🌳🏙️The benefits of urban forests go well beyond protecting biodiversity

Trees provide cooling effects by releasing water vapour through evapotranspiration and offering shade, and counteract the urban heat island effect.

Source: USEPA; Trees for Cities

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Storms gallop across the Southwest, as seen by satellite imagery, lighting up the sky from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon.

CIRA

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Hurricane #Lee Advisory 42A: Tropical Storm Conditions Nearing Southern New England. hurricanes.gov

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#Indigenous-Filipino tribal leader discusses @UNDP
support amid ongoing fight against #climatechange in his community in the #Philippines.

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New report ‘Activating Alignment’ from @WorldBank @IMFNews @OECD presents emerging lessons and technical suggestions to ensure better integration among climate assessment methodologies in the financial sector. Read: wrld.bg/EC2i50PM3g7

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🌀 Nature's hidden artistry: 9 Incredible Fractals! 🌿

Dive into the beauty of fractals in nature and unlock the secrets of our breathtaking environment. treehugger.com/amazing-fract…

Via @Treehugger

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Important read here from @IPBES: Tackling growing threat of #InvasiveAlienSpecies is key to reversing biodiversity loss & advancing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 🔗 bit.ly/481cnD9

Via @IPBES @andersen_inger

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Visible + Fire Power, Shortwave Infrared, Infrared Window & Day Land Cloud Fire RGB images from @NOAASatellites #GOES18/#GOESwest showed the formation of a #pyrocumulonimbus cloud in far northeastern British Columbia: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellit… #BCstorm HT @mn_storm

UW-Madison CIMSS

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Tropical Storm #Margot Advisory 35: Margot Moving South-Southwestward and Making a Loop Over The North-Central Atlantic. hurricanes.gov

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Tropical Depression #Fifteen Advisory 3: Tropical Depression Expected to Strengthen Over the Weekend. hurricanes.gov

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Hurricane #Lee Advisory 43: Tropical Storm Conditions Imminent in Southern New England. hurricanes.gov

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Mountain lions and bears and pigs, oh my! Charting the unexpected denizens of California beaches.

More: hakaimagazine.com/news/calif…

Via @hakaimagazine

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11pm AST Sep 15: #Hurricane #Lee is beginning to affect the Northeast U.S. & Atlantic Canada with tropical storm conditions. Coastal flooding along with down trees and potential power outages are possible as well.

Latest info at hurricanes.gov/#Lee

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Sat Sep 16 0430 UTC: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Atlantic High Seas. More info: hurricanes.gov/text/MIAHSFAT…

NHC_TAFB

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Phasing out foam, through ongoing diligence and action @MyUNDP and partners are working to preserve the #ozonelayer and meet #MontrealProtocol targets.

Read more about what this means for #climateaction, health and our shared future: ow.ly/ISZa50PKVMF

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"With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction" @antonioguterres

Join @UN #SDG Action Weekend to see how #nature is the foundation for a fairer, more inclusive & sustainable planet: ow.ly/uFLy50PKakP

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Invasive alien species have been a significant factor in 60% of the global animal & plant extinctions recorded.

🔴NEW @IPBES report sheds light on the severe and often irreversible harm invasive alien species can inflict on nature & #biodiversity. ipbes.net/IASmediarelease @IPBES

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Hurricane Lee has begun impacting the northeastern US with rain and strong winds.

CIRA

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RT @sophiamathur: #EndFossilFuelFinance #FridaysForFuture Sudbury #singfortheclimate
What an amazing experience. Look for photos on my feed too.

Greta Thunberg

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RT @FridayForFuture: Eil 💥 heute waren 250.000 Menschen für sozialgerechten Klimaschutz auf der Straße #EndFossilFuels

Greta Thunberg

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