🌍 The Congo Basin, one of Earth's most vital wilderness areas, covers over 500 million acres, surpassing the size of Alaska, and ranks as the world's second-largest tropical forest. 🌳

Explore its wonders and importance:

https://t.co/c6FNqJ3Ncy

Via @WWF

UN Biodiversity

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When it comes to adapting to climate change, scientific data is extremely powerful.

The data collected on changes in our environment is a core piece of the puzzle. But another crucial piece is looking at how we're responding – and whether it’s effective. https://t.co/zebOjGfXi5

UNDP Climate

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Ocean covers over
🌎 70% of the planet
🫁 produces at least 50% of the planet's oxygen
🧽 absorbs about 30% of human-induced CO2
🪺 is home to most of the earth's biodiversity

We need to put the Ocean first 🌊🦪🪸🦭

➡️ https://t.co/zKBjvaeoMB https://t.co/c6Of8qHzJg

UNEP-WCMC

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African elephant populations have shrunk 98% since 1500!🌍🐘

Although hundreds of thousands remain, their populations are vulnerable as numbers decline rapidly.

Discover how elephant populations have changed over time w/ @OurWorldInData @_HannahRitchie

https://t.co/uomU3BT88A https://t.co/7fVH9niNzb

ipbes

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Here are some of the biggest threats to sea turtles, putting them at risk of extinction:

🐢Accidental capture
🐢Egg poaching
🐢Pollution
🐢Habitat encroachment

Learn more about what WWF is doing to help these turtles: https://t.co/9wFqTxAzxG. https://t.co/IXY0uAScRh

World Wildlife Fund

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RT @CommerceGov: Reef conservation teams have already relocated thousands of nursery coral colonies to tanks at the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Keys Marine Lab for rehabilitation and safekeeping, hopefully for just the short-term.

More from @NOAAClimate: https://t.co/dAYA3F0BsI https://t.co/p2HplgsmgW

NOAA Research

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Forests & peatlands are valuable carbon stores that hold greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere & limit #globalwarming.

📹 #IPCC Author Chris Trisos explains why protecting, conserving & restoring ecosystems is important for accelerating #climateaction.

https://t.co/zAMzd12lR7 https://t.co/dcX5zGYsXT

IPCC

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#Landsat Level-2 product processing has resumed; U.S. ARD and Level-3 products will become available next week. Products will become visible on EarthExplorer (https://t.co/Q0nwlxa8wk) as they are processed.

Contact USGS EROS Customer Services with any questions. https://t.co/tsEIZ2wXSf

USGS Landsat

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RT @DroughtGov: #DroughtMonitor 8/1: The extreme heat + little to no precip is drying out the Southwest, TX, and LA. The Northwest/Northern Plains are also worsening.

The Midwest remains a mixed bag depending on storm paths.

#Drought2023's Footprint: 23.5% of USA

https://t.co/mljsjQE3B9 @NOAA https://t.co/w0aLf5iWnQ

NOAA

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A fascinating satellite visual of an actinoform cloud swirling over the southeast Pacific Ocean. https://t.co/ofGLYXj3MB

CIRA

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