Creating, Connecting + Curating the Patterns of Life | Doug Pierce AIA, LEED Fellow w/ Perkins+Will, Prof. in Practice UMN College of Design | Tweets R my Own
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The Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon and establish a long‑term presence there.
Full story: ow.ly/t8mK50YAG30
ALT The Artemis II crew arrived in Florida in advance of their historic moon mission this week.
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Federal and state governments are implementing rules that could eliminate college programs whose graduates earn less than typical high school graduates, potentially cutting off federal student aid and state funding to those programs starting this summer.
See which college programs could be at risk and how these new rules could affect students—Full Story: ow.ly/J7PP50YAQTK
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In February I tried to write a scenario depicting an internally-consistent rollout of roughly-median-aggressiveness AI progress and its effects on society. How is it comparing to reality?
(see bio for link to my bl0g, which has the scenario on the front page)
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Climate change is causing more frequent and severe extreme heat. Children are among those experiencing the greatest health impacts as a result. Learn more: bit.ly/extreme-heat-risks-fo… #ClimateMatters @ClimateCentral @LisaPatelMD
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ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣
Our Global Climate Dashboard is now interactive!
You can now see more details about how our climate is changing while also tracking natural variability over time.
Head on over to climate.gov/climatedashboard for more.
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Torrential rain turned neighborhood streets into racing, muddy rivers in Murcia, southern Spain, on Wednesday.
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WATCH LIVE: NASA chief launches new extreme weather response system
teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1jMJgmLpj…
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How power outages are changing as technology tries to keep up buff.ly/43lAFpn via @ABC17News #ClimateMatters
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Final numbers show warmest winter on record for most of Minnesota bit.ly/48zpafj via @MPRnews #ClimateMatters
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February's extreme weather and climate events reshaped U.S. winter bit.ly/4c3UgP9 via @axios #ClimateMatters
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The decline to the seasonal minimum of #Antarctic sea ice extent continues. This year is the 2nd lowest on record (behind just last year).
More graphs: zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-i…. Data from @NSIDC.
ALT Line graph time series of 2024's daily Antarctic sea-ice area compared to each year from 1979 to 2023. Lines are colored from purple in 1979 to white in 2022. 2024 is shown in red, and 2023 is shown in yellow. There are no statistically significant long-term trends visible in this graph for the month of February to April. Data are smoothed using a 5-day running mean from the Sea Ice Index v3.
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Our future climate – what’s in store?
Risks increase with every increment of warming.
As warming levels increase, so do the risks of species extinction or irreversible loss to biodiversity in ecosystems such as forests, coral reefs & in Arctic regions.
bit.ly/SRYRpt23
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Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but suffers disproportionately from climate change. This disparity highlights the urgent need for climate action and adaptation strategies, particularly in vulnerable regions. #EarlyWarningsForAll
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When Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not to just celebrate prominent Black historical figures but to transform how white America saw all African Americans. (From @ConversationUS) to.pbs.org/3I5zuk8
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Changes in the #climate have been observed and experienced across every region of the U.S. Our adaptation is essential for human and ecological survival.
Sign up to learn more about this #NCA5 chapter THIS Thursday: globalchange.gov/events/nca5…
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Have we been talking about climate change all wrong? on.natgeo.com/3HWQauh via @NatGeo #ClimateCentral
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“Humanity has trapped itself into a parasitic relationship with Earth. A parasite doesn’t know it’s a parasite, because it does not know of any other way to exist: it simply takes for granted the nutrition it receives, without any consideration for its host
We need to rethink our entire mode of existence on this planet”
#ecology #Anthropology #ClimateCrisis #amwriting
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World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January theguardian.com/environment/…
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From our archives: The Menominee have been logging their forest for 170 years, but their forest has 40 percent more wood than when they started.
How? They only cut sick or weak trees, leaving healthy trees to grow and reproduce.
Read more @YaleE360: bit.ly/3KcVEma
