployed in the Chicago area over the objections of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago. Follow updates.
Live Updates: National Guard Troops Expected to Deploy in the Chicago Area
The deployment is happening despite the objections of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago. President Trump said Wednesday that both should be “in jail for failing to protect ICE Officers.”
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
National Guard troops from Texas and Illinois are expected to be deployed in the Chicago area over the objections of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago. Follow updates.
Reposted by Philippe de Chartres - (Phil Chartrand)
Imagine being 10 years into this, and a full grown adult whose job it is to write about politics, and write down for the entire world to see that you think Trump is serious this time about having a healthcare plan.
President Trump hinted at being open to a health care compromise that could end the government shutdown.
The pledge has Democrats keen to make a deal — and conservatives eager to blow it up.
The pledge has Democrats keen to make a deal — and conservatives eager to blow it up.
Trump hints at health-care deal to end shutdown, but key hurdles remain
Democrats and Republicans continue to disagree on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the week-long fight.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Imagine being 10 years into this, and a full grown adult whose job it is to write about politics, and write down for the entire world to see that you think Trump is serious this time about having a healthcare plan.
Reposted by Philippe de Chartres - (Phil Chartrand)
Bowing to bullies would only make a bad situation worse
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."
www.ft.com/content/678f...
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."
www.ft.com/content/678f...
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal
Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans
www.ft.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Bowing to bullies would only make a bad situation worse
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."
www.ft.com/content/678f...
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."
www.ft.com/content/678f...
Reposted by Philippe de Chartres - (Phil Chartrand)
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 2 October 2025
🔹Active cases: 290 (+53.4%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 54 (+14.8%)
🔹Resident cases: 230 (+54.3%)
🔹Staff cases: 60 (+50.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 390 (+3)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹Active cases: 290 (+53.4%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 54 (+14.8%)
🔹Resident cases: 230 (+54.3%)
🔹Staff cases: 60 (+50.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 390 (+3)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 2 October 2025
🔹Active cases: 290 (+53.4%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 54 (+14.8%)
🔹Resident cases: 230 (+54.3%)
🔹Staff cases: 60 (+50.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 390 (+3)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹Active cases: 290 (+53.4%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 54 (+14.8%)
🔹Resident cases: 230 (+54.3%)
🔹Staff cases: 60 (+50.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 390 (+3)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
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We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...