The UO today is announcing the creation of the Home Flight Scholars Program, which will waive tuition and fees for Oregon tribal members and provide services intended to bolster student success, on-time graduation and professional development. 1/2

Just do as The Rock says!

Oregon’s vote by mail is so great. Normally I do it by bike, but this year it’s by knee scooter! Still incredibly easy 🗳

Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021 climate.nasa.gov/climate_resour…

Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that PROTECTED bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. V/Streetsblog USA usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

Happy #WinterSolstice via NOAA Satellites #GOES16 (#GOESEast). One image per day, to show how the illumination of the #Earth changes from the Solstice to Solstice: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog… More at UW-Madison CIMSS #Satellite #Blog: or this interactive web page: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/loops/11z…

What would be left of the world's oceans if we pulled a 10m plug in the Marianas Trench emptying the water? Silly exercise but great to watch! Inspiration: buff.ly/2jXLKIw Source: buff.ly/3V6DHsb

Every year for decades, the U.S. conducts aerial surveys across the country to monitor the health of trees. This year, they saw something ominous in Oregon: a historic die-off of evergreen trees nearly twice as bad as the previous worst year. opb.org/article/2022/1…

In 2022, I achieved one of my life goals since childhood: I finished my PhD. Grad school & learning how to do research was... not what I was expecting! It's not for everyone, but it's much better than the horror stories I'd heard. A 🧵 on what it *is*, if you're considering it.

United Nations tweeting about #ohaz

This is a berry good map. The distribution of 19 types of berries native to North America are shown in this interactive map. Source: buff.ly/3ZvAmGv

Derik M. was on the McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a US Coast Guard in 2017, when he spotted a family of penguins. Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed [source: buff.ly/3bEDKdY] x.com/outdoor_bass/s…

Surprise magma chamber growing under Mediterranean volcano news.agu.org/press-release/…

Mexico's Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest monument ever constructed on Earth, having nearly twice the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza. A pre-classical masterpiece, it was found to be part of a vast complex of interwoven rooms and temples buff.ly/2L0ogSU