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The Guardian: “…In the early days of the Data Rescue Project, there was a mad dash to save data from any agency they thought Trump or Doge would target next. Volunteers would download every dataset from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) webpages as backup copies …
World Resources Institute: Tropical Rainforest Loss Slowed in 2025, but Fire is a Growing Threat to Forests Worldwide – The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. This page is updated annually using annual tree cover loss data. Updates are released …
Washington Post [no paywall]: “In its final report, the FEMA Review Council seeks to streamline the agency and recommends shifting leadership of emergency response and recovery to the states. A panel tasked with shaping the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency voted Thursday to approve a report recommending significant overhauls meant to streamline what …
ProPublica: “For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals. The calculations done by scientists at IRIS, as it was commonly known, underpin vast numbers of chemical regulations, permits and other environmental rules in the U.S. and abroad. Now the Trump administration is …
The Conversation: “In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of eco-fiction deftly explores issues of possible paths to a future where animals return to a nature depleted area. In the …
“One visual a week, for two years. Watch the Trunk grow. Why a Climate Trunk: To grow a tree of knowledge, you need a strong trunk – Understanding climate change and the global energy system is hard. New facts and claims arrive faster than they can be processed. Hot takes crowd out credible context. And …
ACP’s flagship market report reveals how utility-scale clean energy is powering economic growth, creating jobs, and meeting the nation’s surging electricity demand through record investment, deployment, and new manufacturing facilities. In 2025, the clean power sector invested $79 billion in new projects, supported more than 1.4 million jobs, and accounted for over 90% of all …
Esri Blog: “Seventy-five percent of the world’s accessible freshwater originates in forested watersheds. Half of all Americans drink water filtered through forests. There is a powerful connection between trees and water. But until December 2025, no one had built a tool that could show—at global scale, down to a 30-meter pixel—exactly where planting trees would …
Magnified Sand – [magnificent photos from around the world] “Under microscopic magnification, the unique beauty and individual character of sand grains reveal a diverse origin reflecting geological history and marine life biodiversity. Sand is everywhere on earth – on our beaches, in our deserts, and on the bottoms of lakes, rivers and oceans. Sand particles …
“One of the greatest challenges for conservationists has been detecting environmental harms before it’s too late. Now Earth Index enables users to easily find and act on damaging activities, like illegal mining, in minutes not months… Processing satellite imagery and developing models requires expertise. Scanning imagery is tedious and slow. Earth Index streamlines the process …
noadsweather.com – You can also add the results URL to your phone’s home page so you can go straight to your weather. You can also remove any section you don’t want, and re-order it around if you want to. And believe it or not, no pop ups or videos or full screen ads or loud …
“The Sugar Pine Foundation is friends with two of the leading discoverers of the world’s tallest trees: Michael Taylor and Dr. Steve Sillett. For 30 years, Taylor and Sillett have slogged through dense, punishing underbrush and up and down vertiginous ravines in search of the tallest trees on Earth. Their pursuits are the subject of …
