Peter Head
@peterheadcbe.bsky.social
Bridge engineer-land use planner-innovator-sustainable development-systems modelling-solutions focussed. Volunteer for last 15 years. Keen gardener. Chair of several charity Boards. https://resiliencebrokers.org/about/team/
Irises straight from the rainy windy garden today filling the room with deep scent.
December 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Irises straight from the rainy windy garden today filling the room with deep scent.
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide for use for example in planning and disaster risk reduction www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
All the world's buildings available as 3D models for the first time
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at TUM has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide.
www.tum.de
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide for use for example in planning and disaster risk reduction www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
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New startup operator GoVolta has opened ticket sales from March 2026 for its 3-times-a-week services Amsterdam-Hamburg & Amsterdam-Berlin. govolta.nl
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New startup operator GoVolta has opened ticket sales from March 2026 for its 3-times-a-week services Amsterdam-Hamburg & Amsterdam-Berlin. govolta.nl
Cities across Europe and Central Asia are shifting from reactive heat responses to strategic, long-term governance systems that embed heat risk into everyday decision-making. www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-w...
Five ways cities across Europe and Central Asia are adapting to extreme heat
Extreme heat is now one of the most urgent and fastest-growing climate risks across Europe and Central Asia. The summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded in Europe, while Central Asian cities are ...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Cities across Europe and Central Asia are shifting from reactive heat responses to strategic, long-term governance systems that embed heat risk into everyday decision-making. www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-w...
This isn’t just a UK electrical grid upgrade. It’s the enhanced electrification of a nation, re-engineered for net zero and the digital age with community owned power. www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-...
The Great Grid Upgrade: From Pylons to People Power
Harker the Herald: Cumbria’s Front Line in the Great Grid Upgrade and How this Can Help Project Collette The Great Grid Upgrade, launched in 2023, represents the most ambitious overhaul of Britain’s e...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This isn’t just a UK electrical grid upgrade. It’s the enhanced electrification of a nation, re-engineered for net zero and the digital age with community owned power. www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-...
Satellite data shows the main Japan tsunami wave was modulated by the trailing waves as it approached some coast. We now need to quantify this excess of dispersive energy and evaluate if it has an impact that was not considered before. www.earth.com/news/satelli...
Satellite captures the first detailed look at a massive tsunami
A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.
www.earth.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Satellite data shows the main Japan tsunami wave was modulated by the trailing waves as it approached some coast. We now need to quantify this excess of dispersive energy and evaluate if it has an impact that was not considered before. www.earth.com/news/satelli...
Strong solar storms can cause the Earth's atmosphere to expand out into space, which creates more drag for satellites. This can cause them to slow down enough for some to deorbit and fall back to Earth. In February 2022 a solar storm led to the loss of 38 satellites.
Earth.in
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Strong solar storms can cause the Earth's atmosphere to expand out into space, which creates more drag for satellites. This can cause them to slow down enough for some to deorbit and fall back to Earth. In February 2022 a solar storm led to the loss of 38 satellites.
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For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Agrivoltaics in Puerto Rico means farmland not only produces coffee but also serves as a solar power farm which is able to withstand hurricanes. www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'
One Puerto Rican farmer has developed an agrivoltaics system to both grow coffee and produce solar energy.
www.thecooldown.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Agrivoltaics in Puerto Rico means farmland not only produces coffee but also serves as a solar power farm which is able to withstand hurricanes. www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p...
Seeding wildflowers and native plants under solar panels showed that after five years, populations of native bees had risen to 20 times their initial levels www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
New study reveals unexpected benefit of solar farms — here's what it could mean for farmers
A study found that solar farms can provide habitat for pollinators while also harvesting clean, renewable energy.
www.thecooldown.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Seeding wildflowers and native plants under solar panels showed that after five years, populations of native bees had risen to 20 times their initial levels www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Forest protection and restoration can serve as effective nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and cooling in the Mediterranean, one of the world's most vulnerable regions. www.preventionweb.net/news/strictl...
Strictly protected Mediterranean forests stay cooler, study finds
According to new research, Mediterranean forests that are allowed to grow naturally within strictly protected areas can stay up to 2°C cooler during summer heat waves compared to actively managed wood...
www.preventionweb.net
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Forest protection and restoration can serve as effective nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and cooling in the Mediterranean, one of the world's most vulnerable regions. www.preventionweb.net/news/strictl...
Tonight’s Supermoon is visible after the rain- beautiful!
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tonight’s Supermoon is visible after the rain- beautiful!
Floating solar/fish farms are quickly becoming a game-changer in the renewable energy landscape. By making clever use of lakes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water, these installations generate clean power without taking up valuable land perfectsenseenergy.com/solar-insigh...
Floating Solar Farms: 7 Largest and Most Innovative Installations
Floating solar farms are making waves in renewable energy, with the biggest projects worldwide leading the charge for clean power.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Floating solar/fish farms are quickly becoming a game-changer in the renewable energy landscape. By making clever use of lakes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water, these installations generate clean power without taking up valuable land perfectsenseenergy.com/solar-insigh...
We face a planetary-scale threat in the form of a prospective Trump second term and a radicalized GOP intent on implementing, in Project 2025, the most extreme, anti-environmental policy agenda in American history. thebulletin.org/2024/08/proj...
Project 2025: The right-wing conspiracy to torpedo global climate action
The GOP threatens to weaponize a potential second Trump term against any and all domestic climate action. But what happens in the United States doesn’t stay in the United States.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We face a planetary-scale threat in the form of a prospective Trump second term and a radicalized GOP intent on implementing, in Project 2025, the most extreme, anti-environmental policy agenda in American history. thebulletin.org/2024/08/proj...
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It's insane to cut trees, then ship the wood and burn it, to make "sustainable 🤡" electricity, yet Drax continues to get subsidies from us, taxpayers, and to earn over £1 million per day.
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show
Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's insane to cut trees, then ship the wood and burn it, to make "sustainable 🤡" electricity, yet Drax continues to get subsidies from us, taxpayers, and to earn over £1 million per day.
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"In 2000 ~90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time
More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"In 2000 ~90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!"
via Democratic Socialists
'Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time'
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...
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Coral reefs kept Earth's carbon cycle stable for 250 million years
->Oceanographic | #ocean #coral reef #earth | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Oceanographic | #ocean #coral reef #earth | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Coral reefs kept Earth's carbon cycle stable for 250 million years
Most often celebrated for their dazzling biodiversity, coral reefs have more recently been found to have played a profound role in orchestrating the rhythm of Earth’s carbon and climate cycles for more than 250 million years. These are the groundbreaking...
oceanographicmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“We have a tropical forest that is losing humidity with science materialised in three dimensions: mighty rivers that dry up for long periods, killing the fish, harming biodiversity and isolating populations that have always remained integrated with each other”, www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30
Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“We have a tropical forest that is losing humidity with science materialised in three dimensions: mighty rivers that dry up for long periods, killing the fish, harming biodiversity and isolating populations that have always remained integrated with each other”, www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 520 chemicals have been found in English soils, including pharmaceutical products and toxins that were banned decades ago, because of the practice of spreading human waste to fertilise arable land. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances
Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
More than 520 chemicals have been found in English soils, including pharmaceutical products and toxins that were banned decades ago, because of the practice of spreading human waste to fertilise arable land. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New risk analysis using IPCC data found that 4% of airports already face significant operational risk exposure from climate hazards. If carbon pollution is not dramatically reduced, this will increase to 32% - 1 in 3 airports - by 2050. 7735589.hs-sites-ap1.com/global-airpo...
How Climate Extremes Are Disrupting Global Aviation
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December 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New risk analysis using IPCC data found that 4% of airports already face significant operational risk exposure from climate hazards. If carbon pollution is not dramatically reduced, this will increase to 32% - 1 in 3 airports - by 2050. 7735589.hs-sites-ap1.com/global-airpo...
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Mark Rylance accused billionaires of funding climate denying misinformation. “They do it because they don’t want people to act collectively, they want people to feel powerless. They should do better things with their money.”
A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Mark Rylance accused billionaires of funding climate denying misinformation. “They do it because they don’t want people to act collectively, they want people to feel powerless. They should do better things with their money.”
A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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China getting closer to solid state batteries for cars..? interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
China's solid-state EV batteries hit factory floor, promise 2x range
China's GAC achieves a breakthrough areal capacity of 7.7 mAh/cm² on its new pilot line for 60+ Ah solid-state cells.
interestingengineering.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
China getting closer to solid state batteries for cars..? interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
F1 2026 power units are set to deliver an almost 300% increase in electric power. There will also be an even split between internal combustion engine and electric power, giving cars three times more electric braking power. Also DRS replaced by two power boost levels. www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
FIA unveils Formula 1 regulations for 2026 and beyond
Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has unveiled the “agile, competitive, safer and more sustainable” set of regulations that will define the sport from 2026 and beyond.
www.formula1.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
F1 2026 power units are set to deliver an almost 300% increase in electric power. There will also be an even split between internal combustion engine and electric power, giving cars three times more electric braking power. Also DRS replaced by two power boost levels. www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...