While most trees would find salt water unsuitable for living, many mangroves thrive in it. How? By removing the salt from seawater, they create their own supply of freshwater. Using adaptations similar to desert plants, they store the water they create in succulent leaves.

Note for climate change deniers….we can now grow coffee in Sicily…Climate Change and the Dream of Growing Coffee in Sicily: Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com/articles/coffe…

 A new coffee species (Coffea rizetiana) from South-West Cameroon,the principal hotspot of diversity for Coffea L.(Coffeeae, Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) in Africa @BGM_coll_res sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques…

Happy #IntlForestDay! 🌳🌲🌴

I’ve invited over 100 leading voices from around the world - scientists, experts, activists and authors to create a book that covers the climate- and ecological crisis from a holistic perspective. The Climate Book will be released in October. theguardian.com/books/2022/mar…

Previously located at Sydney Travel for almost 170 years, the new National Herbarium of New South Wales facility joins the award-winning Australian PlantBank and extensive Living Collection of native plants at Mount Annan: 9news.com.au/national/herba…

50% of current #arabica growing regions could become unsuitable by 2050. Says The Guardian, "the global #coffee industry, valued at $465bn in 2020, has so far failed to come up with $25m to protect the world’s 4 most important #genebanks." tinyurl.com/4faz8n85

Wonderful article in the The Guardian today about the importance of conserving crop diversity (including coffee) with a warning that no action could be disastrous to our food security. This was our panel’s theme at the recent Re:co symposium at Specialty Coffee Association

Welcome to the new normal - lethal heat, terrible wildfires, floods & record breaking rain. What will 🌍 look like by 2050? This is a #ClimateCrisis 🔥🌩️☀️☠️🔥

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 13 years, since 19 Jul 2009 (via Twi Age 🥳).

"Indigenous peoples are the stewards of the Earth’s most critical biodiversity. The world’s largest interconnected communities of species live in our ancestral territories, and it’s our job to protect them." wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/o-futu…

Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea liberica, Coffea stenophylia, Coffea congensis, Coffea racemosa.. There are more than 100 species of #coffee ☕️ yet only two are predominantly used in global coffee production. More 👉buff.ly/3LOi6RH #InternationalCoffeeDay

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Just an add on O’Brien remarks “it’s not rocket science!” as he encourages journalists to do the right thing because the “issue is so important”

Holy moly watch this

Another great Israeli hero: the astonishing Amira Hass of Haaretz.com breaking down on television as she calls for "an end to this terrible slaughter... how can they stand on the side and do nothing... Nothing can justify what is happening" in Gaza.

A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat. The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

In less than 2 minutes, the representative for the State of Palestine at the UN, eviscerates the entire myth of Western "civilization" under the US Military Industrial Complex. This should be mandatory viewing in schools and universities throughout the Western world, if we do