2023 was the warmest year on record globally by a large margin. Another dark red stripe gets added, though I think I need a new colour.
#ShowYourStripes

Emperor penguins: thousands of chicks in Antarctica likely died due to record-low sea ice levels https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/25/emperor-penguins-thousands-of-chicks-in-antarctica-likely-died-due-to-record-low-sea-ice-levels?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I can get as excited as the next person at cutting edge clean technologies. But I also love the simple solutions, the folk wisdom, the public domain knowledge that we can apply to live well and equitably within planetary limits. Here are a few of my favorites - what are yours?

- the bicycle
- the cover crop
- the compost pile
- the hand-me-down chain
- the mending circle
- the live music evening
- the repair cafe
- the library
- the shade tree
- the rain garden
- the sidewalk

Love a good home-grown crop #gardening #food

"Synthetic earths" predict cascading extinctions will wipe out ~ 27% of global species by 2100 by @conservbytes @goblinshrimp in #ScienceAdvances https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974493

How big is Australia’s invasive species problem? According to @ProfEuanRitchie, ‘it’s massive’. Invasive genes and species are one of the biggest environmental problems facing Australia and the number one cause of native species extinctions.
They also cause immense economic and cultural damage; since the 1960s, Australia has variously spent and incurred losses amounting to $390 billion due to invasive species. https://rsv.org.au/tackling-invasive-species/

Call me old fashioned, but when I’m checking the taxonomy of an Antarctic lichen and the abbreviation (L.) appears after it’s name - I get a little thrill - Heil Carl Linnaeus for first describing this beauty!

@ProfEuanRitchie Well the Annapurna’s could be out there too, but it’s just hard to tell 😂

We are having fun in Hobart, lutruwita/ Tasmania - absolutely bucketing down! Will this La Niña ever end?

Thank you! After 50 days, @TheConversationUS has 11x more followers on #mastodon than we accumulated on TikTok in 18 months.

Could you help us match our Twitter numbers by telling your friends about us?

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Big floods rejuvenate our landscape, but they also have a 'sting in the tail' for nature. Powerful article by Rachel Carbonell
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-03/floods-impact-on-nature-some-animals-thrive-others-starve/101705264

This is such an important ruling. The future may have a chance with such brave young people leading the way. Clive Palmer’s Queensland coalmine will harm ‘future generations’, court finds in landmark climate ruling https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/25/court-finds-clive-palmers-queensland-coalmine-will-harm-future-generations-in-landmark-climate-ruling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange

@Hagukh #mossodon has made my day!