Ottermarie

@Ottermarie@ecoevo.social
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I am a Mom and a conservationist working to restore tropical ecosystems in places where people live. People and nature belong together. Currently building the #MacheteProject and leading Pasopacifico.org
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Reconstructing April #Arctic sea ice extent since 1850...

Data from NSIDC at https://nsidc.org/data/g10010/versions/2

The story I needed this morning —

“Now thriving after more than a month of around-the-clock care, the cub is expected to remain at the center for up to a year. Staff are using enrichment sessions that mimic maternal behavior to prepare him for a future return to the wild, including staff members dressed as bears, plush toys and camouflaged headsets."

#BearCub #Rescue #StaffMembersDressedAsBears #SanDiego #Wildlife #SanDiegoHumaneSociety #RamonaWildlifeCenter #Bears

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/bear-cub-california

Where to go for a PhD? Change of interest from non-US students.

Source: Economist, 2025 https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/05/21/america-is-in-danger-of-experiencing-an-academic-brain-drain #science #uspol

Royal rejection, courtesy of #Trump

Belgium’s Royal Palace says Princess Elisabeth is waiting to find out whether she can return to Harvard for her second year after the Trump administration revoked the university's ability to enroll international students.-- AP

Appalling, reprehensible, and unsurprising: contrary to Trump regime claims, large numbers of those shipped to CECOT had entered the U.S. legally. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/el-salvador-prison-migrants-us-report
At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

The Guardian

Columbia University’s board was always on the same wavelength as the Trump administration.

On several of the task force’s demands
— including banning masks, restricting protests, stripping disciplinary powers from the senate, and allowing campus police to arrest demonstrators
— the group was ready to concede immediately.

On March 21, it sent a letter to the government essentially surrendering.

Perhaps reflecting an understanding that the letter would not go over well with the Columbia community, nobody signed it…

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/columbia-university-president-trump-board-of-trustees-students-protests.html

Inside Columbia University’s Complete Surrender to Trump

Amid student protests, Columbia University’s board of trustees met in secret and opted to completely surrender to the Trump administration’s demands. This is the inside story.

Intelligencer

Victim of #Russia record drone strikes on Sunday was murdered while shielding her 4-year-old son

Anna Yefymenko, a 27-year-old photographer, slain in #Kyiv region. Her son Mark was seriously wounded with eye injuries, and her parents remain hospitalized

#Ukraine #UkraineWar

Another excellent story from @ProPublica on the impact of #Helene on the mountains of #NC, this time focusing on rural #Yancy county.

So grateful for their continued coverage of the devastation in this region, and the need for better and more preparedness, and not the cuts in funding we are seeing now.

https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-evacuation-warnings-yancey-county-north-carolina

Helene’s Unheard Warnings

As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.

ProPublica
New study: The risk of flooding events along the U.S. Northeast coast has doubled since 2005. Now, scientists have discovered that up to 50% of these events occurred because key Atlantic ocean currents are slowing down. #AMOC 🌊
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-decline-of-key-atlantic-currents-is-underway-and-its-been-flooding-parts-of-the-us-for-20-years
The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

Live Science
@VisualStuart Was sitting in my living room watching TV, at the time lived in Montesano WA, maybe 60-70 miles away. Heard the boom, news came on that it had erupted, looked out the window and could see the giant plume. Couple weeks later, on June 1, we got ash fall from a secondary eruption, really fine-grained stuff I used for a couple years to clean my hands after working on my truck and boat. Have climbed the mountain three times since.