Too many of us are living as if we have more than one Earth's worth of resources to consume: but there's a lot more positive action out there than headlines suggest. Read on, and don't forget to share what you learn!
Right?? Skweeeee for sure. We saw more than 20 at the -3.5 low tide on Sunday
So many colors! And several about 6” in diameter, which is bigger than what I’ve seen the last few years. Makes me hopeful their population is on the road to recovery.
Purple sunflower star on eel grass at low tide
An orange sunflower star explores the eel grass. A group of people and one dog are visible exploring the beach in the background.
Saw a spectacular number of sunflower stars this weekend while tidepooling. 🎉
“bad news for those hoping for endless winter “
that made me laugh 😅
Nice!
Go ketchikan! 😅 Not surprised to see us get a pink dot. ☔️🥶☔️
The blueberries are flowering! #hurrayforspring
A message from Tuna Acisu asking for help maintaining cherry blossom record in Kyoto Japan.
A figure showing the cherry tree record since 812 from world in data.
A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.
Listen, I know it's been super dry in the western U.S., but "rooting" for a strong El Nino to alleviate the dryness is not what you want to be doing. A strong El Nino will likely send global temperatures soaring to new records and will create suffering for countless people.
Made me laugh out loud
Listening to one of the speakers at our rally. Two signs in the crowd say: No kings No War You can’t bomb your way out of the Epstein files
People march along the docks toward where we have speakers. The snowy Deer Mountain is visible in the background.
A woman holds a sign that says “your war will never distract us. We know exactly what you are.”
People talk as they hold signs standing by the federal building. One sign says “ this is not a left or right moment it is a right or wrong moment”
We marched to berth 3 for songs and a tailgate party of sorts with hotdogs, hot drinks, and donuts. And it wasn’t snowing!
It’s snowed or sleeted every day this week, so it was lovely to have a little window of sunshine during the protest. #50501
People line the street during a no kings by the federal building in downtown Ketchikan. A snowy deer mountain is visible in the background. a sign on the left reads “ real patriots respect our constitution and rule of law”
A dog has a sign hanging from its neck that reads “ I only bite fascists”
Totem carver Lee Wallace wearing a red beanie cap holds a sign that says love is greater than hate. The heart representing the word love is painted with a Tlingit line art design.
A sign with 4 United States flags says “Trump = corruption. For more information trumpcorruptiontracker.com corruption is a betrayal of public trust for personal gain”
A few pictures from our #nokings protest in Ketchikan, Alaska. Over 200 gathered. 1/
Oh good! Trying to figure out overnight logistics with 1 ferry run a day was tricky.
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Wow! That’s a much bigger difference than I would have expected
New moss books arrived, and they are fabulous! 😍
Excellent! I’ll message you or try to call the office and see if we might be able to come over sometime next week.
Fantastic video!
A collage of three lichen photos: light grey-green dust lichen coats a rock, the pale “green fairy barf” lichen is a crustose lichen. It has pick round spore producing structures, A light green scale-like lichen growing out of a tree trunk looks like a collection of miniature scalloped shelves
Four larger lichens are shown in this collage: a leaf-like tree pelt lichen, devil’s matchstick lichen (a club form lichen), witches hair hanging from pine branches, and reindeer lichen (a shrub form of lichen)
For botany club this week we attempted to find all 7 of the lichen forms described in Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast:
Dust
Crust
Scale
Leaf
Club
Shrub
Hair
‘Twas a fun exercise.
@brunota2003.bsky.social is it possible for a member of the public to come over to the weather station on Metlakatla and see a balloon launch in person?
I would love to share some videos of balloon launches and a short interview with a meteorologist in our geoscience class.
Any Alaska weather folks interested in a zoom call and/or sharing balloon launch videos?
@alaskawx.bsky.social
Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(
very cute native plant alert: azolla filiculoides. they’re a fern in ancient symbiosis with a cyanobacteria that allows them to fix nitrogen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_...
Not many people can show better form doing headstands in their 40s vs their 20s. Bravo! 👏👏
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
The collage of images shows a dark stem with twisted and contorted black leaves (upper left), the same stem starting to absorb water and showing hints of green (upper right), the leaves all green and starting to extend (lower right) and the leaves fully extended and completely green (lower left)
Watching moss rehydrate under the microscope is magical!
Here are 4 photos of Bartramiopsis lescurri (false apple moss) taken over 10 minutes.
Upper left is just before adding water. Clockwise from there shows the hydration process.
😂😭
Yikes.
🫠 it still boggles my mind that he was confirmed.
Thought it was really cool how this afternoon’s snow was only sticking where the support beams are on the board walk. Obv a bit colder there but I’m not sure why.
