One of the most common science myths is that we need 10k steps a day...a number originating from a Japanese ad. In general, the more steps the better, right? However, several studies now identify inflection points around 7k as significantly reducing many health risks, from heart to dementia. [Daily steps and health outcome...](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00164-1/fulltext )
"175 stripes representing each year since 1850. Blues for colder years, reds for hotter years, “warming stripes” have been adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition -- and in 2023, were updated to include a new dark red stripe." Read more by @npub1twjx...wfam: [theconversation.com/my-new-dark-re...](
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My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet
These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe fo...
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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](
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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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...](
NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests
In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.
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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...](
Coffee Prices Are at a 50-Year High. Producers Aren’t Celebrating.
Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt.
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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...](
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How do people change their beliefs about climate change? A qualitative study on opinion shift in the U.S. Midwest - Climatic Change
Beliefs and attitudes about climate change are the building blocks from which humans create and support mitigation and adaptation strategies. In th...
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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...](
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Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disast...
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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