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Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 4d

🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*

Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.

*linked to air pollution in previous studies

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Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine p...

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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 2d

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 4d

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How generative AI is really changing education – by outsourcing the production of knowledge to big tech

We need to understand what AI means for how knowledge is created.

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Climate Change API @climateapi.bsky.social · 5d

Current UK Energy Sources:
• 1.6% biomass,
• 0% coal,
• 14.1% gas,
• 8.2% nuclear,
• 0% hydro,
• 11.5% solar,
• 63.8% wind,
• 0.7% imports,
• 0% other sources

Carbon (CO2) intensity is low (57 gCO2eq/kWh)

Data correct as of 04/10/2025 10:30 AM

Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 5d

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 5d

Storm Amy brings negative electricity prices to UK

Gusty weather drives huge amounts of wind power into the grid

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 5d

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Why we need more Jane Goodalls

Her ability to move between academia, media and policy was almost unique.

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Climate Change API @climateapi.bsky.social · 5d

Current UK Energy Sources:
• 3.3% biomass,
• 0% coal,
• 15.6% gas,
• 7.9% nuclear,
• 0% hydro,
• 1.6% solar,
• 62.2% wind,
• 9.3% imports,
• 0% other sources

Carbon (CO2) intensity is low (69 gCO2eq/kWh)

Data correct as of 03/10/2025 04:30 PM

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.

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Climate Change API @climateapi.bsky.social · 6d

Current UK Energy Sources:
• 9.6% biomass,
• 0% coal,
• 16.4% gas,
• 7.7% nuclear,
• 0% hydro,
• 6.7% solar,
• 47.4% wind,
• 12.1% imports,
• 0% other sources

Carbon (CO2) intensity is low (90 gCO2eq/kWh)

Data correct as of 02/10/2025 04:30 PM

'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live

Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 7d

This is a huge loss.
Rest in peace Jane

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

The primatologist was a

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Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet

Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 8d

#EducateGirls #ProjectDrawdown

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For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

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Climate Change API @climateapi.bsky.social · 10d

Current UK Energy Sources:
• 11% biomass,
• 0% coal,
• 40.2% gas,
• 9.2% nuclear,
• 0% hydro,
• 18.5% solar,
• 4.3% wind,
• 16.8% imports,
• 0% other sources

Carbon (CO2) intensity is high (184 gCO2eq/kWh)

Data correct as of 28/09/2025 04:30 PM

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 10d

U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy banned from using words like "climate change" or "emissions"...you know, phrases that have nothing to do with things like energy efficiency or renewable energy 🤦‍♂️

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 11d

Humans value simple answers confidently delivered, irrespective of whether or not they are factually correct.

So that’s what #AI is giving us….

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Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow

The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.

We risk a deluge of AI-written ‘science’ pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it

Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 11d

The battle for scientific integrity….

#DefendScience #AI

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We have to tighten up on what research policymakers rely on, and also the inner workings of peer review.

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 11d

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Martin Hundhausen @mhundhausen.bsky.social · 11d

Kennt Ihr den hydraulischen Widder? Als Denkmal kann man das noch sehen. Wasser fließt mit geringer Höhendifferenz durch ein Rohr zum Widder, der dann einen Teil des Wassers mit hohem Druck in eine. Steigleitung führt. Auf diese Weise wurden Dörfer automatisch mit Wasser versorgt

Eine Skizze zeigt das Prinzip des hydraulischen Widders. Links eine Triebleitung mit einem Windkessel und nach oben eine Steigleitung mit einem Hochbehälter.

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 11d

#GreenSkills #Wind #Energy #STEM

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College submits plans for wind turbine on campus

A COLLEGE in south Cumbria has lodged plans to place a wind turbine on its grounds in a bid to teach students about renewable energy.

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Pam Dugdale @physicsgirluk.bsky.social · 11d

Why hotter summers are bad for the UK economy

Just one degree of temperature rises can curb economic growth by 2.4%, research has found.