Biff Vernon
@biffvernon.bsky.social
More than a bit concerened about global heating and climate change.
First global heating related extreme weather event of 2025 comes from Manchester.
January 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
First global heating related extreme weather event of 2025 comes from Manchester.
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For the first time ever all the producers of operational surface temperature products will coordinate their 2024 releases on Jan 10.
This includes NASA, NOAA, Hadley Centre/CRU, Berkeley Earth and Copernicus (ECMWF).
This includes NASA, NOAA, Hadley Centre/CRU, Berkeley Earth and Copernicus (ECMWF).
🌡️ 2024 saw repeated record breaking temperatures.
📈On 10 January, we're releasing the Global Climate Highlights, covering the key data from the 2024 climate, including temperature, sea ice and greenhouse gas d#CopernicusClimatelimate
📈On 10 January, we're releasing the Global Climate Highlights, covering the key data from the 2024 climate, including temperature, sea ice and greenhouse gas d#CopernicusClimatelimate
December 30, 2024 at 11:26 AM
For the first time ever all the producers of operational surface temperature products will coordinate their 2024 releases on Jan 10.
This includes NASA, NOAA, Hadley Centre/CRU, Berkeley Earth and Copernicus (ECMWF).
This includes NASA, NOAA, Hadley Centre/CRU, Berkeley Earth and Copernicus (ECMWF).
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Congratulations to Prof. Phil Jones (UEA) for receiving an OBE for services to climatology!
Well deserved and long overdue recognition for his efforts over many decades to collate and analyse observational records of climatic changes.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...
Well deserved and long overdue recognition for his efforts over many decades to collate and analyse observational records of climatic changes.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...
December 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Phil Jones (UEA) for receiving an OBE for services to climatology!
Well deserved and long overdue recognition for his efforts over many decades to collate and analyse observational records of climatic changes.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...
Well deserved and long overdue recognition for his efforts over many decades to collate and analyse observational records of climatic changes.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...
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🚨 The first preliminary analysis from the Japan Meteorological Agency highlights 2024 as the warmest year on record globally (since at least 1891 in this data).
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
December 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
🚨 The first preliminary analysis from the Japan Meteorological Agency highlights 2024 as the warmest year on record globally (since at least 1891 in this data).
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.
Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊
It's all very well people saying nice things about Jimmy Carter now, but shame they didn't listen and act accordingly at the time.
December 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM
It's all very well people saying nice things about Jimmy Carter now, but shame they didn't listen and act accordingly at the time.
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30/12/24 - nocturn
December 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM
30/12/24 - nocturn
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We don’t talk enough about the importance of standard components in a greener economy. Engineers always say “but *our* design for battery/connector/module is 2% better than a standard one”, missing the point that it’s far worse for repair, reuse, recycling & minimising extra “stuff”. It’s maddening.
It’s time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
December 28, 2024 at 9:56 AM
We don’t talk enough about the importance of standard components in a greener economy. Engineers always say “but *our* design for battery/connector/module is 2% better than a standard one”, missing the point that it’s far worse for repair, reuse, recycling & minimising extra “stuff”. It’s maddening.
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Excellent to see Labour getting rid of the arbitrary deadline to register all historic rights of way.
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Excellent to see Labour getting rid of the arbitrary deadline to register all historic rights of way.
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.
Next step: a right of responsible access, please!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Atlantic circulation will respond to warming has been an active topic of study for many decades.
Each new individual study should be taken within the larger context of that field. That’s why I follow @rahmstorf.bsky.social and I recommend his latest talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_Y...
Each new individual study should be taken within the larger context of that field. That’s why I follow @rahmstorf.bsky.social and I recommend his latest talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_Y...
December 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
How Atlantic circulation will respond to warming has been an active topic of study for many decades.
Each new individual study should be taken within the larger context of that field. That’s why I follow @rahmstorf.bsky.social and I recommend his latest talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_Y...
Each new individual study should be taken within the larger context of that field. That’s why I follow @rahmstorf.bsky.social and I recommend his latest talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_Y...
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"We have just lost a liberal independent newspaper", Cadwalladr said.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/c...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/c...
Carole Cadwalladr leaves the Observer following Tortoise Media buyout
Pulitzer finalist Carole Cadwalladr has confirmed that she will be leaving the Observer after 19 years following Tortoise sale.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:37 PM
"We have just lost a liberal independent newspaper", Cadwalladr said.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/c...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/c...
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Whoever controls production, and the surplus we produce, determines the shape and direction of our civilisation. If we do not have democratic control over our surplus then we can hardly say we live in a democracy.
December 22, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Whoever controls production, and the surplus we produce, determines the shape and direction of our civilisation. If we do not have democratic control over our surplus then we can hardly say we live in a democracy.
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This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords.
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
December 21, 2024 at 8:08 AM
This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords.
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
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Just ban the effing things you idiots - all of them, all the time
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed
Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SB
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Just ban the effing things you idiots - all of them, all the time
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"I don't care if its tainted money" Lincs debates nuclear waste dump. Local Authorities now entirely suborned
December 19, 2024 at 9:43 AM
"I don't care if its tainted money" Lincs debates nuclear waste dump. Local Authorities now entirely suborned
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Climate change intensified the series of five typhoons and a tropical storm that impacted the Philippines over 23 days in October and November.
Our study found that a greater number of typhoons landfalling in the country are reaching Category 3-5 levels as fossil fuel emissions heat the climate.
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Our study found that a greater number of typhoons landfalling in the country are reaching Category 3-5 levels as fossil fuel emissions heat the climate.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Climate change intensified the series of five typhoons and a tropical storm that impacted the Philippines over 23 days in October and November.
Our study found that a greater number of typhoons landfalling in the country are reaching Category 3-5 levels as fossil fuel emissions heat the climate.
🧵
Our study found that a greater number of typhoons landfalling in the country are reaching Category 3-5 levels as fossil fuel emissions heat the climate.
🧵
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From scrutinising participants in UN climate summits more closely to tightening up the rules on which countries can host them and the deals they do, there are ways to clean up COPs
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/18/h...
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/18/h...
How to take back control of COP from the world's biggest polluters
From scrutinising participants to tightening up the rules on which countries can host them, there are ways to clean up a COP from polluters
www.climatechangenews.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 AM
From scrutinising participants in UN climate summits more closely to tightening up the rules on which countries can host them and the deals they do, there are ways to clean up COPs
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/18/h...
www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/18/h...
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SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE still "working" in UK nuclear power station,7yrs after it CLOSED!
Insane immorality of nuclear power.
Dumping cost of toxic waste from 30yrs of electricity,on all future generations.
Just like carbon pollution.
We need renewables,storage,efficiency.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Insane immorality of nuclear power.
Dumping cost of toxic waste from 30yrs of electricity,on all future generations.
Just like carbon pollution.
We need renewables,storage,efficiency.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dungeness: 'Long journey ahead' for nuclear plant clean-up
The turbines at the Dungeness B nuclear power station have been idle since 2018.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 AM
SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE still "working" in UK nuclear power station,7yrs after it CLOSED!
Insane immorality of nuclear power.
Dumping cost of toxic waste from 30yrs of electricity,on all future generations.
Just like carbon pollution.
We need renewables,storage,efficiency.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Insane immorality of nuclear power.
Dumping cost of toxic waste from 30yrs of electricity,on all future generations.
Just like carbon pollution.
We need renewables,storage,efficiency.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Such pleasure to work with Amnesty for #InternationalMigrantsDay to share this simple, but too often silenced message:
How we treat people matters.
It always will.
Please share :)👇
How we treat people matters.
It always will.
Please share :)👇
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we teamed up with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to call for a fairer asylum system.
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz...
#HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
It's time to have a serious conversation about migration.
YouTube video by Amnesty International UK
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Such pleasure to work with Amnesty for #InternationalMigrantsDay to share this simple, but too often silenced message:
How we treat people matters.
It always will.
Please share :)👇
How we treat people matters.
It always will.
Please share :)👇
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The Church of England and its tolerance for abusers is a disgrace.
And these bishops who put the safety of children last, well behind their concern for the Church's reputation and fell feeling for their abusing colleagues, should absolutely not be in the House of Lords.
And these bishops who put the safety of children last, well behind their concern for the Church's reputation and fell feeling for their abusing colleagues, should absolutely not be in the House of Lords.
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
The Church of England and its tolerance for abusers is a disgrace.
And these bishops who put the safety of children last, well behind their concern for the Church's reputation and fell feeling for their abusing colleagues, should absolutely not be in the House of Lords.
And these bishops who put the safety of children last, well behind their concern for the Church's reputation and fell feeling for their abusing colleagues, should absolutely not be in the House of Lords.
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Disgusting. A new University of York study has found that sites popular with swimmers around the UK to be suffering from pollution with bacteria and chemicals alongside resistance genes that could limit the effectiveness of modern medicine.
UK inland bathing sites polluted with ‘perfect storm’ of chemical cocktails
A new study reveals UK rivers are polluted with harmful chemicals and antibiotic resistance genes, endangering health and ecosystems
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Disgusting. A new University of York study has found that sites popular with swimmers around the UK to be suffering from pollution with bacteria and chemicals alongside resistance genes that could limit the effectiveness of modern medicine.
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The UK edition of THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS is out on Thursday!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
October 29, 2024 at 4:38 PM
The UK edition of THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS is out on Thursday!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
@amywestervelt.bsky.social: "This is one of the best explanations...of how the heck the climate crisis has gone unchecked for so long."
Publishers Weekly: "A revelatory study" (starred review).
Bill McKibben👇
1/2
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Given the magnitude of what has been happening in Georgia it's amazing how little we hear of it.
Today Alex Skrivener provided analysis & explanation of the immense protest movement over an apparently stolen election & the fight between the EU & Putin's imperialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWx...
Today Alex Skrivener provided analysis & explanation of the immense protest movement over an apparently stolen election & the fight between the EU & Putin's imperialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWx...
Georgia Uprising - Updates from the ground
YouTube video by Another Europe is Possible
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Given the magnitude of what has been happening in Georgia it's amazing how little we hear of it.
Today Alex Skrivener provided analysis & explanation of the immense protest movement over an apparently stolen election & the fight between the EU & Putin's imperialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWx...
Today Alex Skrivener provided analysis & explanation of the immense protest movement over an apparently stolen election & the fight between the EU & Putin's imperialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWx...