Murali Thoppil
@murali11.bsky.social
Research Associate @ University of Bristol
/ Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change
Forest Research | Carbon Removals | Monitoring, Reporting & Verification
/ Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change
Forest Research | Carbon Removals | Monitoring, Reporting & Verification
Studies have found South Asians tend to have more body fat than white people at the same Body Mass Index, including storing more fat within organs like the liver or pancreas.
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Obesity in India: How 'pot belly' went from status symbol to silent killer
India’s obesity crisis is surging - and the humble pot belly may be a bigger villain than it seems.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Studies have found South Asians tend to have more body fat than white people at the same Body Mass Index, including storing more fat within organs like the liver or pancreas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there an AI bubble? Cool dashboard from Azeem Azhar showing different factors that could contribute to an AI bubble
boomorbubble.ai
boomorbubble.ai
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November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Is there an AI bubble? Cool dashboard from Azeem Azhar showing different factors that could contribute to an AI bubble
boomorbubble.ai
boomorbubble.ai
Personally, I don't think Zarah Sultana or Zack Polanski should be discussing NATO in any way, it's just not a hill worth dying on. They're more likely to gain most votes by focusing on cost of living such as affordable housing and cheap energy, which more people care about.
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Personally, I don't think Zarah Sultana or Zack Polanski should be discussing NATO in any way, it's just not a hill worth dying on. They're more likely to gain most votes by focusing on cost of living such as affordable housing and cheap energy, which more people care about.
Do global targets and agreements make a difference? Yes, according to this chart showing the impacts 10 years on from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Emissions rates have decreased by 5x compared to the previous years due to national policies and the solar revolution.
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Do global targets and agreements make a difference? Yes, according to this chart showing the impacts 10 years on from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Emissions rates have decreased by 5x compared to the previous years due to national policies and the solar revolution.
news.sky.com/story/how-ma...
According to government statistics published in July, 262 prisoners were released in error in the 12 months to March 2025 -a 128% increase from 115 the previous year. This is definitely a wider problem and not a single issue
According to government statistics published in July, 262 prisoners were released in error in the 12 months to March 2025 -a 128% increase from 115 the previous year. This is definitely a wider problem and not a single issue
How many prisoners are released by mistake?
Politicians and the public have reacted with fury after it emerged that Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was released in error.
news.sky.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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According to government statistics published in July, 262 prisoners were released in error in the 12 months to March 2025 -a 128% increase from 115 the previous year. This is definitely a wider problem and not a single issue
According to government statistics published in July, 262 prisoners were released in error in the 12 months to March 2025 -a 128% increase from 115 the previous year. This is definitely a wider problem and not a single issue
I made this chart showing how life expectancy barely changed for most of human history and then suddenly exploded in the last few hundred years.
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I made this chart showing how life expectancy barely changed for most of human history and then suddenly exploded in the last few hundred years.
Recently watched the show Chernobyl, and as much as it was a gripping drama and demonstrated the culture of cover-up and secrecy, it's always good to be reminded of the facts, which is why I love this chart from OWID showing the low rate of deaths from nuclear compared to fossil fuels
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Recently watched the show Chernobyl, and as much as it was a gripping drama and demonstrated the culture of cover-up and secrecy, it's always good to be reminded of the facts, which is why I love this chart from OWID showing the low rate of deaths from nuclear compared to fossil fuels
It's crazy how much quicker I am at replying to messages when I'm on WhatsApp web or desktop. Something about messaging on text that is exhausting
July 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's crazy how much quicker I am at replying to messages when I'm on WhatsApp web or desktop. Something about messaging on text that is exhausting
2024 set a grim record for tropical forest loss, with Bolivia losing 1.5M hectares, a 200% surge and Brazil clearing 6,288 km² of Amazon, largely due to fires set for soy, cattle, and sugarcane production. Climate-driven droughts also turned these fires into megafires, fueling a cycle of destruction
May 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
2024 set a grim record for tropical forest loss, with Bolivia losing 1.5M hectares, a 200% surge and Brazil clearing 6,288 km² of Amazon, largely due to fires set for soy, cattle, and sugarcane production. Climate-driven droughts also turned these fires into megafires, fueling a cycle of destruction
I was thinking about making an app like this recently where you can see how much climate change contributed to the weather you're experiencing on the day. Really interesting tool
The record temps in the UK today were at least 3X more likely because of human caused warming from burning fossil fuels
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
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Climate Shift Index Global Map | Today | Climate Central
The Climate Shift Index® (CSI) Global Map shows the influence of climate change on local daily temperatures around the world.
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May 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I was thinking about making an app like this recently where you can see how much climate change contributed to the weather you're experiencing on the day. Really interesting tool
Almost every type of voter thinks Britain has worsened in the past 10 years across all criteria. Surprisingly this includes Conservative voters even though their party was in charge for virtually all of it!
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Almost every type of voter thinks Britain has worsened in the past 10 years across all criteria. Surprisingly this includes Conservative voters even though their party was in charge for virtually all of it!
Researchers recently created a new colour, olo, by laser-targeting individual M-cones. Your screen can't do that, but it can fatigue your L-cones with red light and then hit the fresher M-cones with green. Focus on the "+" for 25 s, watch the flash, and note the hue you perceive
www.olonewcolor.com
www.olonewcolor.com
Olo — New Color
Simulate the olo color, with a cone fatigue demonstration
www.olonewcolor.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Researchers recently created a new colour, olo, by laser-targeting individual M-cones. Your screen can't do that, but it can fatigue your L-cones with red light and then hit the fresher M-cones with green. Focus on the "+" for 25 s, watch the flash, and note the hue you perceive
www.olonewcolor.com
www.olonewcolor.com
I guess this is the one thing that Leftists and Trump can agree on 😆
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I guess this is the one thing that Leftists and Trump can agree on 😆
The idea that councils could become net zero by 2030 was incredibly ambitious. Gas boilers, electric car uptake, renewable energy generation- most of these things lie outside what the council can do.
www.lgcplus.com/politics/cli...
www.lgcplus.com/politics/cli...
Two thirds of councils not confident of hitting net zero targets | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
Two thirds of councils are not confident of achieving their net zero targets within their set timescales, according to new research. The survey of
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April 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The idea that councils could become net zero by 2030 was incredibly ambitious. Gas boilers, electric car uptake, renewable energy generation- most of these things lie outside what the council can do.
www.lgcplus.com/politics/cli...
www.lgcplus.com/politics/cli...
I'm not sure what's wrong with Blueskys algorithm but I'm getting a lot of German tweets on my feed
March 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm not sure what's wrong with Blueskys algorithm but I'm getting a lot of German tweets on my feed
Proposes a low traffic solution based on it working in other places
"No you can't assume the same will happen here!
Ok, let's conduct a trial and see what happens
"....................No!"
It seems like you can't win either way
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
"No you can't assume the same will happen here!
Ok, let's conduct a trial and see what happens
"....................No!"
It seems like you can't win either way
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'Stubbornness in implementing a flawed plan has taken precedence over listening to residents'
If measures must be rolled out by stealth at night surrounded by dozens of police, is that not a sign you might be on the wrong side?
www.bristol247.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Proposes a low traffic solution based on it working in other places
"No you can't assume the same will happen here!
Ok, let's conduct a trial and see what happens
"....................No!"
It seems like you can't win either way
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
"No you can't assume the same will happen here!
Ok, let's conduct a trial and see what happens
"....................No!"
It seems like you can't win either way
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐘𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐊 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬? PM Keir Starmer recently slammed “lawfare” by activists like Dr. Andrew Boswell, who’s challenging Net Zero Teesside Power—a gas carbon capture and storage plant—in court, costing millions in legal fees.
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐘𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐊 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬? PM Keir Starmer recently slammed “lawfare” by activists like Dr. Andrew Boswell, who’s challenging Net Zero Teesside Power—a gas carbon capture and storage plant—in court, costing millions in legal fees.
Recently the UK government released a land use consultation framework, starting a national conversation about how we use land,with around 22% of agricultural land potentially being freed up for environmental and climate benefits by 2050.
February 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Recently the UK government released a land use consultation framework, starting a national conversation about how we use land,with around 22% of agricultural land potentially being freed up for environmental and climate benefits by 2050.
I once again find myself believing the statement: the UK is a poor country with some rich people
January 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I once again find myself believing the statement: the UK is a poor country with some rich people
There's this weird phenomenon I've noticed in myself where I strongly attached to living in a city yet I spend most of my time in front of my PC or at the gym
November 30, 2024 at 6:45 PM
There's this weird phenomenon I've noticed in myself where I strongly attached to living in a city yet I spend most of my time in front of my PC or at the gym
There seems to be literally no NHS dentists taking on new patients near where I live. Doing a bit of digging and turns out the number of NHS dentists in the UK has fallen to it's lowest level in the past 10 years (see chart)
November 4, 2023 at 11:19 AM
There seems to be literally no NHS dentists taking on new patients near where I live. Doing a bit of digging and turns out the number of NHS dentists in the UK has fallen to it's lowest level in the past 10 years (see chart)
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social I'm curious as to how you choose what visualisation stories to work on? Is it based on an idea first and then data later or data first and then generate a story from it?
November 2, 2023 at 10:47 AM
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social I'm curious as to how you choose what visualisation stories to work on? Is it based on an idea first and then data later or data first and then generate a story from it?
Looks like the founders of XR are embracing geoengineering to prevent catastrophic climate change- is this a turning point for activists in now looking at more radical measures?
rebellion.global/blog/2023/10...
rebellion.global/blog/2023/10...
November 1, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Looks like the founders of XR are embracing geoengineering to prevent catastrophic climate change- is this a turning point for activists in now looking at more radical measures?
rebellion.global/blog/2023/10...
rebellion.global/blog/2023/10...