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@NatureAtCal @UCBerkeley This is a personal storage facility for the links I find interesting and may want to look back at

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@AlexanderPayton This map shows Ethiopia as no longer landlocked. Is that a goal, or a map error showing Eritrea losing its SE corner?

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@sam_niac Volcanoes. Fish.

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@stkms0011223344 @north0fnorth Indigenous people have cared for these groves for thousands of years…

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@SenTuberville Myopic

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@PressSec Moronic

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@JDVance

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Plague was introduced to California and the Mountain West around 1900 via ships carrying infected rats, which spread the bacteria to native rodents. After 125 years it’s widespread at low levels, and every so often there’s a report of someone becoming infected. It’s very curable today with antibiotics.

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Plague was introduced to CA and the Mountain West around 1900 via ships carrying infected rats, which spread the bacteria to native rodents. After 125 years it’s widespread at low levels, and every so often there’s a report of someone becoming infected. It’s very curable today with antibiotics.

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@rawsalerts The most medically relevant application I see is as a bridge for preterm babies, transferring them to finish out development. Per the CDC 2023 data, the preterm birth rate in the U.S. is around 10–11% and about 10% globally.

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@rawsalerts It’s about 20 million years older than Earth, which means it formed just before our planet was fully assembled. But it’s still younger than our solar system. Cool but like whatever.

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It’s “litter”-ally called that. In both academic research and professional practice across forestry, forest ecology, soil science, grassland ecology, wetland ecology, tropical ecology, and agroecology, “litter” is the scientific term for the layer of fallen plant material on the ground.

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@JasonPYYC @ChrisCrosssm8 In Forest / soil science, “litter” is the scientific term for the layer of fallen leaves, needles, twigs, and other plant material covering the forest floor. It does not mean trash, it is the term used in peer-reviewed forest, soil, and grassland science articles.

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Green vaporous turbulence; tonight’s show of aurora from @Space_Station

[TIME @TIME]

Scientists have bred woolly mice on their journey to bring back the mammoth. https://t.co/95Xlx37Qz8

[NASA Earth @NASAEarth]

Do you know how wildlife moves?

We do! This colorful animation highlights data from the Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA) to show ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. #WWD2025

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

This is a plan for the 4th Department of Defense academy at the Presidio. The Frontier Academy will have 3 dedicated colleges for Space, Cyber, and Robotics.

I think this will be great for the tech ecosystem and the country. 🇺🇸💪

Feedback welcome! 🧵1/16

[Earth and Environmental Sciences at Berkeley Lab @eesalbnl]

🔋 #Geothermal power plants bring heated brine, rich with minerals like #lithium, to the surface to power electricity. Why not extract the lithium while we're at it? @BerkleleyLab scientists are studying how: https://t.co/6wIMdAHXdz

[Lake Tahoe USFS @LakeTahoeUSFS]

ATTENTION MT TALLAC TRAIL USERS!
We received a report of a mountain lion near the Mt Tallac Trailhead. Visitors should always take precautions to reduce the risk of encountering a mountain lion. Read more, view safety tips at https://t.co/HsxoBMxoDz. @CaliforniaDFW #NDOW

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@kcranews What creek?

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@BerkeleyScanner $5,000 in cash, now that’s one hell of a high stakes dice game!