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wow look at this photo of The Black Forest www.flickr.com/photos/snsf_...
"The Hidden Forest" by Adrian Meyer, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland - FHNWDISTINCTION FOR CATEGORY 1 Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND: Adrian Meyer Description of the author: This composite false-colour map was generated with a drone-mounted multispectral sensor flying over the S...www.flickr.com"Vera Rubin herself (faked death, stole spaceship)" 😆
EosGet your blotters ready to fill out your @vrubinobs.bsky.social bingo card! Our money is on "many very small dots." xkcd.com/3278/
A really good story about penguin poop from @gvd.bsky.social. And there are more penguin poop stories available on eos.org!
EosAdélie penguins produce enough poop that the Landsat program can spot it from space. Taking a look at these images can tell scientists how penguin diets and populations are changing over time. eos.org/articles/tra...
She dismissed Shima’s concerns as “a nonstory in which the ‘HOA as villain’ trope does not apply.” My sense of HOAs is that the trope pretty much always applies www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Colorado residents are ratting out neighbors over water use during droughtIt's green lawns versus brown lawns as Denver residents flout strict water restrictions.www.washingtonpost.comThe question of how to live and consume ethically in the 21st century grows ever more complex. Not to be dramatic or simplify the issue here, but if humans were all in cages instead of roaming round freely, we'd probably produce less carbon dioxide, too.
The GuardianOrganic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
As temperatures rise, so will electricity use in wealthier countries. Some areas won’t have that option. My latest for Eos.
EosAs the climate changes, about 377,000 people in low-and lower middle-income countries could die from heat-related causes each year by 2050, a new report suggests. eos.org/research-and...
Love living in the "Golden Age of American Innovation."
Paul ByrneThe U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars. That's since February. That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive. Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.
A fun one to write about how researchers found a ball of gas orbiting a brown dwarf orbiting a star. But does that make the ball of gas a moon? What is a moon, exactly? Turns out the definition is a little fuzzy.
EosNew moon alert! Well, maybe. eos.org/research-and...
I tracked down a member of Papua's Moni Tribe for this story. Alion Belau is the first Moni pilot, and he spoke about how, in the years he's been flying over Puncak Jaya, he's watched these equatorial glaciers shrink, day by day. "It's really sad," he said. eos.org/articles/the...
The “Eternity Glaciers” Are Almost Gone - EosThe equatorial glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Oceania’s tallest peak, have shrunk by about 95% since 2002, according to a new photogrammetry mapping effort.eos.orgI told my husband that a story I wrote on clumped isotopes was coming out and he said "that's my clumper."
EosWhat is clumped methane, and what can it teach us about climate? Researchers investigate in what “could end up being a landmark study.” eos.org/articles/the...
Huge shoutout to the @techpolicypress.bsky.social team for building such a great tool for analyzing these public comments. Explore the data more here (including info on the disproportionately high number of form letters supporting the rule): omb-financial-assistance-comments.netlify.app
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Comment Analysis Reportomb-financial-assistance-comments.netlify.appEosThe public comment period for the proposed OMB rule closed yesterday with more than *340,000* comments. Analysis by @techpolicypress.bsky.social found that 94% of the publicly available comments were in opposition. eos.org/research-and...
It's the last day to comment on the OMB proposal! Read some of the more ~colorful~ of the 292,000+ comments in this thread. "Do not pass this crock of shit." www.regulations.gov/comment/OMB-... "This is going to murder thousands of people and is also stupid." www.regulations.gov/comment/OMB-...
Emily GardnerI read through quite a few comments on the proposed OMB rule for this piece and not all of them were... suitable for print. So I'm sharing a selection here instead. (These don't represent the views of me or my employer, etc. etc.) eos.org/research-and...
I read through quite a few comments on the proposed OMB rule for this piece and not all of them were... suitable for print. So I'm sharing a selection here instead. (These don't represent the views of me or my employer, etc. etc.) eos.org/research-and...
Proposed OMB Rule Change Approaches 100,000 Public Comments - EosThe OMB is accepting public comments on the proposal until 13 July, and organizations across the country have mobilized to coordinate responses.eos.orgThank you to our science editor for pointing out that, with both this and today's MSG wedding, it's a big day for Swifts.
EosEarlier this morning, NASA successfully launched 🚀 the first phase of its robotic mission to rescue the Swift observatory.🛰️ Learn more here, and don’t forget to appreciate Swift’s dazzling mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy, wow. eos.org/research-and...
Grateful that we're safe here in The Springs, even though it's a little smoky. And always grateful for firefighters! My latest for Eos.
EosIn a year with historically low snowpack, and following organizational changes at the U.S. Forest Service, dozens of wildfires are burning in the western United States. eos.org/research-and...
LINK being developed in just 9 months because NASA said, "You must launch before it’s too late," feels like something the editor of a sci-fi novel would take out for being unrealistic. I am invested.
EosThe mission to rescue NASA's Swift Observatory is now *tentatively* scheduled for Wednesday evening. eos.org/research-and...
This sounds like the script for the trailer to a summer blockbuster called "Getting Back Gracie"
NBC NewsShe has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.