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The New York Times – no paywall: “Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico. A monarch butterfly carrying a tiny tag developed by Cellular Tracking Technologies at the Cape May Point Arts and Science Center in New Jersey, which helped …
Jer Thorp – @jerthorp.bsky.social – It took me about three months to get here but… Here’s a feather for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species.
The Atlantic – Gift Article – The Northern Lights Put on a Show. “A powerful geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to night skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with sightings of pink, red, and green lights as far south as Florida and Oklahoma.”
“You may have heard that the Farmer’s Almanac, based out of Lewiston, ME, is ceasing publication after an incredible 200+ year run. Over the years, there has been some confusion between different almanacs, so to be clear: The OLD Farmer’s Almanac isn’t going anywhere. As we have since 1792, during George Washington’s presidency, we will continue …
FAS – “Below you’ll find a roundup of the spookiest federal data losses across USDA, SAMHSA, EPA, FEMA, and OMB. This carousel is not for the faint of heart, but I also wrote some context –and it’s not all doom and gloom. Read more here in the Federation of American Scientists blog: https://lnkd.in/eF-yD9Qf – Visit the …
Grist: “Poison ivy is a fixture of the landscape in eastern North America and parts of Asia. The noxious, rash-causing weed grows in rocky outcroppings, open fields, and at the edge of forests — it generally loves to take over disturbed areas. It can grow in partial shade and doesn’t give a damn about soil …
ProPublica: “For decades, noxious, cancer-causing gases poured from some of the nation’s largest industrial polluters, seeping invisibly from cracks in antiquated pipes or billowing out of smokestacks in plumes that choked the communities nearby. And for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency tracked those emissions not by monitoring the air but by relying on a kind …
Gizmodo: “Whatever the original purpose may have been, any live video feed can become a valuable resource. Below are seven live video feeds from locations all over Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa, a storm with the potential to be the strongest hurricane ever to strike Jamaica, is expected to make landfall at around 6 a.m. local time …
Climate Central maintains this comprehensive database tracking U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to 2025). As of June 2025, the U.S. has sustained 417 such events, with a total cost exceeding $3.1 trillion.
Via LLRX – The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project – eBird is the flagship program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, located in Ithaca, New York state. Everyone uses eBird. Program Manager Darryl Jones describes why.
Wired: ” You never know when you’re going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters never strike on schedule, and few stores stay open for a hurricane or an insurrection. That’s why it’s important to make plans well in advance and put together gear …
Can generative AI create good data visualisations? – Nicola Rennie: “This blog post compares the performance of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini when presented with a generic request to visualise a dataset. Nicola Rennie October 8, 2025. “Generative AI tools have been around for a little while now, and they’re mostly advertised as being able …
