3,450 pounds of garbage were left behind on Lake Tahoe after 4th of July weekend, which is over twice the haul from the year before. "Patriotic" Americans leaving behind thousands of pounds of trash for environmentalists to clean up is a perfect metaphor for our country's future.
UPDATE: January's global average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) was about 418 parts per million (ppm), a 49% increase since 1850 due to human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. https://t.co/qjYgQZqqbL
A new groundbreaking study found widespread lead poisoning in bald and golden eagles and documents how lead poisoning inhibits eagle population growth across North America. Learn More: https://t.co/W1smYazCgB
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The explosion of Natives in mainstream culture this year is due to decades of unknown work by many in the arts, fashion, music, writing, and advocacy. Most especially it’s because of our ancestors’ sacrifice to keep our languages and culture alive and protect our land.
Droughts, storms, floods and extreme heat have caused the largest loss of life in the past 50 years (1970-2019), according to a comprehensive analysis by @WMO
🌪️🌊💧#GetTheDetails 👉 https://t.co/UglzGPG3CW
We’re not moving fast enough.
Globally, the current pace of progress needs to quadruple across all of the 'water, sanitation and hygiene' #SDG indicators for targets to be met by the 2030 deadline, just 9 years from now.
Let's get #Goal6 on track! https://t.co/JXFqvWdrGg
Do you like rock climbing or river rafting?
Join us at #CampLandsat for this week's #StoryMap Wednesday!
Discover how #Landsat and the data archive @USGSLandsat help scientists study volcanoes, find fault lines, track rivers, and even hunt for fossils
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Indian Country has always known about the children, but the numbers coming out brings fresh trauma. I can't stop crying today. I can't stop wondering if I would even exist if my family didn't leave Canada back in the day....
My children's gg-grandfather was among the first group of Sicangu Lakota children sent to the horrific Carlisle school. The last boarding school survivors in our family passed away this year. It's way past time for a reckoning.
@sciencewithtyus My undergraduate degree is from tribal college, and after I finished graduate studies elsewhere, I returned to teach at tribal college. My favorite job ever.
A third school found the remains of Native children buried under their school.
Think about that. Hundreds of bodies of children are being found. That’d be massive news if it wasn’t Native kids. Where is the outrage? Where is the support? Why doesn’t anyone care?