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BugQuestions

DDT is an incredibly potent and environmentally damaging insecticide, banned in the US since 1972, but is still used in mosquito control.In 1979, the small Brazillian town of Floresta, after

Dr Richard Kirby

PlanktonPundit

1) Following in Charles Darwin's wake, I still use nets to sample the plankton today. This thread is a series of 32 weekly, short videos narrated by #DavidAttenborough to introduce

Matthew

Matthew94091812

COVID Facemask: New Review of Side Effects from Prolonged Mask Wearing, including Impaired Thinking and Concentration In Some SituationsTitle: Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose... Free of

XR Cambridge

xr_cambridge

In 1950 a period in planetary history unlike any other began.You know about CO2 increase. But CO2 was just one indicator among many others that things were - are -

Stephen Barlow

SteB777

1) This animated graphic shared shared by @GretaThunberg illustrates something quite profound about the cause of not only the climate crisis, but the whole ecological crisis.https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1391053577951617029 2) It

Maxence Cordiez

maxcordiez

Illustration de la nécessité pour les journalistes de faire preuve d'un peu de recul quant aux communiqués de presse et éléments de langage servis par les équipes marketing des entreprises.[1/X]https://www.theguardian.com/environm

Rauli Partanen

Kaikenhuippu

Thread of the day: Techno-economically, #Nuclear could pretty much stop #climatechange. We need to stop lamenting how hard it is to build because it's politically unpopular (circular argument) and instead

Leah Stokes

leahstokes

Today, the climate plan conversation continued, with a bold new intervention from @ClimateCrisis. The Democrats are getting serious about the climate crisis. Let’s break down the Select Committee’s ideas in

City of Selkirk

cityofselkirk

This week is #EarthWeek, with #EarthDay on April 22. When we surveyed the community in 2013 for our Strategic Plan, being good environmental stewards was something deemed important to

Frédéric Leroy

fleroy1974

THREAD: avoiding meat is often said to be one of the most powerful interventions to reduce one's greenhouse gas emissions. The wildest numbers are cited. Some groups (eg #EATLancet) are

Oliver Metcalf

ecoacou_ollie

Visions of Kinder Scout in 2100 – a thread.Here’s how I hope to see Kinder Scout in 80 years, inspired by @Alexander_Lees recent blog for @DerbysWildlife, https://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/envisioning-brighter-future-birds-dark-peak. Th

Jason Haas

jasonchaas

A short thread on how things change/don’t. This photo was from Eric’s last visit to Tablas Creek, in the depths of the 2012-2016 drought. I told him at the time

Christine Boyle

christineeboyle

The City of Vancouver's Climate Emergency Action Plan comes back to Council Nov 3rd, and we need your help to make sure it passes. First, here are some highlights. THREAD

David Windt

DavidLWindt

"The [US] political system is not salvageable. It will be overthrown in a mass uprising...or vast swaths of the globe will become uninhabitable & the rich will feed like ghouls

John Leavitt 🌹

LeavittAlone

Gen X politics in a nutshellhttps://twitter.com/shanesheehy/status/1249496946890420227 *starting a pointless fight voice* Xer politics, as expressed in mainstream media is socially liberal finically conservative libertarianism with a venner of woe is

Sarah Colero🥄

Sarah_Colero

MEGAThread on Doug Ford Re: Social Assistance, Budget & Hypocrisy May 15th 2020, Ford was asked if he'd top up disability assistance during the crisis, as many vulnerable folks are