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Reminder: The climate crisis is the biggest public health threat in the world.

Right now the air quality in Australia's capital city, Canberra, is the worst in the world. Readings have reached over 38 times hazardous levels.

#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaBurns
@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC This is how bad the air looks from a drive into Canberra.

#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaBurns

@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC The smoke in Canberra is so bad, it just shut down the government agency responsible for emergency management due to poor air quality.

#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaBurns

sbs.com.au/news/canberra-…
@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC Here's Australia's Parliament House. Visitors need to wear face masks to protect themselves from the smoke.

#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaBurns
@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC Wildfires release air pollutants like carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide & small particles that lodge in the lungs & can cause breathing problems, & lead to heart attack & stroke.

One person has already died from the smoke.

#AustraliaFires

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC The smoke has affected the city's healthcare, leading to the cancellation of medical procedures, and leaving equipment such as MRI machines non-functional.

#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBushfires #AustraliaBurns

@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC The smoke has been so intense and prolonged that there's a shortage of face masks & protective equipment.

Students coming back from holidays have resorted to bringing hundreds of masks back with them from interstate.

canberratimes.com.au/story/6565066/…

📷 @BrettMasonNews
#AustraliaFires
@TheLancet @sunrisemvmt @350 @StrikeClimate @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @UNFCCC @BrettMasonNews Government offices, post offices, universities and more are all closed today because it's too dangerous to go to work.

The serious health impacts of climate change are right on the doorstep of our political leaders. Stop the denial & act!

📷 @Spacey19577189

#AustraliaFires
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Been seeing this headline of "500 million animals killed by the #AustraliaFires" go viral.

Important caveats:
1. This is a rough estimate, not a detailed study
2. It estimates # of animals *affected* by the fires, not necessarily those killed

standard.co.uk/news/world/aus…
I spoke to Australian mammalian ecologist Dr. Chris Dickman who quoted this number & kindly explained his calculation to me.

As with other stories around #AustralianFires, many are missing the nuances of the science, & are exaggerating their headlines.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
The calculation was based on earlier work estimating the effects of land clearing in New South Wales. Scientists estimated that the government approved clearing of 640,000 hectares would result in the deaths of 104 million native vertebrates. researchgate.net/publication/31…
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Dr. Lucky Tran
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The #ClimateStrike is starting around the world. Here's the strike in Geelong, Australia

Huge crowd and growing at the #ClimateStrike in Sydney, Australia

Great to see students and staff at big academic institutions like @Sydney_Uni walking out today. Follow their lead rest of the world! #ClimateStrike
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Mikel Jollett
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If conservatives are so concerned about “fetuses” then why don’t they protest IVF clinics?

IVF procedures produce countless viable embryos which are discarded.

Is it because it’s mostly rich, mostly white couples who do IVF and this issue isn’t about “fetuses” at all?
Alabama put a carve-out in the bill for IVF. Meaning they DO NOT CARE that these embryos are lost.

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Whatever happened to “Life begins at conception?”

If what these people care about are “embryos,” if they truly believe that “abortion is murder,” then why aren’t they calling IVF murder?

Answer: because they don’t believe any of it. They believe in controlling women.
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Aaron
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I've been staring at this tweet wondering how can it be that the BBC's environment team are afraid of saying the 'C word'?👇 1/n



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Maybe instead it has to be human rights - GOSH!

“Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century”- Mary Robinson Former UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
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It's been so smoky here, but I think when the smoke clears a little bit in the fall I might want to try to set up a weekend camping get together with friends, I just don't have many friends. I am a very lonely man.
do... do you like camping? Are we friends?
Right now the air quality is too terrible for any camping. The smoke, y'all. I cannot describe it properly. My eyes sting when I leave the house.
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