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Volunteers collect 11 million seeds by hand to restore Scotland's lost rainforest
Volunteers in Scotland have gathered more than 11 million genetically rare native tree seeds by hand, enough to grow an estimated 7.8 million trees for the country’s depleted woodlands and rainforest....
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August 26, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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A dramatic rise in groundwater in the Sahel
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A dramatic rise in groundwater in the Sahel
I was looking at satellite remote sensing data when I was struck by something curious.
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June 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Surfer creates island eco-haven with ancient knowhow
How the purchase of a plot of land on Panama's coast set a surfer on a journey towards reforestation.
bbc.com
May 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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stellarium-web.org
Stellarium Web Online Star Map
Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
stellarium-web.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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CDFW News | ‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal
A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, CDFW scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat.
wildlife.ca.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power · Indivisible
As part of the Solidarity in Action series, this ACLU-led session will help allies show up for immigrant communities facing law enforcement encounters. Participants will learn their rights as bystande...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Fallow Fields Become Flyway Havens for Shorebirds - River Partners
Habitat Conservation and Farming a Powerful Blend to Help Declining Bird Populations
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September 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Rebecca Solnit
SOMETHING GLORIOUS HAPPENED TODAY. Julian Aguon was the lead lawyer on this case, instigated by the law students of Vanuatu, and I'll have more to say about it soon, but for now: WOW! AFP: "The...
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July 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/beavers-bi...
Beavers, biology,& slow water: Brock Dolman
interview with the originator of the "Slow it, sink it, spread it, store it, share it" phrase
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June 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Rare Purple Californian Flowers Are Blooming More Than Ever | KQED
Endemic to San Luis Obispo County, researchers are finding that these rare, purple native flowers, Cammata Canyon amole, have recently started blooming more frequently than ever.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Map of the small water cycle
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Map of the small water cycle
Where the water that evapotranspires comes back down as rain
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June 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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New terms for the small water cycle
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New terms for the small water cycle
green rain, green rain cycle, aquifer rain, basin loops, and potential precipitation recycling
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April 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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www.meditationsinanemergency.com/coming-unglu...
Coming Unglued: Week Eight of the Stupid Coup (and the Stalwart Resistance)
Spring is here and so is authoritarianism, and I recommend your serious attention to both. We may be at this resistance business for a while, so take care of yourself so you can keep taking care of hu...
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March 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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L.A.’s urban trees absorb more carbon than expected, USC Dornsife study finds dornsife.usc.edu/stories/l-a-...
L.A.’s urban trees absorb more carbon than expected, USC Dornsife study finds - USC Dornsife
New research using a network of air-quality sensors finds that urban greenery plays a bigger role in offsetting fossil fuel emissions than expected — offering insights that could help cities fight cli...
dornsife.usc.edu
March 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.

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February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The graphic shows arrows going from 11 general agencies and institutions to Musk companies which include SpaceX, Tesla. neuralink, x, and Musk himself. The text at the top reads: Trump firings hit agencies with oversight of Musk's companies Staffing changes, including the firing of several top officials, have affected agencies with federal investigations into or regulatory battles with Elon Musk's companies. The graphic is credit to Malika Khurana for the New York Times
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The unsung linchpin : groundwater helps stabilize the climate
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The unsung linchpin : groundwater helps stabilize the climate
Aquifer rain and the earth's sweat glands
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February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!

Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Democratic Senators are going all night to oppose Vought's confirmation. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
U.S. Senate
The Senate will consider more of President Trump's Cabinet nominations including Scott Turner to serve as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary.
www.c-span.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Watery 2024 review & 2025 launchpad
There were stirrings of motion in the water cycle restoration movement.
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January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Love and respect to the man who radiated integrity. Blessings and Rest in Power, Jimmy Carter! #PsychicReiki

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Ask President Carter - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 30, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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caltrout.org/news/thousan...
The Numbers are in: Thousands of Salmon Return Home to the Klamath
Since July 2024, when CalTrout and our team of Tribal, state, federal, academic, and nonprofit partners launched the Klamath River Science and Monitoring Program, we’ve been hard at work collecting, p...
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December 24, 2024 at 4:33 AM