Nate Maynard
@n8may.bsky.social
Nature N8, independent environmental consultant, science communicator.
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Taking place at DAYBREAK on Thursday! Join us for a happy hour focused on sustainability
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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Taking place at DAYBREAK on Thursday! Join us for a happy hour focused on sustainability
www.facebook.com/events/15201...
www.facebook.com/events/15201...
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I am fundamentally uncomfortable with western multinationals saying that we have to mind the deep sea for cobalt because cobalt mining in the DRC is too environmentally destructive and can't be regulated.
Remind me, who built those mining industries and undermined their ability to regulate?
Remind me, who built those mining industries and undermined their ability to regulate?
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I am fundamentally uncomfortable with western multinationals saying that we have to mind the deep sea for cobalt because cobalt mining in the DRC is too environmentally destructive and can't be regulated.
Remind me, who built those mining industries and undermined their ability to regulate?
Remind me, who built those mining industries and undermined their ability to regulate?
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
What is common knowledge in your field, but. shocks outsiders?
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Scientists and governments aren’t colluding to hide the cure for cancer.
Scientists and governments aren’t colluding to hide the cure for cancer.
June 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
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Nature turns a page. With concrete cleared, rapids return. Salmon reclaim old grounds. The river speaks. Restoration is real, because rivers were meant to run free.
#KlamathRiver #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration
#KlamathRiver #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration
The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath
Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nature turns a page. With concrete cleared, rapids return. Salmon reclaim old grounds. The river speaks. Restoration is real, because rivers were meant to run free.
#KlamathRiver #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration
#KlamathRiver #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration
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It took only 8 years for solar to go from 100 to 1,000 TWh...
then it took only 3 years to go from 1,000 to 2,000 TWh.
Solar is growing faster than any source of electricity in history ☀️
then it took only 3 years to go from 1,000 to 2,000 TWh.
Solar is growing faster than any source of electricity in history ☀️
June 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It took only 8 years for solar to go from 100 to 1,000 TWh...
then it took only 3 years to go from 1,000 to 2,000 TWh.
Solar is growing faster than any source of electricity in history ☀️
then it took only 3 years to go from 1,000 to 2,000 TWh.
Solar is growing faster than any source of electricity in history ☀️
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🚨 Nature is in decline — but change is possible.🌍
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment reveals what drives biodiversity loss & how we can build just & sustainable futures for nature & people.
🎨 Michaël Olbrechts
🔗 www.biodiversity.be/4128/%F0%9F%...
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment reveals what drives biodiversity loss & how we can build just & sustainable futures for nature & people.
🎨 Michaël Olbrechts
🔗 www.biodiversity.be/4128/%F0%9F%...
May 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨 Nature is in decline — but change is possible.🌍
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment reveals what drives biodiversity loss & how we can build just & sustainable futures for nature & people.
🎨 Michaël Olbrechts
🔗 www.biodiversity.be/4128/%F0%9F%...
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment reveals what drives biodiversity loss & how we can build just & sustainable futures for nature & people.
🎨 Michaël Olbrechts
🔗 www.biodiversity.be/4128/%F0%9F%...
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Scientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970.
A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.
It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:
A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.
It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:
May 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Scientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970.
A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.
It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:
A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.
It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:
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There are lots of things that warrant discussion & debate about AI, but "it uses too much energy" is a short-sighted critique that will appear silly in retrospect.
What's the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT?
Very small compared to most of the other stuff you do.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There are lots of things that warrant discussion & debate about AI, but "it uses too much energy" is a short-sighted critique that will appear silly in retrospect.
Nurgle rise up
At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague
April 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nurgle rise up
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It's wild that all my colleagues who are funded by a deep sea mining company to research the topic ultimately conclude that we shouldn't mine the deep sea.
We should stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
We should stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters (Gift Article)
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It's wild that all my colleagues who are funded by a deep sea mining company to research the topic ultimately conclude that we shouldn't mine the deep sea.
We should stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
We should stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
Single stream recycling doesn't work! Just too easy for cross contamination for the sake of convenience.
Single-stream #recycling makes participating in recycling easy, but 15% to 25% of all the materials picked up from recycle bins ends up in landfills instead. An engineer explores potential solutions: buff.ly/iALiryp #EarthDay
Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout
April 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Single stream recycling doesn't work! Just too easy for cross contamination for the sake of convenience.
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The 10 largest contributors to historical CO2 emissions*
*fossil emissions only, not including land use.
From one of our data insights this week: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
*fossil emissions only, not including land use.
From one of our data insights this week: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
March 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The 10 largest contributors to historical CO2 emissions*
*fossil emissions only, not including land use.
From one of our data insights this week: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
*fossil emissions only, not including land use.
From one of our data insights this week: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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If the appeal fails, this is likely to be the end of Greenpeace USA:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/c...
Greenpeace Is Ordered to Pay Energy Transfer, a Pipeline Company, $660 Million
The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
If the appeal fails, this is likely to be the end of Greenpeace USA:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/c...
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You know we can use the domino meme to look forward in time too, right?
March 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You know we can use the domino meme to look forward in time too, right?
Kyoto the play was excellent. See it if you can! Probably the best climate media I've ever seen.
March 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Kyoto the play was excellent. See it if you can! Probably the best climate media I've ever seen.
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries
Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries
Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks
The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the Guardian can reveal.
The environment…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries
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Correct.
Meeting the US government’s 2050 “sustainable” aviation fuel target using corn ethanol would require ***120%*** of the amount of US land that currently grows corn for all purposes (food, feed, fuel).
(In other words, more than doubling the amount of US farmland under corn.)
Meeting the US government’s 2050 “sustainable” aviation fuel target using corn ethanol would require ***120%*** of the amount of US land that currently grows corn for all purposes (food, feed, fuel).
(In other words, more than doubling the amount of US farmland under corn.)
February 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Correct.
Meeting the US government’s 2050 “sustainable” aviation fuel target using corn ethanol would require ***120%*** of the amount of US land that currently grows corn for all purposes (food, feed, fuel).
(In other words, more than doubling the amount of US farmland under corn.)
Meeting the US government’s 2050 “sustainable” aviation fuel target using corn ethanol would require ***120%*** of the amount of US land that currently grows corn for all purposes (food, feed, fuel).
(In other words, more than doubling the amount of US farmland under corn.)
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Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
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So a fossil fuel company that bought a CO₂ removal (CDR) startup for $1.1 billion plans to use the CO₂ captured from the atmosphere to get more oil out of the ground. It's…not great at all.
Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says
Occidental wants to use climate tech to boost oil and gas production.
www.theverge.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So a fossil fuel company that bought a CO₂ removal (CDR) startup for $1.1 billion plans to use the CO₂ captured from the atmosphere to get more oil out of the ground. It's…not great at all.
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The 2025 #LAfires destroyed 16,000 structures, displacing thousands. A professor who studies managing risk in the face of climate change shares solutions for protecting low- and moderate-income residents. #climatesky 🌎 #housingcosts #resilience https://buff.ly/3Qmcbab
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The 2025 #LAfires destroyed 16,000 structures, displacing thousands. A professor who studies managing risk in the face of climate change shares solutions for protecting low- and moderate-income residents. #climatesky 🌎 #housingcosts #resilience https://buff.ly/3Qmcbab
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Pessimists sound clever.
Optimists change the world.
I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.
Optimists change the world.
I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pessimists sound clever.
Optimists change the world.
I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.
Optimists change the world.
I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.
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That famously green company Shell has put out its new energy scenarios and, boy, they are worth your time.
Here's a thread 🧵
By 2100, in the worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. www.shell.com/news-and-ins...
Here's a thread 🧵
By 2100, in the worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. www.shell.com/news-and-ins...
February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
That famously green company Shell has put out its new energy scenarios and, boy, they are worth your time.
Here's a thread 🧵
By 2100, in the worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. www.shell.com/news-and-ins...
Here's a thread 🧵
By 2100, in the worst-case scenario, the oil company sees global warming peaking at 2.2C. In the most ambitious, it comes back down to 1.3C. www.shell.com/news-and-ins...
This isn't your grandpa's solar
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
February 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This isn't your grandpa's solar