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Satellite record shows boreal forests expanded 12% and shifted north since 1985 #environment

Satellite record shows boreal forests expanded 12% and shifted north since 1985
The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Min Feng and colleagues analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020, leveraging the longest and highest-resolution satellite record of calibrated tree cover to date. The study, published in Biogeosciences with four co-authors from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, confirms a northward shift in boreal forest cover over the past four decades.

For those who have been hearing of a Fly Brain being uploaded, the work you've been hearing of is impressive, yet as always the pop science media has warped what happened a bit:
„The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.”
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The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.
Scientists mapped a fruit fly’s 139,255 neurons in extraordinary detail. Then a startup turned that milestone into a story about brain…

Interesting to hear about the newly approved Invercargill 'AI' cloud data center(centre?) mentioned in the media today. This is usefulish: https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/nzs-first-ai-factory-given-green-light-invercargill Doing a wee bit of d…

Veteran Becomes First Double-Amputee to Climb Highest Peak on Every Continent: Conquering the 7 Summits https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veteran-is-first-double-amputee-to-climb-highest-peak-on-every-continent…

Veteran Becomes First Double-Amputee to Climb Highest Peak on Every Continent: Conquering a 7-Summit Challenge
A veteran who lost both his legs became the first double amputee to reach the summit of the highest peaks on every continent in the world.

The Guardian names Netflix's former director of product Allan Donald as its first VP of product; Donald oversaw the content discovery operation at Netflix (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Guardian poaches from Netflix for first vice president of product
Netflix director of product Allan Donald has been named as The Guardian's first vice president of product.

Trump 'extremely frustrated' with Russia, Ukraine amid slow peace progress, White House says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/12/trump-extremely-frustrated-with-russia.html

The U.S. dropped nearly $6 billion worth of munitions on Iran in just the first two days of the U.S.-Israeli assault, officials say,
giving a sense of the staggering scope of the carpet bombing campaign as the Trump administration sweeps aside affordability crises at home.
Three U.S. officials told The Washington Post that the U.S. dropped $5.6 billion in the first two days of its bombardments.
This represents hundreds of “precision” weapons like Terminal High Altitude Area …

US Dropped $5.6 Billion Worth of Bombs on Iran in First 2 Days of War Alone
Four days into the war, US Central Command said that the US had struck 2,000 targets using more than 2,000 munitions.

Panthers alone in first in NFC South, eyeing playoffs after Bucs' loss to Falcons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6884709/2025/12/12/panthers-first-place-nfc-south/

Jets rookie Brady Cook gets first start vs. Jags https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47286647/jets-rookie-brady-cook-make-first-nfl-start-vs-jaguars

2026 NFL mock draft: Projecting all 32 first-round picks after Seahawks' Super Bowl win

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-draft-first-round-proj…