Martin
@vr-ar-mr.bsky.social
Air pollution scientist based in the Environment Research Unit, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Any comments are my own, and do not represent the views of CSIRO.
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US EPA science shutdown endangers health of people and planet 🌎 🌐 theconversation.com/the-us-envir...
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat from science endangers the health of people and the planet
From detecting pollutants to assessing health risks, the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development has long ensured that environmental decisions are grounded in credible, cutting-edge science.
theconversation.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
US EPA science shutdown endangers health of people and planet 🌎 🌐 theconversation.com/the-us-envir...
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Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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I am so sad to see this. This organization is essential for understanding pollution and its impacts. The people who work there are incredibly dedicated, experienced, and world leaders. This is incredible loss of national investment and capacity.
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA announces layoffs
The agency plans to eliminate its Office of Research and Development.
www.eenews.net
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am so sad to see this. This organization is essential for understanding pollution and its impacts. The people who work there are incredibly dedicated, experienced, and world leaders. This is incredible loss of national investment and capacity.
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
We do a lot of research in forecasting next day, bushfire smoke pollution in Australia. One of our areas of research is in the use of immersive reality to aid in critical decision making. This virtual national control centre was built in #mixedreality using #FigminXR running on a #metaquest3.
July 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We do a lot of research in forecasting next day, bushfire smoke pollution in Australia. One of our areas of research is in the use of immersive reality to aid in critical decision making. This virtual national control centre was built in #mixedreality using #FigminXR running on a #metaquest3.
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Paris.
This is what happens to a city when it limits ICE car use, increases green spaces and encourages bicycle use.
"Levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) have decreased 55 percent since 2005, while nitrogen dioxide levels have fallen 50 percent."
This is what happens to a city when it limits ICE car use, increases green spaces and encourages bicycle use.
"Levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) have decreased 55 percent since 2005, while nitrogen dioxide levels have fallen 50 percent."
April 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Paris.
This is what happens to a city when it limits ICE car use, increases green spaces and encourages bicycle use.
"Levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) have decreased 55 percent since 2005, while nitrogen dioxide levels have fallen 50 percent."
This is what happens to a city when it limits ICE car use, increases green spaces and encourages bicycle use.
"Levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) have decreased 55 percent since 2005, while nitrogen dioxide levels have fallen 50 percent."
Cape Bridgewater- that one glimpse of the sun-
Happened just as my partner @elyag1.bsky.social made it to the top of the hill.
Happened just as my partner @elyag1.bsky.social made it to the top of the hill.
March 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Cape Bridgewater- that one glimpse of the sun-
Happened just as my partner @elyag1.bsky.social made it to the top of the hill.
Happened just as my partner @elyag1.bsky.social made it to the top of the hill.
Clouds and sea mist at Cape Bridgewater this morning. Cat TV 😊
March 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Clouds and sea mist at Cape Bridgewater this morning. Cat TV 😊
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The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis
The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis
Donald Trump is upending the world order his country helped to create. He may also upend Australian foreign policy in the process
The truth was written all over the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s face in the Oval Office last week.
The US is…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis