Today is #ShowYourStripes Day! Created by @npub1twjx...wfam, the warming stripes show temperature each year: blue for cool, white for avg, red for hot. Athletes are wearing them, knitters are knitting them, and cities are putting them on trams. Find + share your "stripes" here: [showyourstripes.info]( ) https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:u3qtwr3xni67et44ip5vov2z&cid=bafkreiaf2os2owmq2wwfp3ob6ewrdjaaijhskxm77pyblwsapzzryronmu
Who's responsible for the climate crisis? Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much. The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair. An explanatory thread 🧵 [Who Did It? GIF](image )
Almost a dozen hatcheries in Puget Sound are in limbo because a single NOAA employee was terminated by DOGE in February. That employee was Krista Finlay and her job at NOAA was to ensure hatcheries complied with the Endangered Species Act before the fish were released into Puget Sound. Read more: [NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Ye...]( )
In addition to spelling differences, one big way I can tell if an author is from the US is if they write "a couple things" instead of "a couple of things". The missing "of" is the giveaway. I know such trivia generates vehement agreement + disagreement, so I invite you to discuss fully below :)
Although the majority of people around the world are worried about climate change, most still feel it is a future issue or one that only affects the natural environment. They couldn’t be more wrong: climate change is already affecting what’s on our kitchen counter! [Coffee Prices Are Soaring, but...]( )
Researchers found 15 people in Kansas City who had changed their mind about climate change, and asked them why. Fascinating! [link.springer.com/article/10.1...]( ) https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:u3qtwr3xni67et44ip5vov2z&cid=bafkreifc5ofikx66jmw7qvznsjlt3d2hnka3i2xa4aazzmrj7ci7kdsi6m
Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast. But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info. Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff. [Climate misinformation is rife...]( )
What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ... https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:u3qtwr3xni67et44ip5vov2z&cid=bafkreig5dutaomr5c2jjbbyf2j7kjhq5kuykwweus7yntz5f7uvlbxnctq
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling. https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:u3qtwr3xni67et44ip5vov2z&cid=bafkreiftodkpemfgamssqrgeoy7egazyu4si2fvqi52tix5eltlhqsgyra
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking. Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled. What’s driving this? Read on! 🧵 [a monkey holding a smiley face...](image )