Maria Olga Borja

Ecóloga de formación, geógrafa en construcción, con el corazón en la Amazonía

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

📈¿Cuánto ha crecido la acuicultura en la #Costa de Ecuador? ¿Cómo se han reducido los glaciares en los #Andes ecuatorianos? ¿Qué cambió en #Galápagos? A partir del 13 de diciembre @mapbiomas #Ecuador se expande a nivel nacional. Inscríbete en el evento de lanzamiento🚀🗾

[Fundación EcoCiencia @F_EcoCiencia]

📣Ecuador contará por primera vez con una plataforma que presenta de forma detallada las transformaciones anuales en la cobertura natural y el uso del suelo durante un período de 38 años, desde 1985 hasta 2022.

¡Reserva la fecha!
🗓️13 dic.
Inscríbete: https://t.co/mdePFl8LCE

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Google is changing the weather forecasting game.

Plus they've created a Python library to make their model available.

Here's what you need to know about it:

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’ | @AyeshaTandon w/ comment from Peter Stott @ClimateDann @ETheokritoff @Linimie @nickleach0 Kevin Trenberth @WimThiery @RupertS_Smith Delta Merner @FrediOtto

Read here: https://t.co/YLa9UYifjQ

[NASAEarthdata @NASAEarthData]

NASA #LPDAAC's GEDI Version 2 Level 1B Geolocated Waveform, Level 2A Elevation and Height Metrics, and Level 2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics products are now available in the NASA Earthdata Cloud. Basemap: USAID NAIP 2020

Learn more: https://t.co/WEgV71iyjJ

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

World Bank Global Biodiversity Grid

A massive resource covering over 600,000 species—including birds, fish, reptiles, arthropods, fungi, etc.

Provides data on species populations, habitat conditions, and conservation statuses.

Link: https://t.co/OKfKGlEEhs

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

The number of days per year that are simultaneously extremely hot, dry, and have a high fire risk have as much as tripled since 1970 in some parts of South America, according to a study in @CommsEarth. https://t.co/z762pFjC83

[Carlos Montero @CMonteroOficial]

Lo de #Ecuador🇪🇨con solo 40 atletas, y #Cuba 🇨🇺, con 61, es destacable lo que lograron en #Paris2024 Segundo y tercer país en medallero de #LosNuestros #Brasil 🇧🇷 , con 277 atletas, terminó primero

[World Resources Institute @WorldResources]

🔥#Forests are one of the world’s best lines of defense against #climatechange as they remove and store CO2 from the atmosphere. Their loss has long-term consequences on countries’ ability to meet climate commitments🌲

@globalforests explains the latest data from @UMD_GLAD ➡️ https://t.co/E0ueIXOGuL

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

🧵 Across Texas, oil companies are belching hydrogen sulfide gas into communities with few or no repercussions, an investigation by @examinationnews and the Houston Chronicle found.

https://t.co/RHv3yVasxx

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

🤣🤣 I know the feeling de que te cuelguen las patitas 🤣🤣

[Tarsicio Granizo @TarsiGranizo]

Olón nos demuestra que si es posible ganar batallas ambientales. La resistencia de la comuna junto con varias organizaciones y personas hizo que un proyecto inmobiliario de pie atrás. La naturaleza tiene derecho y somos los ciudadanos quienes debemos velar por ellos

[Brian Winter @BrazilBrian]

I don't say this lightly - but the floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city unlivable, possible long-term consequences

[Elmo @elmo]

Elmo is buzzing with excitement! Buzz buzz buzz! 🐝😂

[Tasso Azevedo @tassoazevedo]

Em geral conseguimos detectar pontos de ruptura climáticos olhando para os dados retroativos. Mas devemos estar mesmo no ponto de ruptura para as temperaturas na superfície dos oceanos.

Entre as linhas pontilhadas estão 95% das observações de temperatura diárias nas ultimas quatro décadas. Em laranja o ano de 2023 e acima em preto as observações de 2024. O gráfico fala por si.

É preciso frear as emissões de gases de efeito estufa em todo mundo agora. Brasil deve liderar pelo exemplo.
https://t.co/qIeSz7LPh2
@obsclima @LulaOficial @rodrigopacheco @ArthurLira_

[Nahel Belgherze @WxNB_]

Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from earlier today shows the incredible extent of the historic flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Just terrible.

[Woody Lightyear 𝛑 @WoodyLightyearx]

With 1.6 million people, @Madonna's Celebration Tour in Rio breaks the record for the largest standalone concert by any artist in history. Not female pop artist, but any artist; male or female, dead or alive.

While it's a nice quantifiable amplification to the power of her legacy, the significance of her show in Rio is even bigger than the record that she just broke.

That show was an art & politics masterclass, and an exorcism of traditionalist ideals in the face of a mahoosive amount of conservatives.

The raunchy comments, expressions, and simulations capturing sexual liberation. The religious doings of Like A Prayer. The highlighting of queer culture. And so many other themes explored by the show.

All of this, conducted by an aged woman whose free agency is always written off by the public due to age, whom they never fail to remind that she's way past her prime and should retire. We all know how stubbornly daring Madonna is.

On the issue of women being reminded that they're way past their prime due to age, Madonna is once again trailblazing and I think the significance of this is understated.

The production value of that show was peak art!!! Performed by a 65 year old!

Don't you wonder why Madonna is the poster girl for ageism against females in the industry despite not being the oldest? She's actively reprogramming our mental images of what an aged woman can do.

An aged woman can still work her ass off to produce ambitious and artistic productions that speak to culture, and you'd think it was done by some young artist full of vitality.

Well yeah, that's the point. That Madonna, 65, with over 40 years of a dominating career, is still full of artistic vitality, serving exemplary creative direction in her work for future 60+ year olds to remember and be inspired by.

So it doesn't matter that this record of 1.6 million audience will be broken in the near future - because, face it, the Copacabana show format is now an attraction in pop culture after Madonna's show.

What matters is the foundational impact that Madonna's production, and brand, has created for the industry and the culture going forward.

A pop star coming along to break this Madonna record in the near future, will be a validation to the cultural impact of the The Celebration Tour in Rio. But it would not mean that they have done the same thing that Madonna has done.

#MadonnaCelebrationTourInRio #MadonnaInRio

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

Recomendadísimo documental

[Juan M. Guayasamin @jmguayasamin]

Un documental impresionante y cautivador, creado por Jorge Anhalzer y Naia Andrade.

La vida de un río
https://t.co/0JZzD6sXVI

[ESA Earth Observation @ESA_EO]

A @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 image of #DubaiFlooding - captured yesterday 17 April.

It's a false colour composite which highlights flooded areas in turquoise.
Red patches in the image indicate vegetation.

Click on the link below to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution: https://t.co/zEUnEF5UOg

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

What a great way to get kidoes engaged in remote sensing

[Ujaval Gandhi @spatialthoughts]

New Post: Teaching Remote Sensing to Kids. Sharing my experience teaching Kids about Satellites and Earth Observation. I also share my content for other educators to use and adapt. Check out the post at https://t.co/iED7qe8ze8

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

@RicardoDalagnol Estas incluyendo Ecuador en tu banco de datos? Puedo mandarte unos ejemplos

[Maria Olga Borja @maolgaborja]

Top 10 accomplishments for Texas’ environment in 2023. #5 is a must read for every Texan

https://t.co/EcTKpB05LG