I've changed my mind about offsets. Young entrepreneurs had a lot to do with that. This is why. Peak Carbon , by Albert Bates open.substack.com/pub/cooldesign…

I should have a post on this topic soonish. NORM (naturally occuring radioactive materials) has been an open secret for years in sludges and produced waters, with no laws in place The general permit discussed is problematic but a lot of that is bc Federal, not state, lapses

On August 20, 2023: Temperatures at the North Pole have been above zero for more than a day, a further indication that the latent heat tipping point has been reached and that no more heat can be consumed by sea ice melting. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/two-ti…

Does anybody know any interesting papers that use data from iNaturalist?

Holding compassion for the galaxybrains that keep trying to reify 'coherence' while ignoring a longtail of hurt caused by themselves.

Two important recent papers go hand in hand. The first shows that forest-based carbon offsets are not working. The authors seems to suggest ways to fix them, but after 35 years of failures, maybe its time to move on. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

back to reservoir levels. I artfully added the El Niños to the bottom. Every uptick in storage over the last 20 years is correlated with a Niño.

Wow. Just wow. "The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply...." news.yahoo.com/army-corps-eng…

Earth Regenerators is bringing back it's Tuesday 'Regenerative Project Incubator' zoom calls, starting tonight! earth-regenerators.mn.co/posts/are-you-… It's been a nice space to help people communicate what their working on - whether it's a land project, something creative, or even themselves.

My turn to quit✌️ After 3.5 years on the ProPublica/Texas Tribune investigative team, I'm taking a much-needed break to rest & regroup. I'm sad to give up such amazing teammates & am extremely proud of the impactful work we've published through some major tumult. 🧵

Tonight on #EarthRegenerators Project Incubator, Diogo Jorge (AgroforestDAO) shares an update on his long journey of practicing #agroforestry and #syntropicfarming in Brazil and creating a network of sharing and coordination. More on tonight's call here: earth-regenerators.mn.co/posts/43815486…

alphalo Tomorrow night on #EarthRegenerators alphalo shares a Project Incubator update on the many things #watercycle he's been researching, writing and presenting, learn more here: earth-regenerators.mn.co/posts/water-we…

Seriously. It is that time of year. OpenCV is not OpenAI. They don't have giant companies throwing billions of dollars despite arguably creating more value over the past twenty years. $20 really makes a difference.

Really important paper on the dangers of trees in the wrong places (in this case, western Maharashtra, long subjected to large-scale tree planting campaigns).

Tomorrow the Tezhuna indigenous are hosting an online event from #SantaMarta on safeguarding ancestral culture. Fascinated by these people after watching films like 'Aluna' years ago. More details in the #EarthRegenerators Vivero group: earth-regenerators.mn.co/posts/46793068

Every social structure that looks like the best idea on the surface, actually has trade-offs and unintended consequences. There is no utopia.

Frans de Waal has died. Below is a photograpgh of Frans' showing a male chimpanzee inviting another to reconcile after a fight with the invitation accepted a few minutes later. One of my all time favorite images. Frans was an incredible observer + student of animal behavior and