This rusty-colored dot east of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is an intermittent dry lake bed and salt flat that occasionally holds briny water during wet periods.

Seen via #NOAA21 on Dec. 9, its striking reddish color comes from salt-loving halobacteria that release pigments as they metabolize minerals.

NOAA Satellites

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In Kenya, elephants & black rhinos share the land with pastoral communities, but that proximity can become dangerous. A new @ConservationOrg study shows how to cut the risks of human-wildlife conflict: Restore grasslands. https://t.co/8NX5ZZLmdh

Conservation Intl

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RT @NWSWPC: Atmospheric river and heavy rain continue across the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies with snow for higher mountain elevations https://t.co/A3RX3bwD5b

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RT @NWSWPC: A strong clipper system will bring the threat of heavy snow and high winds across the interior Northeast and Appalachians https://t.co/A3RX3bwD5b

NOAA

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RT @nwsnwc: The National Water Center has issued Key Messages for the expected Considerable flooding impacts this week across portions of the Pacific Northwest. More info: https://t.co/UZ3ekqUUkq #flooding #wawx #orwx https://t.co/d4owKU2zEj

NOAA

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🌱 #DidYouKnow biodiversity underpins our food security and nutrition?

Discover 5️⃣ reasons why biodiversity is vital for agrifood systems, and why protecting it matters.

Learn more on @FAO's work on biodiversity ⤵️
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity

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"The World Restoration Flagships represent ambitious, science-based examples of restoration in action, but are also proof of how restoring ecosystems can strengthen the connection between people and nature," @FAO's Tiina Vähänen tells #UNEA7 Gala of Hope

#GenerationRestoration https://t.co/HgmOheVzBl

FAO Forestry

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Reporters: @NOAA and partners to announce findings from 2025 Arctic Report Card on December 16

Report Card marks 20 years of providing timely observations of a changing #Arctic

Details: https://t.co/ewTz2KI8df

#ArcticReportCard via @NOAAResearch https://t.co/83sWepoi1d

NOAA Communications

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¡Nueva convocatoria!
Selección de un Consultor para realizar la Evaluación Final del Proyecto “Agregar Valor a la Conservación de los Manglares en los Sistemas de Ciudades Costeras”, financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

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Conservación Internacional 🇨🇴

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ECMWF invites tenders to develop & operate a regional benchmark system supporting the CO2MVS global monitoring system. The system will use regional inverse modelling & high-quality in situ data, with Integrated Carbon Observation System(ICOS) observations at its core.

⬇️ https://t.co/5ZciUavNsb

Copernicus ECMWF

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🔵 At #NeurIPS2025, Mercator Ocean launched OceanBench, to validate and compare AI ocean forecasting models.

Together with our forecasting system GLONET, it marks a key step toward operational, trustworthy AI prediction.

🔗 Full PR: https://t.co/wyHVIynOyS https://t.co/fe1rxtAtmQ

Mercator Ocean International

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📅 On Dec 17 join @WRIFinance for a webinar unpacking their research with @NatureFinance on MDB #NatureMainstreaming.

The session will feature panel discussion on #MDBs’ role in halting and reversing #BiodiversityLoss. Register here 👉 https://t.co/zsQqDD6iZE https://t.co/brYfukGu8V

WRI Climate

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Protecting biodiversity and upholding human rights go hand in hand 🤝

Access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right, embedded in the #KMGBF and its implementation.

#HumanRightsDay https://t.co/J1iMwBPp70

UN Biodiversity

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