@LizScience

Elizabeth teaches science at Winnisquam High School. She believes that change can happen, but we must be willing to teach the next generation what's important.

 New Hampshire, USA
Joined April 2015
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Sustainable cocoa farming reduces agricultural expansion, limits deforestation, and reduces carbon emissions, all while increasing cocoa yields. Find out how farmers in Ghana have already reduced 972,000 tons of carbon emissions: nature.ly/42wJoDq

Climate Stories | Ghana Carbon Credits

Learn how cocoa farmers in Ghana are improving yields and mitigating climate change by adopting climate-smart cocoa practices while curbing deforestation and generating carbon credits.

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United Nations
@UN11 Jun 2023
Globally, women have a more difficult time than men finding decent work. @ILO has the latest facts & figures on widening employment inequalities, many of which have been further exacerbated by the pandemic: ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo…
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Yale Environment 360@YaleE36010 Jun 2023
“There is no reason to only use water once,” says an expert. "We now have technologies to enable us to process and reuse water over and over, at the scale of a city, a campus, and even an individual home.” Read about 'extreme' water recycling @YaleE360: bit.ly/42vbVJi
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United Nations
@UN11 Jun 2023
Refugee rights are human rights. UNHCR works around the world to protect and support people forced from their homes due to conflict and crisis. unhcr.org/en-us/what-we-do.h… via @Refugees
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Ohio state BOE may ban trans students from bathrooms, mandate parental reporting if they change their name/pronouns, and deny title IX rights against discrimination. They meet on September 20th. PLEASE if you live in Ohio, GO THERE! These kids need you. Details in thread.🧵
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to assist local districts in combatting this federal overreach by proactively approving stopgap funding of necessary programs should the proposed regulations take effect; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to safeguard the rights of parents and the wellbeing of children by requiring that schools and districts disclose information to parents whenever their child claims a discordant gender identity, questions their gender identity, requests alternative names or pronouns, or otherwise indicates mental or emotional distress about their gender identity; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to protect the rights and safety of women and girls by prohibiting schools and districts from allowing biological males on female sports teams or in female privacy facilities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that with this action the State Board of Education stands

ALT BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to assist local districts in combatting this federal overreach by proactively approving stopgap funding of necessary programs should the proposed regulations take effect; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to safeguard the rights of parents and the wellbeing of children by requiring that schools and districts disclose information to parents whenever their child claims a discordant gender identity, questions their gender identity, requests alternative names or pronouns, or otherwise indicates mental or emotional distress about their gender identity; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board calls upon the General Assembly to protect the rights and safety of women and girls by prohibiting schools and districts from allowing biological males on female sports teams or in female privacy facilities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that with this action the State Board of Education stands

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Massive outburst from a star captured over four years by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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The old Ohms Law cartoon got a cute gif updated apparently: #iteachphysics
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Kirk Borne
@KirkDBorne22 Jan 2022
#Algorithms for decision-making — excellent FREE download eBook from MIT: bit.ly/3wyNcnQ ————— #abdsc #AI #MachineLearning #BigData #DataScience #DataScientists #Mathematics #Statistics #DataLeadership
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Rev. Fred Small@revfredsmall22 Jan 2022
Exactly.
Indigenous
@AmericanIndian822 Jan 2022
#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP
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Phenomena@NGSSphenomena15 Jul 2021
Record flooding in 2030 predicted because of the moon?!? #ngss #ngsschat nature.com/articles/s41558-0…
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Phenomena@NGSSphenomena24 Feb 2021
How should we discuss climate change and human impacts on the environment? Coping? Managing? What are ways in which we can move to a caring stance on being part of the global system? #ngss #ngsschat
New Scientist
@newscientist24 Feb 2021
Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change bit.ly/3aMQZpx
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UNESCO
@UNESCO26 Feb 2021
“I’m not a woman scientist, I’m a scientist and more than half my colleagues are women and we do the job.” Powerful #FridayFeeling vibes from Prof. Sarah Gilbert who is one of many #WomenInScience leading the fight against #COVID19. #VaccinesWork
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UN Women
@UN_Women26 Feb 2021
#FridayFeeling: Set your plans and intentions for the weekend to take action for gender equality. unwo.men/ksIj50DJY3w
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Education Week
@educationweek7 Feb 2021
As pressure builds to reopen schools, some districts want to administer vaccines. The school district in Anchorage, Alaska, offers a guide. edweek.org/leadership/how-sc…

How School Districts Can Run a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

As pressure builds to reopen schools, some districts want to administer vaccines. The school district in Anchorage, Alaska, offers a guide.

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Yale Environment 360@YaleE36020 Jan 2021
Joe Biden is set for a flurry of executive action to combat the climate crisis on his first day as U.S. president, including immediately rejoining the Paris climate agreement and blocking the Keystone XL pipeline. e360.yale.edu/digest/biden-t…
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Yo-Yo Ma
@YoYo_Ma21 Sep 2020
Over a million people from all over the world told the @UN what they want for their future. Their answers showed that we share the same hopes and fears, and that there is far more that unites us than divides us: un.org/UN75 #UN75 🕊️
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TeachThought@TeachThought19 Sep 2020
Remote teaching is different but the potential for new learning spaces and dynamics represents an opportunity for a different kind of resonance--and hopefully, joy. 20 Ways To Bring The Joy Back To Your Classroom - bit.ly/3iNhAVe
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Yale Environment 360@YaleE36019 Sep 2020
A study showed that each degree rise in temperature would cause a drop in production of the world’s main food crops. Without fundamental changes in agriculture, the world risks increasing food insecurity. e360.yale.edu/features/from-…

From the Lab to the Field, Agriculture Seeks to Adapt to a Warming World

With rising temperatures, the world’s food supplies are at risk, with deceasing yields in key staple crops. Researchers and innovators are looking at more resilient crops and farm animals — from...

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Honor Ruth. Be a trailblazer where you are. Don’t be ordinary. Be you. Fully.
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Yale Environment 360@YaleE36020 Jun 2020
The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to an analysis. Without rapid cuts to carbon emissions, 400 million people could be exposed to coastal flooding each year by 2100. From @guardian through the @ClimateDesk: e360.yale.edu/digest/theres-…
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