I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.
Medical tree walks begin TOMORROW, March 7th!
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Explanations from a historian
Atmospheric CO2 concentration graphed from 1957 to present, showing a continuous increase to current 429 parts per million. The annual natural cycle of slight ups and downs can also be seen. Measurements are taken hourly at the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii
The latest update from the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory, shows current #carbondioxide concentrations continue to accelerate upward. The latest reading? 429.1 parts per million. Pre-industrial concentrations were under 280 ppm.
#climatechange
#climate
The latest on sleep science and getting better quality sleep
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Green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) is native to much of the West. #butterflies #fireflies
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Really? Cool!
Common buckthorn is too strong. Better to use curly dock root (Rumex crispus). I collected seed and planted it one year, so I'd have it for the rare constipation (usually due to prescribed drug, mind you).
Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is considered a weed, but has a long history of use as a laxative/cathartic.
Alderleaf buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia) is a native shrub to North America.
Easy to tell them apart. The weedy one has opposite leaves, the native has alternate leaves.
We call it fairy bells.
Latin name now Prosartes trachycarpa (was Dispora trachycarpa). And no, those fruits are not really tasty. Not poisonous that I know of. Just not really something you want to munch on. Leave it for the critters.
You have to hike pretty high to see these lovelies.
Pedicularis racemosa, called parrot's beak by some.
YES! OPEN science for all!
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This is what our society needs!
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A crisis within crises.
Violence against women spikes during conflicts & disasters.
No emergency should strip away safety or dignity.
🤝 Incl. survivor-centred services in every humanitarian response
🏥 Support women-led organizations
🙋♀️ Advocate for protection & peace
Butterflies love all the milkweeds. Plant any of them.
Asclepias incarnata, A. speciosa, A. tuberosa
Hey, I've got an idea. Let's pressure the state legislatures to support solar power.
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I think we can expect gas prices to skyrocket. Maybe start that backyard project this summer. Hike locally. Support your state parks.
Two weeks after the deadliest avalanche in California’s modern history killed nine members of a ski group, a mystery remains: Why did the group venture out on the path that it did? Joshua Partlow reports:
70% of Canadians would rather be a renewable energy superpower than a fossil fuel one
Very likely true for most countries...even the U.S.
As an ant scientist, I… I’m not even sure what to do with this.
Madia glomerata is native to much of North America.
Mountain tarweed (Madia glomerata) smells like tar. Look at all those glandular hairs!
Lomatium attenuatum at Bannack State Park (southwestern Montana)
Wild onions are fun to grow. Just collect some seeds when you're out hiking.
(Allium textile and Allium brevistylum)
After I read Daines said he waited til a day before the filing deadline for the Jun 2 primary to announce he won't run for reelection cuz he didn't want the Dems to recruit a "heavy hitter", I checked who'd filed. She did.
She sounds like a potential heavy hitter.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. falls further behind in technology
Now you see it, now you don't. Near the end of this extremely warm winter, California's snow is rapidly melting. My colleague @castleman.bsky.social shares some striking satellite images. He spoke with @weatherwest.bsky.social about the remarkably rapid loss of snow: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Sagebrush Buttercup is a bit of a ground hugging wildflower. It tops out somewhere between two and eight inches in height (Schiemann 2005). It has both basal and stem leaves which are "thick and fleshy". Both leaf types are oval in form with the stem leaves being three-lobed. The flowers have five yellow, waxy and shiny petals. Apparently the combination of these features act as a reflector of sorts directing the suns rays onto the yellow stamens and the ball of green pistils (major reason for early flowering?). Distribution: American West.
Found these #wildflowers on February 27, first of the year. Earliest date by only a couple of days; March 1 record from 2015 (w. MT). Look for early blooming plants in open grasslands away from shade in the American West. Persistent, fleshy leaves and waxy petals, may be reason for early blooming.
Listen to historians. They know the playbook.
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