There is a dark, damp, wooded valley near where I have been camped, in the Kirroughtree forest, this week.
The wood is just how I always pictured Tolkien's Mirkwood, dark with all the trees and rocks covered in moss.
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#flower
#nature
#science
#ghostorchid
Super rare ghost orchid rediscovered in UK
An ultra rare flower has been spotted in the wild, for the first time in more than 20 years in BritainBBC Newsround
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Quick look at August sea surface temperature trends across the #Arctic, which are warming nearly everywhere that sea ice is not found. We'll have an update on this in our next Arctic Report Card, which will be released in December.
Last year's summary: repository.library.noaa.gov/viβ¦
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July 2024 data is now available for both Antarctic sea-ice thickness/volume (zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-iceβ¦) and global sea-ice volume (zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-exβ¦) from GIOMAS.
Last month's global sea-ice volume has fallen to near-record low levels for the month of July in this dataset.
Antarctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent/Thickness
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentratβ¦Zachary Labe
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Here's your Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...
β’ about 340,000 kmΒ² below the 2010s mean
β’ about 1,360,000 kmΒ² below the 2000s mean
β’ about 2,310,000 kmΒ² below the 1990s mean
β’ about 2,990,000 kmΒ² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-exβ¦
Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentratβ¦Zachary Labe
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I was on the Scientific American Science Quickly podcast, complaining (again) about SpaceX dropping space junk on my part of the world. If you're not tired of hearing this story over and over, here's another version: scientificamerican.com/podcastβ¦
"A Close Encounter with SpaceX Debris Teaches an Astronomer about Space Junk"
Science Quickly
Leading science and tech journalists dive into a rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.Scientific American
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#bbc
#degrowth
#documentary
#climate
#economics
Can 'Degrowth' Save the World?
A group of academics and activists are questioning the possibility of endless economic growth on a finite planet and calling for a bold solution: degrowth.BBC iPlayer
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Join me in tracking this year's #Arctic sea ice minimum!
Sea ice melt substantially slows every September as solar energy decreases and temperatures drop in the far north.
Follow along with the data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-exβ¦
Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentratβ¦Zachary Labe
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#monopoly
#tradeforprofit
#corporation
#court
#searchengine
Google antitrust: Judge rules it illegally maintains search monopoly
The decision could reshape how technology giants do business in the future.Nadine Yousif (BBC News)
#climate
#nature
#butteflies
#Buttefliescount
#uk
#bbc
#insects
#ecosystem
Low butterfly and moth numbers in NI cause concern
Conservationists say figures are worse due to the wet spring and late arrival of summer temperatures.Ita Dungan (BBC News)
Earth Overshoot Day 1st August 2024.
In seven months weβve used everything our planet can regenerate this year.
For the rest of the year weβll deplete our childrenβs future.
#MoveTheDate #ClimateDiary #ActOnClimate #EndFossilFuels #KeepItInTheGround
overshoot.footprintnetwork.orgβ¦
Earth Overshoot Day home - #MoveTheDate
Overshoot occurs when humanity's demand on nature exceeds Earth's biocapacity. In 2023, Earth Overshoot Day falls on August 2nd.Earth Overshoot Day
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Trends in July #Arctic sea ice concentration are more extensive and begin to surround the central Arctic, including areas like the Beaufort, Chukchi, East Siberian, Laptev, Kara, Barents Seas
[Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. More info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0079β¦]
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Due to anomalous conditions ongoing in the #Arctic and #Antarctic, the total extent of sea ice globally is a record low for the date and nearly *4 million square kilometers* below the 1981-2010 average...
More graphics: zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-exβ¦
Global: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent/Thickness
NOTE: Trends and variability in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice are affected by very different atmospheric/oceanic/ice processes and are in opposite seasons! Caution is advised for assessing any statiβ¦Zachary Labe
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#planet
#climate
#bats
#animals
#article
#reality
The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planetβ¦
Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protestersStewart Lee (The Guardian)
Due to anomalously low sea ice in both poles, global sea ice extent levels are now at a record low for this time of year...
More sea ice graphics available at zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-exβ¦
Global: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent/Thickness
NOTE: Trends and variability in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice are affected by very different atmospheric/oceanic/ice processes and are in opposite seasons! Caution is advised for assessing any statiβ¦Zachary Labe
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hi @ZLabe
thank you for sharing more important data with us all.
awareness of state is crucial in all this.
a nerd-detail question, if i may?
how did you (or another?) make this graphic.
the subtle depth dimension of the lines on the graph, with current clearly foreground, whilst all data is also clearly on the two axes, is really neat, and adds impact to the information presentation.
thanks again
Methods and Open Software
As a climate scientist working with climate model data and tools like machine learning, the majority of my day is spent on the computer. Thankfully, there are an amazing set of computational and viβ¦Zachary Labe
#malaria
#science
#documentary
#who
#bbc
The Battle to Beat Malaria
In medical science, thereβs been no longer harder fight than against malaria. This is the inside story of a historic new vaccine - from the Oxford lab behind the Covid jab. Part of the Horizon strand.BBC iPlayer
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