Dr Ben King 🌍
@benking01.bsky.social
Long Covid & PE recovery.
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK
Pinned
Wednesday morning and my HRV is still creeping upwards, day by day 😊
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
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Wednesday 2:45pm: I've only reached my 'Exertional' heartrate zone for 3 (separate) minutes, despite having taught 4 back-to-back hour-long lesson before lunchtime!
More than 7 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter, so I'm using my hour-off this afternoon to walk along the seafront 😊
More than 7 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter, so I'm using my hour-off this afternoon to walk along the seafront 😊
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Wednesday 2:45pm: I've only reached my 'Exertional' heartrate zone for 3 (separate) minutes, despite having taught 4 back-to-back hour-long lesson before lunchtime!
More than 7 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter, so I'm using my hour-off this afternoon to walk along the seafront 😊
More than 7 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter, so I'm using my hour-off this afternoon to walk along the seafront 😊
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Wednesday morning and my HRV is still creeping upwards, day by day 😊
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Wednesday morning and my HRV is still creeping upwards, day by day 😊
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
Stable
In Balance
And Ready for the day ahead.
#Pacing and HeartRate monitoring to avoid overexertion.
#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher
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"There is greater acceptance now that there is a detectable acceleration of warming". Great article by John Muyskens and Shannon Osaka in today's Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.c...
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"There is greater acceptance now that there is a detectable acceleration of warming". Great article by John Muyskens and Shannon Osaka in today's Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.c...
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Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
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We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
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So, peanut butter?
If butter is a protected term in the same way as milk, we’re going to need to come up with an alternative name.
Pulverised peanuts.
Peanut mush.
Peanut gunge.
Feel like this needs to be a collective effort. Please add your own!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If butter is a protected term in the same way as milk, we’re going to need to come up with an alternative name.
Pulverised peanuts.
Peanut mush.
Peanut gunge.
Feel like this needs to be a collective effort. Please add your own!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Swedish company claims ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
So, peanut butter?
If butter is a protected term in the same way as milk, we’re going to need to come up with an alternative name.
Pulverised peanuts.
Peanut mush.
Peanut gunge.
Feel like this needs to be a collective effort. Please add your own!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If butter is a protected term in the same way as milk, we’re going to need to come up with an alternative name.
Pulverised peanuts.
Peanut mush.
Peanut gunge.
Feel like this needs to be a collective effort. Please add your own!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY TOTALLY REWRITTEN
SUMMER IN SPAIN-TROPICAL NIGHTS
National record of February highest Minimum
Min. 20.9 Aguilas
Dozens of records pulverized with insane margins
19.5 Castellon
19.0 Cartagena
18.6 Alicante
etc..
Absolutely crazy
EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY TOTALLY REWRITTEN
SUMMER IN SPAIN-TROPICAL NIGHTS
National record of February highest Minimum
Min. 20.9 Aguilas
Dozens of records pulverized with insane margins
19.5 Castellon
19.0 Cartagena
18.6 Alicante
etc..
Absolutely crazy
EXCEPTIONAL WINTER WARMTH IN SPAIN
An exceptionally warm week kicks off in Spain:
Next days we will see up to 28C in the Southeast with locally extraordinarly warm nights and Minimums up to 19C!
Records of February warm nights can fall in some areas from Murcia to Aragon.
An exceptionally warm week kicks off in Spain:
Next days we will see up to 28C in the Southeast with locally extraordinarly warm nights and Minimums up to 19C!
Records of February warm nights can fall in some areas from Murcia to Aragon.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY TOTALLY REWRITTEN
SUMMER IN SPAIN-TROPICAL NIGHTS
National record of February highest Minimum
Min. 20.9 Aguilas
Dozens of records pulverized with insane margins
19.5 Castellon
19.0 Cartagena
18.6 Alicante
etc..
Absolutely crazy
EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY TOTALLY REWRITTEN
SUMMER IN SPAIN-TROPICAL NIGHTS
National record of February highest Minimum
Min. 20.9 Aguilas
Dozens of records pulverized with insane margins
19.5 Castellon
19.0 Cartagena
18.6 Alicante
etc..
Absolutely crazy
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I've published the next in my video series on 'Getting your Class to Behave'. In this episode I talk about being persistent, reinforcing your expectations and not being too hard on yourself when you make mistakes. Please share. Thank you!
youtu.be/OzjJ8rQwxbg
youtu.be/OzjJ8rQwxbg
Getting your Class to Behave: Episode Eight - Being Persistent
YouTube video by Sue Cowley
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I've published the next in my video series on 'Getting your Class to Behave'. In this episode I talk about being persistent, reinforcing your expectations and not being too hard on yourself when you make mistakes. Please share. Thank you!
youtu.be/OzjJ8rQwxbg
youtu.be/OzjJ8rQwxbg
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Explained: The ‘blocked weather pattern’ causing relentless rain to start 2026
The UK has experienced relentless wet weather so far this year. Weather Presenter Liam Dutton examines how long the rain deluge could last.
📩 Read the full newsletter:
channel4news.substack.com/p/explained-...
The UK has experienced relentless wet weather so far this year. Weather Presenter Liam Dutton examines how long the rain deluge could last.
📩 Read the full newsletter:
channel4news.substack.com/p/explained-...
Explained: The ‘blocked weather pattern’ causing relentless rain to start 2026
The UK has experienced relentless wet weather so far this year due to a blocked weather pattern over northeast Europe. Weather Presenter Liam Dutton examines how long the rain deluge could last.
channel4news.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Explained: The ‘blocked weather pattern’ causing relentless rain to start 2026
The UK has experienced relentless wet weather so far this year. Weather Presenter Liam Dutton examines how long the rain deluge could last.
📩 Read the full newsletter:
channel4news.substack.com/p/explained-...
The UK has experienced relentless wet weather so far this year. Weather Presenter Liam Dutton examines how long the rain deluge could last.
📩 Read the full newsletter:
channel4news.substack.com/p/explained-...
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There are nearly 100 flood warnings in place across England.
This is the wettest winter I can remember, yet we still are not seeing serious action to be prepared for the risks. Our infrastructure is not built for the extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent.
This is the wettest winter I can remember, yet we still are not seeing serious action to be prepared for the risks. Our infrastructure is not built for the extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent.
UK weather: Flooding concerns remain after record January rain
Conditions are expected to turn colder later in the week.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
There are nearly 100 flood warnings in place across England.
This is the wettest winter I can remember, yet we still are not seeing serious action to be prepared for the risks. Our infrastructure is not built for the extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent.
This is the wettest winter I can remember, yet we still are not seeing serious action to be prepared for the risks. Our infrastructure is not built for the extreme weather events that are becoming more frequent.
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Sheep, the wooded Walkham Valley and Vixen tor behind, a couple of Februarys ago, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #sheep
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Sheep, the wooded Walkham Valley and Vixen tor behind, a couple of Februarys ago, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #sheep
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Analysis of #CopernicusAtmosphere fire emissions data clearly highlights the extreme nature of the recent devastating fires in Argentina/Chile with total estimated emissions for 2026 so far (1 Jan-10 Feb) exceeding all annual totals since 2003 for Chubut province🇦🇷 & most years for Biobío province🇨🇱
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Analysis of #CopernicusAtmosphere fire emissions data clearly highlights the extreme nature of the recent devastating fires in Argentina/Chile with total estimated emissions for 2026 so far (1 Jan-10 Feb) exceeding all annual totals since 2003 for Chubut province🇦🇷 & most years for Biobío province🇨🇱
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At this point, I probably sound like a broken record. But when study after study shows climate change is fueling devastating fires around the world, what exactly are we waiting for?
www.independent.co.uk/news/patagon...
www.independent.co.uk/news/patagon...
Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely...
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
At this point, I probably sound like a broken record. But when study after study shows climate change is fueling devastating fires around the world, what exactly are we waiting for?
www.independent.co.uk/news/patagon...
www.independent.co.uk/news/patagon...
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We assisted Cornwall Wildlife Trust with Cornwall’s first licensed wild beaver release yesterday! Four pairs have been released after three years of planning and consultation. The beavers will help to restore waterways, improve biodiversity, and increase climate resilience. [1/3]
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
We assisted Cornwall Wildlife Trust with Cornwall’s first licensed wild beaver release yesterday! Four pairs have been released after three years of planning and consultation. The beavers will help to restore waterways, improve biodiversity, and increase climate resilience. [1/3]
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Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
![The autistic community is a large, growing, and heterogeneous population, and there is a need for improved methods to describe their diverse needs. Measures of adaptive functioning collected through public health surveillance may provide valuable information on functioning and support needs at a population level. We aimed to use adaptive behavior and cognitive scores abstracted from health and educational records to describe trends over time in the population prevalence of autism by adaptive level and co-occurrence of intellectual disability (ID). Using data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, years 2000 to 2016, we estimated the prevalence of autism per 1000 8-year-old children by four levels of adaptive challenges (moderate to profound, mild, borderline, or none) and by co-occurrence of ID. The prevalence of autism with mild, borderline, or no significant adaptive challenges increased between 2000 and 2016, from 5.1 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.6–5.5) to 17.6 (95% CI: 17.1–18.1) while the prevalence of autism with moderate to profound challenges decreased slightly, from 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2–1.7) to 1.2 (95% CI: 1.1–1.4). The prevalence increase was greater for autism without co-occurring ID than for autism with co-occurring ID. The increase in autism prevalence between 2000 and 2016 was confined to autism with milder phenotypes. This trend could indicate improved identification of milder forms of autism over time. It is possible that increased access to therapies that improve intellectual and adaptive functioning of children diagnosed with autism also contributed to the trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreibeoudvh2b4ifuiqq7pmnzwg6y6n3caschubukvo6kzqcfn2kdf5i@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🐂💩📈
We are changing the climate of our planet faster than in the known history of our world.
Methane reached a record high of 1946.5 ppb!
That's already much higher than the peak of the mid range climate scenario SSP2-4.5, which peaks at ~1905 ppb in 2030!
We are changing the climate of our planet faster than in the known history of our world.
Methane reached a record high of 1946.5 ppb!
That's already much higher than the peak of the mid range climate scenario SSP2-4.5, which peaks at ~1905 ppb in 2030!
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
🐂💩📈
We are changing the climate of our planet faster than in the known history of our world.
Methane reached a record high of 1946.5 ppb!
That's already much higher than the peak of the mid range climate scenario SSP2-4.5, which peaks at ~1905 ppb in 2030!
We are changing the climate of our planet faster than in the known history of our world.
Methane reached a record high of 1946.5 ppb!
That's already much higher than the peak of the mid range climate scenario SSP2-4.5, which peaks at ~1905 ppb in 2030!
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Weird how public health and infection control leaders still haven't caught up with what the intelligent people were saying in 2020.
Why the Pandemic Will Be a Long, Long Haul | The Tyee
Even with a vaccine and better treatments, COVID-19 will be damaging people’s health for decades.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Weird how public health and infection control leaders still haven't caught up with what the intelligent people were saying in 2020.
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Groundhog day...
Long COVID Is Disabling Kids. Why We Ignore It | The Tyee
And what it will cost us.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Groundhog day...
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Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy
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Between 2002 and 2023, Antarctica shed an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice per year The Thwaites Glacier is ‘hanging on by its fingernails’: buff.ly/44yHuVv
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Between 2002 and 2023, Antarctica shed an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice per year The Thwaites Glacier is ‘hanging on by its fingernails’: buff.ly/44yHuVv
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
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February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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One of my fave community notes to date…
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
One of my fave community notes to date…
