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[Shamelessly reposted from my ad-free blog, for Earth Day 2024.] Butterflies are free. Monarchs may arrive at their winter home late, be choosy about where to land, and may leave early. At around 10,000 feet, the dormant volcanic peaks are covered in...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 07:31 AM PDT
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WE EACH WATCH FOR BIRDS IN OUR YARD OR PATCHES — HOWEVER, AND HOW MANY, YOU WISH TO DEFINE THAT TO BE — AND KEEP A LIST OF THEM TO SHARE EACH MONTH IN THE BIRD RACE DIARY IN ...
by 2n10
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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As totality ended over Oregon in August of�2017, the 2024 eclipse seemed to be far into the future. Despite the seven year gap, I already had ideas about the encore eclipse. The path did not come ...
by foresterbob
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. Take a cuppa and a cookie and join us.
by Aashirs nani
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 01:06 PM PDT
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The area around Pine Mountain and Warm Springs in western Georgia features some of the most rugged terrain outside the mountainous northern part of the state. A high ridge runs for about 15 miles ...
by foresterbob
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Some birds, bugs and beasts seen lately in Florida.
Red Bellied ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 06:43 AM PDT
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I have always liked thunderstorms. They make one feel alive and grateful. There is something profoundly exhilarating about them, but they are also quite dangerous. In the Southwest, where I grew up and lived most of my life, summer monsoons would start...
by Desert Scientist
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on Wed Mar 27, 2024 at 05:48 PM PDT
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Doomerism has serious downsides, a recent study found, it doesn’t change beliefs or support for policies, is demoralizing, and fails to motivate action. Communication experts have long known that an “all is lost” presentation about any topic is...
by Besame
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 08:56 PM PDT
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Imagine a court hearing where the plaintiff is not a person, but a damaged river, lake or mountain. The plaintiff is a sea turtle or a Mexican grey wolf. The plaintiff is nature itself. Imagine a world where nature, and all the living beings of the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 09:19 AM PDT
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Iceland's Current Eruption now a Potential Threat to Northern Hemisphere's High Latitude Ozone Layer Last week I provided an update on the volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland, the 4th such eruption in the past 3 months, and the first time in ~800 years that this particular volcanic system has come back to life — not that Iceland hasn’t experienced...
by Irontortoise
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 03:49 PM PDT
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For the fourth time in the last three months, a volcanic fissure nearly two miles long on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula near the coastal town of Grindavik (population ~3800, located about 30 miles SW of the capital, Reykjavik) has roared back to life...
by Irontortoise
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on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 09:34 PM PDT
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Great Egrets are a pretty common bird in Florida, and I’m pretty much guaranteed to see at least one any time I walk around outside, in virtually any permanent body of water. They spend nearly all ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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UNVEILING DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS In a world where the pursuit of endless growth has led to environmental degradation, social inequalities, and resource depletion, a fresh perspective on economics has emerged – “doughnut economics.” Coined by British...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 09:35 AM PDT
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It’s been a while since I blogged on here about stream water testing at Feather Run (the stream that runs in the easement behind my property in far southeast Indianapolis, Indiana) for Hoosier Riverwatch (this is Site #2885 in their database). I...
by Midwest Moongazer
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 09:09 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 09:17 PM PST
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I’ve been away for quite a while, but I’m planning to be active here for 2024. I’m just a college-educated blue-collar guy online who’s very concerned about the environment and current politics, and I want to keep Daily Kos up and running. This month,...
by Midwest Moongazer
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM PST
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Today’s roundup of science articles at phys.org includes an early look at a potentially revolutionary discovery in Nature of a new third form of magnetism — which the authors are calling altermagnetism — that could have profound implications for the...
by Irontortoise
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 09:38 PM PST
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From pyhs.org today, the ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland: A river of magma flowed underneath an Icelandic fishing village late last year at a rate never before recorded, scientists said Thursday, as the region suffered yet another dramatic...
by Irontortoise
86 comments
on Fri Feb 09, 2024 at 08:58 PM PST
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