mdemone posted:

mdemone posted:

Iron Crowned posted:

You'd think they'd do something but alas.

RandomBlue posted:

Looks like we're on track to bust through that ceiling!

Xaris posted:

one of the things that we learned recently is that we were in a triple-dip La Nina so temperatures were "artifically" much lower than normal and we are now heading into an El Ninos. think about how much poo poo burned down and got hosed up under years of low temperatures, what the gently caress is going to happen in the coming years if we're expected to get hotter normal temperatures??

e: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/01/triple-dip-la-nina-followed-by-el-nino-wmo

www.justice.gov posted:

According to court documents, Tony Lee Coffman, 59, of Birch River, purchased American ginseng roots that had been illegally transported in interstate commerce from Ohio to West Virginia and falsified records relating to the purchase of Ohio ginseng. American ginseng is protected in over 20 states due to heavy pressures from international trade and is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Coffman pleaded guilty to five Lacey Act violations. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Each of the Lacey Act violations has a statutory maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. A federal district court judge will determine whether to accept the plea agreement after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio made the announcement.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement investigated the case.

Senior Trial Attorney Adam Cullman of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Environmental Crimes Section, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Pakiz and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Marous for the Southern District of Ohio are prosecuting the case.

RandomBlue posted:

Looks like we're on track to bust through that ceiling!

nomad2020 posted:

It's really hard to study with that going on in the background guys, I love/hate it.

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

man that whale

gently caress

Hubbert posted:

actually its really easy if you make it your field of study

it owns

tuyop posted:

what is the deluge?

RandomBlue posted:

Looks like we're on track to bust through that ceiling!

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://i.imgur.com/RFzS1q6.gifv

nomad2020 posted:

I don't think I could do that to myself, honestly. Would rather keep ahold of my shreds of hope that this ship might yet be righted.

tuyop posted:

what is the deluge?

krispykremessuck posted:

unwise. let go and ride the snake

Hexigrammus posted:

Don't go into any life sciences that involve going outdoors occasionally - forestry, wildlife management, etc. You'll just find yourself chronicling the permanent demise of something or other and coming up with reasons why there are no snakes to ride anymore.

Hexigrammus posted:

Don't go into any life sciences that involve going outdoors occasionally - forestry, wildlife management, etc. You'll just find yourself chronicling the permanent demise of something or other and coming up with reasons why there are no snakes to ride anymore.

Sushi The Kid posted:

Firefly time at my house. Just tons of lit up bug asses.

Just a Moron posted:

I've never seen fireflies, I might have to take a trip to see them, they look neat

Just a Moron posted:

I've never seen fireflies, I might have to take a trip to see them, they look neat

coke posted:

wow its bigger than it was

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The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of Sir David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press, the Guardian has been told.

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The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of Sir David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press, the Guardian has been told.

The documentary series was part-funded by nature charities the WWF and RSPB, but the final episode will not be broadcast along with the others and will instead be available only on the BBC’s iPlayer service.

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One source at the broadcaster, who asked not to be named, said “lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways” such as the farming and game industry would “kick off” if the show had too political a message.

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In a statement provided after the story was first published, the BBC said: “This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘sixth episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was – a five part series and does not shy away from environmental content.

It was not until the end of 2021 that the two charities commissioned Silverback Films to make a film for them that celebrates the extraordinary work of people fighting to restore nature in Britain and Ireland. The BBC acquired this film for iPlayer at the start of this year.”