Žiga Malek
@zigamalek.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the Biotechnical faculty of the University of Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Vienna 🇦🇹 | 🇸🇮&🇪🇺 |
Rinderzucht in Europa bedroht - ehrgeizige, zeitnahe und räumlich gezielte Anpassungsmaßnahmen sind nötig.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Bis 2050 droht Milliarden Menschen weltweit extreme Hitze
Bereits in diesem Jahrzehnt ist mit massiven Auswirkungen zu rechnen. Investitionen in nachhaltige Kühlsysteme sind "dringlicher als bisher angenommen"
www.derstandard.at
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Rinderzucht in Europa bedroht - ehrgeizige, zeitnahe und räumlich gezielte Anpassungsmaßnahmen sind nötig.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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🐄☀️ Climate change is reshaping agriculture. A new IIASA study shows 11–22% of Europe’s cattle could face 15+ additional heatwave days per year by ~2050, threatening animal welfare, productivity & livelihoods. Targeted adaptation policies are urgently needed.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🐄☀️ Climate change is reshaping agriculture. A new IIASA study shows 11–22% of Europe’s cattle could face 15+ additional heatwave days per year by ~2050, threatening animal welfare, productivity & livelihoods. Targeted adaptation policies are urgently needed.
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jan-202...
Živim v centru Radovljice, strnjenem naselju z okoli 6000 prebivalci. Poleg slabega zraka zaradi kurjenja drv, sem zadnje čase - ko sem sprehajal dojenčka - začel vohat še nek drug, znan vonj. Nek sintetični smrad, ki mi je skoraj požgal nosnice. Dolgo časa nisem vedel kaj to je.
Če nimaš, nabavi.
Majn dimljenja pri podžiganju, kot če to počneš "klasično"
Majn dimljenja pri podžiganju, kot če to počneš "klasično"
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Živim v centru Radovljice, strnjenem naselju z okoli 6000 prebivalci. Poleg slabega zraka zaradi kurjenja drv, sem zadnje čase - ko sem sprehajal dojenčka - začel vohat še nek drug, znan vonj. Nek sintetični smrad, ki mi je skoraj požgal nosnice. Dolgo časa nisem vedel kaj to je.
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Bor Pavlovčič: od skakalnice in motenj hranjenja do kuhinje butične restavracije #DrugaKariera
Po kalvariji zaradi teže slovenski skakalec srečo našel drugje #video
"Vedno sem rad skakal, samo svet skokov se mi je zameril: po eni strani zaradi pravil, ki uničujejo šport, po drugi strani pa zaradi mojih težav s težo. Če bi lahko težo ohranjal normalno in brez skra...
siol.net
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Bor Pavlovčič: od skakalnice in motenj hranjenja do kuhinje butične restavracije #DrugaKariera
Kar zanimiv kviz - razen tega kje je bil rojen Gronkjaer sem imel vse prav, tako da ne bi zamešal Grenlandije in Islandije 😀
US President Donald Trump has appeared to repeatedly confuse Greenland with Iceland in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday.
Do you know the difference between Iceland and Greenland?
Take our quiz to find out 👇
Do you know the difference between Iceland and Greenland?
Take our quiz to find out 👇
Greenland or Iceland: Do you know the difference?
Donald Trump mixed up the two countries in Davos. Will you make the same mistake in our quiz?
www.politico.eu
January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Kar zanimiv kviz - razen tega kje je bil rojen Gronkjaer sem imel vse prav, tako da ne bi zamešal Grenlandije in Islandije 😀
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NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 AM
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
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We can all help boycott the US, starting now.
American browsers, mail and vpn services, cloud storage and office software can all be replaced with better European alternatives.
Think Vivaldi, Proton, and LibreOffice, for example.
european-alternatives.eu
American browsers, mail and vpn services, cloud storage and office software can all be replaced with better European alternatives.
Think Vivaldi, Proton, and LibreOffice, for example.
european-alternatives.eu
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We can all help boycott the US, starting now.
American browsers, mail and vpn services, cloud storage and office software can all be replaced with better European alternatives.
Think Vivaldi, Proton, and LibreOffice, for example.
european-alternatives.eu
American browsers, mail and vpn services, cloud storage and office software can all be replaced with better European alternatives.
Think Vivaldi, Proton, and LibreOffice, for example.
european-alternatives.eu
Nedavno sem za Delo napisal, zakaj je Gatesovo mnenje o tem, da nižanje izpustov ne bi smela biti naša prioriteta, problematično. In bil začuden nad Gatesovim nenadnim spreobrnjenjem, saj je včasih podpiral odločen boj proti podnebnim spremembam.
www.delo.si/novice/znano...
www.delo.si/novice/znano...
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Nedavno sem za Delo napisal, zakaj je Gatesovo mnenje o tem, da nižanje izpustov ne bi smela biti naša prioriteta, problematično. In bil začuden nad Gatesovim nenadnim spreobrnjenjem, saj je včasih podpiral odločen boj proti podnebnim spremembam.
www.delo.si/novice/znano...
www.delo.si/novice/znano...
Paper alert: we analysed near future exposure of European cattle to heatwaves. 11 to 26% of current cattle - or 6 to 14 million cattle livestock units - in the EU+UK is projected to be exposed to 15 or more additional days of heatwaves by 2050.
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Client Challenge
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Paper alert: we analysed near future exposure of European cattle to heatwaves. 11 to 26% of current cattle - or 6 to 14 million cattle livestock units - in the EU+UK is projected to be exposed to 15 or more additional days of heatwaves by 2050.
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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Conservatively estimated 32 millon hectares of land is used for producing 1,400 TWh of biofuel per year. If that land instead was covered* by solar panels, it would surpass the *total* current electricity production worldwide 🤯.
*: Not that it should, just for comparison.
*: Not that it should, just for comparison.
Biofuels are absurdly inefficient compared to electric vehicles.
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
A great piece in @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
ourworldindata.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Conservatively estimated 32 millon hectares of land is used for producing 1,400 TWh of biofuel per year. If that land instead was covered* by solar panels, it would surpass the *total* current electricity production worldwide 🤯.
*: Not that it should, just for comparison.
*: Not that it should, just for comparison.
I taught classes of roughly 200 students and managed to indoctrinate most of them each year to use free and open source geographic information system software @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy instead of closed commercial software
Anyone asserting that professors are indoctrinating students needs to teach a 200+ person intro class. How am I going to find time to indoctrinate students when I spend all day responding to emails with variations like "As stated in class and in the syllabus . . ."
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I taught classes of roughly 200 students and managed to indoctrinate most of them each year to use free and open source geographic information system software @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy instead of closed commercial software
"Lepo" je videt, da so tudi novi akterji na političnem parketu predstavniki polovice prebivalstva. Očitno je v politiki že dovolj žensk.
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
"Lepo" je videt, da so tudi novi akterji na političnem parketu predstavniki polovice prebivalstva. Očitno je v politiki že dovolj žensk.
Nisem prepričan da ima najnovejše podatke. T&E ocenjuje, da ima celo na Kitajskem proizveden avto, ki se vozi v državi, kjer prevladujejo termoelektrarne na premog v celotnem življenjskem ciklu 37% nižje izpuste. In to upoštevajoč rudarjenje in reciklažo.
Se pa seveda strinjam, da ni črno-belo...
Se pa seveda strinjam, da ni črno-belo...
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Nisem prepričan da ima najnovejše podatke. T&E ocenjuje, da ima celo na Kitajskem proizveden avto, ki se vozi v državi, kjer prevladujejo termoelektrarne na premog v celotnem življenjskem ciklu 37% nižje izpuste. In to upoštevajoč rudarjenje in reciklažo.
Se pa seveda strinjam, da ni črno-belo...
Se pa seveda strinjam, da ni črno-belo...
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"Visual language can communicate up to 30,000 times faster than the written word." the cover's designer told Newsweek.
Designer Defends Trump-Hitler Magazine Cover—’Parallels Are Fairly Clear’
www.newsweek.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"Visual language can communicate up to 30,000 times faster than the written word." the cover's designer told Newsweek.
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
Vesel božič ter dan samostojnosti in enotnosti in srečno novo leto vsem. Če kdo rabi potico, naraščaj jo je spekel za nekaj gospodinjstev 😀
December 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Vesel božič ter dan samostojnosti in enotnosti in srečno novo leto vsem. Če kdo rabi potico, naraščaj jo je spekel za nekaj gospodinjstev 😀
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Noam Chomsky has spent about 60 years telling us that billionaires control the world through corporate propaganda.
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Noam Chomsky has spent about 60 years telling us that billionaires control the world through corporate propaganda.
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Vrana iz družine Prevc
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Vrana iz družine Prevc
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Greece is about to complete one of the most ambitious coal phaseouts in the world.
But Western Macedonia, its longtime energy region, is struggling to adapt.
“It’s like the Titanic,” one source said, “Everybody dancing on board, but the disaster is coming.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
But Western Macedonia, its longtime energy region, is struggling to adapt.
“It’s like the Titanic,” one source said, “Everybody dancing on board, but the disaster is coming.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
www.canarymedia.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Greece is about to complete one of the most ambitious coal phaseouts in the world.
But Western Macedonia, its longtime energy region, is struggling to adapt.
“It’s like the Titanic,” one source said, “Everybody dancing on board, but the disaster is coming.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
But Western Macedonia, its longtime energy region, is struggling to adapt.
“It’s like the Titanic,” one source said, “Everybody dancing on board, but the disaster is coming.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
Da si je ameriška vlada izbrala Times New Roman za font je zanimivo, glede na to, da bodo kmalu pisali v ruski cirilici.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Da si je ameriška vlada izbrala Times New Roman za font je zanimivo, glede na to, da bodo kmalu pisali v ruski cirilici.
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The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.