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jimmassa (47)in #tasmanis • 6 years ago
Tasmania suffered from devastating wildfires
I share reports of the devastation Tasmania endured from recent wildfires.
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jimmassa (47)in #polar-bears • 6 years ago
Polar Bears move into Новая Земля
Polar bears in the Russian arctic are moving into the island of Novaya Zemlya (which literally means New Earth) due to the ever decreasing sea ice. They need the sea ice in order…
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jimmassa (47)in #temperatures • 6 years ago
Global Temperature Trends
I discuss the current trends in worldwide temperatures
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jimmassa (47)in #gulf-stream • 6 years ago
Slowing Gulf Stream means a cooler NW Europe
The Gulf Stream is slowing which is due to deep water formation in the North Atlantic slowing. The deep water formation is the start of the Conveyor Belt which is a huge heat…
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jimmassa (47)in #thoreau • 6 years ago
Henry David Thoreau - Phenologist
Henry David Thoreau, as it turned out, was probably the first phenologist. Phenology is the study of timings in the natural world, eg, when trees bllom, when birds have their…
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jimmassa (47)in #greenland • 6 years ago
Greenland's Petermann Glacier
I discuss the latest findings into the state of Greenland's Petermann Glacier
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jimmassa (47)in #extinction • 6 years ago
People eating megafauna to extinction
People are overharvesting large animals for consumption. Consequences include driving these populations to extinction, change in structure and dynamics of ecosystems.
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jimmassa (47)in #magnetic-pole • 6 years ago
Earth's Magnetic North Pole is doing crazy things
The magnetic north pole is on the move and galloping over to Siberia at a very unprecedented rate.
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jimmassa (47)in #mars • 6 years ago
Earth's Collision with Mars Sized Object May Have Seeded Life
A new hypothesis suggests that a collision with an object about the size of Mars may have provided some of the basic raw ingredients needed to form life.
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jimmassa (47)in #carbon-emissions • 6 years ago
Human Carbon Emissions Set to Increase During 2019
Despite breakthroughs in renewable energy uses, humans still continue to burn fossil fuels, still continue to add more and more GHG into the atmosphere.
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jimmassa (47)in #paleontology • 6 years ago
New Archosaur Fossil
Archosaurs are the base or stem group that gave rise to the Crocodilians, Ornithschians, Saurischian and Birds (latter 3 comprising the Class Dinosauria). I discuss the most…
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jimmassa (47)in #antarctica • 6 years ago
Big Void in Thwaites Glacier
Scientists have discovered a large cavernous void in side Thwaites Glacier. I discuss how this formed and its implications.
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jimmassa (47)in #high-heat • 6 years ago
Risks of High Heat and Humidity
Not only can high heat pose threats to human well being, but combined with humidity can be very deadly.
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jimmassa (47)in #water • 6 years ago
Potable Water
Access to clean drinking water is becoming more and more problematic. More and more watersheds, aquifers, groundwater are being polluted, contaminated. Obviously, this is very…
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jimmassa (47)in #sea-ice • 6 years ago
Polar Ice Loss
I discuss the accelerating pace of polar ice loss in both hemispheres.
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jimmassa (47)in #oceanography • 6 years ago
Ocean Waves - Bigger and Stronger
As the planet warms, the energy imparted into the oceans is making for waves that are bigger and stronger packng more power. This can lead to devastating effects on coastlines…
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jimmassa (47)in #permafrost • 6 years ago
More permafrost news - it is dire
I discuss recent findings that are troubling. The permafrost is being affected more so than previously thought with the potential for more thawing deeper down. This of course has…
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jimmassa (47)in #forestry • 6 years ago
Indicators of Forest Health
I discuss some of the parameters used to assess the health of forests.
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jimmassa (47)in #hothouse-earth • 6 years ago
Hothouse Earth
Earth is warming at a higher rate than previously thought. The ramifications of this to humans is and will be severe.
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jimmassa (47)in #denmark • 6 years ago
Island off Denmark goes totally green
This is an encouraging story. An island off Denmark has completely made the transformation to using green energy to provide all its energy needs.
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