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Our latest study from the @oceanecol.bsky.social Lab in the @icrs.bsky.social journal @springernature.com shows why high-resolution temperature monitoring matters for assessing bleaching impacts.

doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Thanks to @hkust.bsky.social, it is #openaccess

So much to celebrate. So much strength. So much love. Friendship really is medicine 🤍

Congratulations @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social ! On to bigger achievements!

‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

Saltier water at the ocean surface behaves differently than fresher seawater by drawing up heat from the deep ocean and making it harder for sea ice to regrow.

theconversation.com/completely-u...

Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. This visualization shows North and South America. Most areas are warmer than average, except for the eastern US.

Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Africa, Europe, and western Asia. Most areas are warmer than average, except parts of Eurasia.

Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Australia, Antarctica, and Asia. Most areas are warmer than average.

January 2026 was the 5th warmest January on record for our planet. Temperatures were much colder than average across large parts of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, Australia had its 4th warmest.

Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-... 🌊🧪⚒️

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the current pace of change in technology.

A useful counterpoint:

There are STILL organizations using ArcMap for their GIS even though ArcGIS Pro has been out for over a decade.

Technology moves fast; capacity for adoption, not always.

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#highlatitudedust activity yesterday in the southern S. America. Dry lakes emit dust in concert, making an important contribution to the area given that it is so pristine that even small amounts make a different.
Strong winds bring dust even to Antarctica and well into the Southern Ocean.

Noted!😄 also sent a request to join the Space Network Slack!

Sam Purkis: "Scaling Coral Reef Conservation: Biodiversity Assessment from Orbit" YouTube video by USSEE

In case you missed it, you can watch Sam Purkis' presentation from last week (and all our webinars) on the USSEE YouTube channel.
youtu.be/9F-ddWo79Cw?...

Finally making Bluesky my main social platform. Excited to learn from and geek out with you all. Hoping for a feed with more substance and less nonsense than everywhere else.

This was a very enjoyable collaboration with @3blue1brown.bsky.social . Tanya Klowden and I are continuing to work on developing this material into a popular science book; we will share our progress on our Instagram at www.instagram.com/cosmic_dista...

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