Torsten Mandal, freelance agronomist
@torstenmandal.bsky.social
Experience freelance agronomist, agroforestry, crops and soils incl. research, training, advise and planning to help small-scale growers in the tropics - mainly Africa.
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Ukraine calls for sanctions against Russia oil tankers over Black Sea spill
Ukraine calls for sanctions against Russia oil tankers over Black Sea spill
Top adviser says vessels that sank and ran aground are part of aged fleet that will continue to cause large-scale damage
Ukraine has called on the international community to take action against Russia’s sanctions-busting oil fleet, after an ageing tanker…
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Ukraine calls for sanctions against Russia oil tankers over Black Sea spill
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Trump will destroy the government agencies that most help working people | Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump will destroy the government agencies that most help working people | Katrina vanden Heuvel
For all its supposed ‘populism’, the new administration will probably target offices that protect consumers
The Republican party has shellacked its clean-cut corporatism, in recent years, with a veneer of economic populism. See JD Vance’s…
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Trump will destroy the government agencies that most help working people | Katrina vanden Heuvel
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I like this chart. My son is reading Factfulness by Hans Rolling right now and getting a good inoculation against some of these. 🧪
We really need to teach our kids how to spot intellectual garbage. This is a hug hole in our educational system.
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I like this chart. My son is reading Factfulness by Hans Rolling right now and getting a good inoculation against some of these. 🧪
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🌊 Atlantic Circulation Weakening
Freshwater input has slowed the Atlantic’s heat and nutrient flow since 1950. With 2°C warming, it could weaken by 33% – disrupting weather, sea levels, and ecosystems worldwide.
🔗 @natureportfolio.bsky.social study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
Freshwater input has slowed the Atlantic’s heat and nutrient flow since 1950. With 2°C warming, it could weaken by 33% – disrupting weather, sea levels, and ecosystems worldwide.
🔗 @natureportfolio.bsky.social study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century - Nature Geoscience
Fresh meltwater entering the Labrador and Irminger seas has resulted in a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since the 1950s, according to a combination of modelling approaches...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:27 PM
🌊 Atlantic Circulation Weakening
Freshwater input has slowed the Atlantic’s heat and nutrient flow since 1950. With 2°C warming, it could weaken by 33% – disrupting weather, sea levels, and ecosystems worldwide.
🔗 @natureportfolio.bsky.social study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
Freshwater input has slowed the Atlantic’s heat and nutrient flow since 1950. With 2°C warming, it could weaken by 33% – disrupting weather, sea levels, and ecosystems worldwide.
🔗 @natureportfolio.bsky.social study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
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WE HAVE A DEAL AT #COP29
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
November 23, 2024 at 10:45 PM
WE HAVE A DEAL AT #COP29
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
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Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text
Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text
Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy'
A Saudi Arabian delegate has been accused of directly making changes to an official Cop29 negotiating text, it can be revealed.
Cop presidencies…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text
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This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29
This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29
António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters while climate official warns of ‘inflation on steroids’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:24 PM
This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29
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"ACAB includes COP29" - the leftist fracker
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
"ACAB includes COP29" - the leftist fracker