Measles kills children. It's not "just the flu." (Saying something is "just the flu" is almost as bad, because flu is a killer disease too.) Pretending it isn't there doesn't make it go away.
Don't forget survivor bias - the people who died aren't here to tell us their story.
Just submitted mine. Have you? There is still time - just email NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov today. ** NOTE: You do not have to be an expert to support NCAR! And you do not need to write more than a few sentences about why weather and climate science infrastructure is important to you, and to our country.**
Two new battery records on California ISO grid:
Max battery discharge rate: 56.61 GWh/day
Max discharge rate as a percent of demand: 38.0% at 6:55 PM 3/12/26
Batteries met 10.5% of all demand
21st straight & 48/71 (68%) days in 2026 with WWS>100% of demand for part of the day
NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations
Public encouraged to submit comments:
www.noaa.gov/news-release...
#RightWhales
via noaa.gov fisheries.noaa.gov
There is no climate policy that both the US Oil and Gas Association and the Trump Administration want.
Come on, people. Don't be dumb about permitting reform.
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Amid all the events in the Middle East, this seems to not be getting that much attention:
www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...
Dept of Energy is classifying more reactors as "experimental," reducing training requirements and water protections. @nprnews.bsky.social @markvmd.bsky.social
Seafood groups say rolling back mercury limits on coal power plants could harm fisheries in Maine and beyond. Mercury from emissions builds up in fish over time, raising concerns for consumers and the fishing industry.
#Seafood #Environment #PublicHealth
Deep-sea mining isn’t just extraction—it’s permanent change.
Habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and toxic sediment plumes put the deep ocean at risk. Learn more here! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#DeepSea #OceanHealth #Biodiversity #ProtectTheDeep #NoDeepSeaMining
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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Graphic which reads 'Price of sunlight +0%, Price of oil +50%'
Reminder: The cost of the sun and wind will never increase because of conflict. While oil prices rise by almost 50% in the U.S. - sunlight remains free and abundant, forever. ☀️
This cloud really is a toxic stew for people exposed to this cloud of oily smoke, causing immediate and long-term health problems. And we made it. Who could think this is a good idea?
This oil cloud that we made is really horrible.
Lobbyists for the UK wood-burning stove industry threaten councils with legal action over public information campaigns on the harms of #airpollution
- "Straight from the playbook of tobacco" says Jemima Hartshorn, at Mums for Lungs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓
✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and...
✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...
Rethuglicans don’t see war as a game. They see it as entertainment. The only kind they really enjoy. Death and cruelty and suffering.
They laugh and celebrate. Because that’s who they’ve always been.
This is what ecocide looks like.
I’ve heard other people say that too.
When you hear people ask
(and you will hear people ask)
if these machines
are conscious,
please try to remember:
that the question is not
if these machines
are conscious,
but why it is that we
treat people
we know are conscious
like they are machines.
99% of the global population breathe polluted air.
UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes stresses the need to understand interconnections between pollution, health & environment, obligations of States & businesses, priority actions that must be implemented "without any more excuses".
Contrary to the common myth that tackling air pollution is expensive, UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes notes that improving #CleanAir is both urgent and cost effective. Investing in air quality yields a return seven times or more on the investment.
Children are the most vulnerable to air pollution—linked to asthma, preterm birth, cognitive harm & lifelong disease. Protecting clean air is protecting children’s rights. Read the UN SR’s latest report here: https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/47
#RightToCleanAir #ClimateHealth
That's really great to hear, thank you for sharing.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
State laws on abortion restrictions affect the number of people applying to residency positions. This will affect the number of doctors and people's health in those states for years.
@rhavote.bsky.social @jessicavalenti.bsky.social @ansirh.bsky.social @reprorights.org
@markvmd.bsky.social
Hope she recovers quickly!
Worker pruning pistachio trees
"Leo" is pruning pistachios trees. I earn minimum wage. "This job is tiring. I use large shears that become heavy working all 8 hours with my head looking up and my arms in the air. I am very tired when the day ends." #WeFeedYou
I am in tears. Just layers and layers of feel-good to this story.
You will find information like: 'The total sulfur dioxide pollution from just the 6 Texas coal-burning power plants that Trump exempted from stronger Mercury & Air Toxic Standards contributed to an estimated 667 premature deaths just last year, according to NRDC using the EPA’s analysis tools.' 2/
You will also find the harmful results in other states from coal-burning power plants that Trump & his EPA exempted from stronger air pollution safeguards, with astonishing, historic increases in annual sulfur dioxide emissions: 3/
