🌳 Forests cover about one-third of our planet’s land.🌲

But as pressures mount, how are they faring?

Explore the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 interactive story 👉 https://t.co/QiQKIyCKen

#FRA2025 https://t.co/BQ8ZYFSmDU

FAO Forestry

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Tomorrow is #WorldPangolinDay, between 2016 to 2024, seizures of pangolin products involved more than an estimated half a million pangolins across 75 countries and 178 trade routes.

Learn what can be done to combat the illegal trade in pangolins in our recent report with @CITES ➡️ https://t.co/qwboBRehwW

IUCN

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📢 GHG Protocol launched the Land Sector and Removals Standard, its first global framework for accounting emissions and CO₂ removals from agriculture and land use. This fills a major gap in corporate climate accounting.

Explore the full Standard 👉 https://t.co/IOIOw8jNS6 https://t.co/hmQFUu0064

WRI Climate

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At #SBI6, Parties to the CBD reached broad agreement on key enablers for implementing the #KMGBF including finance, gender equality, capacity-building, and cooperation — paving the way toward #COP17 and the first global review of progress.

Press release👇
https://t.co/qYlyRckwv2 https://t.co/mttYMFOU8s

UN Biodiversity

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There's a lot to see in today's #FullDiskFriday imagery from @NOAA's #GOESEast! #SaharanDust is pushing westward off the coast of Africa as a powerful low spins in the North Atlantic.

In South America, summertime thunderstorms are rumbling across the landscape. 

Get the latest eyeful from GOES East (#GOES19) anytime, here: https://t.co/Ci8NJk2gbT

NOAA Satellites

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RT @NASASolarSystem: Colors of the aurora: Red, green, purple… black? 🤔

Mysterious “black auroras” are real, and they’re not like the northern and southern lights you’ve seen before. Inside these dark spots, strange physics is at work — and a NASA rocket just launched from Alaska to reveal it. 🚀 ✨

NASA’s Illuminate: Out-of-this-world images shining light on our Sun and solar system.

#NASAsIlluminate #NASA #sun #space #science #auroras #rockets

NASA Earth

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Sri Lanka’s Country #ClimateAndDevelopment Report highlights 3 priorities for resilient growth:
🌾 Rural resilience & prosperity
🏙️ Investing in livable cities
⚡ Clean energy

👉 Read the report to learn more: https://t.co/o1COgfChoS https://t.co/mlx3cJHZv1

World Bank Climate

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RT @oceanexplorer: Some deep-sea animals look bigger on camera than they are in real life, since there’s rarely anything familiar in the background to compare them to. That’s not the case here, though! The “big red jelly,” Tiburonia granrojo, can grow to over a meter (three feet) across. https://t.co/iYiVjFes1n

NOAA Research

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Prepare to by hypnotized by this mesmerizing low pressure system swirling over the Pacific Ocean. https://t.co/F9FlhRBsTD

CIRA

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A winter weather maker moves across the Four Corners region.
This system is also expected to bring strong wind to eastern New Mexico and western Texas today. https://t.co/kgLaPHyM2k

CIRA

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Disasters strike hardest where inequality already runs deepest.💸

🛡️ We need stronger protective systems and inclusive risk governance for a more just, resilient world.

Effective disaster risk reduction requires social justice ➡️ https://t.co/J1h75bENCz #SocialJusticeDay https://t.co/vqes3p1Bp1

UNDRR

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Fri Feb 20 2230 UTC: A Gale Warning is in effect for portions of the eastern North Pacific. More info: https://t.co/tJHvydzWEm

NHC_TAFB

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Fri Feb 20 2230 UTC: A Gale Warning is in effect for the Gulf of America. More info: https://t.co/B4BuNHCIyw

NHC_TAFB

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Rare Feb. tornadoes in the midwest Thurs night (2/19). @NOAASatellites #GOES19 loop shows CIMSS ProbSevere on top of IR window & radar. Red polygons show @NWSIndianapolis issued tornado warnings; contours are ProbSevere-ID'd severe WX areas. Blog: https://t.co/zLzV68TIk3 https://t.co/2lQFkCuH1Z

UW-Madison CIMSS

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The Sierra Nevada mountains are sporting a fresh new snowpack following a barrage of winter storms this week that dropped up to multiple feet of snow in some locations. https://t.co/GN7fNgEFrL

CIRA

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RT @NWSCorpus: A cold front Saturday, will result in gusty conditions across the waters. A Gale Watch has been issued across all waters for north winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 35 knots and seas 7-10 feet possible. This will be in effect Saturday evening through Sunday morning. https://t.co/EJPcwsUGpg

NHC_TAFB

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RT @NWSCorpus: Visibilities over the bays and nearshore waters will fall below 1 mile tonight making for difficult navigation. A dense fog advisory is in effect through noon Friday. https://t.co/7pdDZp3fr6

NHC_TAFB

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