Diane Jukofsky

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[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Choosing fish over beef still lowers your #CarbonFootprint significantly, but consider that #seafood production has quadrupled over last 50 years & virtually all the increase is from #aquaculture ~ here's a science-based close look at your fish diet https://t.co/NpMMhdm11B

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

As more people move to WA's Olympic Peninsula, building homes, raising farm animals on land surrounded by forest, inevitable clashes with cougars are increasing & guess which animal loses https://t.co/BSs7wasceD @insideclimate @PantheraCats

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Cape Cod Bay suffering from hypoxia, low levels of oxygen caused by increased ocean stratification resulting from shifting wind patterns & warming ocean temperatures ~ it's bad news for lobstermen, much worse for lobsters & sealife @insideclimate https://t.co/GnhBSzcyLs

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Tons of #coffee grounds end up in landfills & while researchers knew the waste could replace sand in making concrete, they didn't know how to add coffee to concrete without also compromising its functionality. Now they know https://t.co/4SNgVklWCs @RajeevRoychand et al.

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Polar bears have US protection due to melting sea ice, but that hasn't slowed oil & gas drilling, since greenhouse gas pollution from just one source couldn't be tied to the bears' survival~until now. Thank you scientists https://t.co/9dz8t1dXje @AnthropoceneMag @ScienceMagazine

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Result of Ecuadorians' recent vote: closure of 12 oil platforms & 230 wells in Yasuní territory & 6 gold concessions in Chocó Andino, protection for 2 uncontacted tribes & a wealth of biodiversity https://t.co/whHEvWkMEk @the_ecologist (donate to Ecologist Writers' Fund)

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Since N. America has lost most of its native #grasslands, not surprising that 50% of the grassland bird population is also gone ~ major joint effort from biologists, conservationists, landowners, govt agencies to reverse the trend https://t.co/ngmd27mKZx @BirdConservancy et al.

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Attn OR's CD-5 residents concerned about issues like affordable health care, clean air & water, social security...all these & more have been undermined by Rep. Chavez DeRemer, who won't hold in-person Town Halls ~ come to Oct 10th's Empty Chair Town Hall https://t.co/aZWRqGS9M6

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Though at risk, #giraffes have somewhat adapted to living in an impressively wide range of different African ecosystems ~ researchers, conservationists collaborating in largest ever tracking study to understand how & why giraffes move at large scales https://t.co/b4LH6TgJkK

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

In search of a new potato, one that's climate smart, helps conserve water and soil, @OregonState working with local farmers, @uidaho, #WSU, Tribal nations with @USDA $50m grant...consortium will also study how best to market eco potatoes to consumers https://t.co/1idqEGietr

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

#WeLoveWhenThisHappens: Thanks to botanists from Germany, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica plus amateur plant enthusiasts all working together, long forgotten tropical plants, Nasa spp, are rediscovered in Andes forests https://t.co/zVcJeNNpcv @GlobalPlantGPC @Pensoft

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Worldwide, trees are dying from supercharged droughts at rates shocking even to forest scientists, whose understanding of how trees respond to drought is outdated ~ researchers are hustling to understand just how trees die https://t.co/yLSHMRceYZ @KnowableMag @Ana__Bastos et al.

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Flooding from atmospheric rivers after prolonged #drought can be catastrophic, also more frequent with #ClimateChange -- experts are figuring out how we can learn to live with, even embrace, “weather whiplash” https://t.co/cAZG5Y5lS8 @hakaimagazine @serena_renner

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Can we possibly just leave "post glacial ecosystems" alone? Alps-based scientists outline conservation challenges for vast areas of land revealed when glaciers melt https://t.co/oCZC4AfjbG @AnthropoceneMag @Nature

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Missing in Virginia: pine snakes haven't been seen in the state for 30 years & herpetologists aren't sure why. Residents with patience and cameras are helping in the search. “I really truly believe that they’re still there." @KevinHamed1 https://t.co/KbXaCbV9Ti @Sierra_Magazine

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Small % of tropical forest leaves can't function due to #ClimateChange, scientists find, while globally, tropical forests likely can withstand a 4° C increase in temp before reaching a tipping point where photosynthesis stops https://t.co/DS4eBxPyqd @nature @CanopyinClouds et al.

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

As we're in the midst of an #InsectApocalypse, don't discount the bug benefits of even a small bit of native greenery~researchers found that restoring a grass patch with native shrubs increased insect species by 7x https://t.co/HXlh0Tgakr @YaleE360 @AER_ESE_BES @matanature et al.

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

"Africa has typically been viewed as a climate victim, facing the worst of its ravages despite having contributed the least to causing it," @ClimateActAfric founder acknowledges but stresses continent's potential to help reach Global Net Zero https://t.co/iDaxZ5Y2eo @tandfonline

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

"After all, who doesn’t support farmers?" Which explains why US legislation promoting potential fossil fuel replacement agrivoltaics, solar panels that are placed over crops that benefit from some shading, has bipartisan support https://t.co/ViCsLEm2zf @cleantechnica

[Diane Jukofsky @infotrop]

Lessons from #India's forests 200 yrs after #GreatBritain harvested the high-yielding timber trees, while restricting local people's rights to forests, planted #teak monocultures and non-native species & more recently, India commits to reforestation https://t.co/7zAKAHeAP2