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Political Peerages December 2025 The King has been graciously pleased to signify His intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the undermentioned:

And there was I thinking we lived in a democracy. It's a scam. Not only do we not vote on anything apart from Brexit but we didn't elect any of these people. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Excessive heat risks harming children’s development, warns study Researchers have warned that spells of excessive heat driven by climate change may lead to delays in early childhood development.

Countless living in 1st world countries should know better. But they live in la la land where business, money, startups & entrepreneurs are going to fix this. They won't & only a rapid change in the way we live, work, travel and consume will. www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Copernicus: 2025 on track to be joint-second warmest year The rising temperatures reflect the ‘accelerating pace of climate change’, says Copernicus.

What's the percentage of people out there who actually are worried about this? The polls may show one thing but how many people are for whatever reason? www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Political Peerages December 2025 The King has been graciously pleased to signify His intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the undermentioned:

Oh look we're in communist China. Oh, it's the UK where democracy is a con. www.gov.uk/government/n...

What our missing ocean float revealed about Antarctica’s melting glaciers Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.

While our dumb monkey species spends countless billions/trillions on better missiles & lasers to kill each other with, & to transmit AI generated cat videos & porn around the planet, our future may rely on the missing data that relatively cheap tech could provide. theconversation.com/what-our-mis...

Rivers on ice: understanding meltwater pathways on mountain glaciers A new study led by Holly Wytiahlowsky of the Durham Glaciology Group has just been published, providing insight into glacier hydrology by producing the first inventory of supraglacial channels on m…

@hollywytia.bsky.social has written a short, public-friendly blog post about her new paper in the Cryosphere about supraglacial (ice-surface) streams on Swiss glaciers. Learn more at the link below 👇

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‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries

#ClimateChange already existential in Kashmir & Himalayas. Hundreds of millions depend on these glaciers for drinking water. Its going to be a rough road, the next few decades.
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Glaciers in the Sierra Nevada in California are Nearing Complete Disappearance — Konsyse Scientists have reconstructed the full story of Sierra Nevada glacier decline.

A series of field expeditions between 2018 and 2023 assessed the longevity and retreat of several Sierra Nevada glaciers. Results present both geological and climatic evidence demonstrating not only the exceptional persistence but also the rapid decline of these glaciers.

Three Glaciers is about as remote as it gets. A handful of tents perched on hard blue ice, tucked between the ridgelines where three glaciers meet. Quiet, cold, and a long way from anywhere. #Antarctica #Photography

What our missing ocean float revealed about Antartica’s melting glaciers Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.

🌊 Serendipity often drives science forward.

A “lost” Argo float drifted under Antarctica’s ice shelves and resurfaced with a warning: warm water is creeping under major glaciers like Denman and Totten.

What’s at risk? Up to 5 m of global sea-level rise.

theconversation.com/what-our-mis...

Seasonal dynamics of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets The sensitivity of Earth’s glaciers to environmental change is on display each year as they change speed with the seasons, and a glacier’s response to warming from winter to summer may help predict it...

Using nearly a decade of satellite data, researchers in Science show how glaciers worldwide speed up and slow down with the changing of the seasons—annual rhythms that reveal how Earth’s ice may respond to long-term climate warming. https://scim.ag/4oocEad

‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries

#Glaciers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"

The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under

www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

There goes my last chance of ever being lured back to the US (which would have to be by sailing ship in any case)

What a relief 😄👍

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UK police forces lobbied to use biased facial recognition technology Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people

"Police forces successfully lobbied to use a facial recognition system known to be biased against women, young people, and members of ethnic minority groups"

Never surprised by anything our police force does these days

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Liberty responds to the Council of Europe ministers’ request for ECHR reforms - Liberty

For 70+ years, the ECHR has underpinned our daily lives, letting us speak freely, love who we want and ensuring we can hold those in power to account.

These discussions must come from facts & evidence, not exaggerated narratives & demonising communities.

Migration challenges: Council of Europe ministers call for political declaration on rights - Portal - www.coe.int <p><strong>N</strong><strong>ew recommendation on deterring and fighting the smuggling of migrants also planned</strong></p>

The European Convention on Human Rights is a vital foundation of our freedoms.

But with today's announcement in Strasbourg, the Govt risks taking us down a road of no return by jeopardising the legal framework that protects us all.

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Trump has given up on his biggest campaign promise.

Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."

Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).

Termite pellet microbes provide timeline for home infestation detection Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is actively chewing its way through a home.

Microbial analysis of termite pellets offers a new method to determine the age of infestations, enabling more accurate and timely assessments for pest management in homes.

"All the environmental crises were worsening as the global population grows and required more food and energy, most of which was produced in ways that pollute the planet and destroy the natural world, the experts said. A sustainable world was possible, they said, but required political courage."

An industrial project in Chile threatens Earth's darkest sky. 28 leading astronomers signed an open letter urging to move it The sky above the Very Large Telescope in Chile is at risk of becoming severely light-polluted. German Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel has penned a letter urging the government of Chile to halt the development of a green hydrogen plant...

An industrial project in Chile threatens Earth's darkest sky. 28 leading astronomers signed an open letter urging to move it
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A lot of the climate change and societal issues we face are due to the profit and greed of corporate bar stewards. www.instagram.com/p/DSAMII7iJZk/

Humanity's addiction to fossil fuels may actually kill, us as we are not doing enough to come off our favourite drug of choice, CO2caine. An organic cotton T-shirt from out scientist and philosopher range.

Our @leanahosea.bsky.social on Roundtable talking about the potential cocktail of chemical pollutants from waste crime with Enda Brady, @investigate-europe.eu's Lorenzo Buzzoni, and former police Chief Superintendent, Dal Babu:

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Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.

12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.

That never happened.

Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories

#OrphanWells

YouTube video by Roundtable How organised crime gangs are profiting from your rubbish

There are no controls over what enters illegal waste pits - they can contain any kind of harmful chemical with no barriers to prevent them contaminating air, water or soil - with potentially catastrophic results for people's health. Catch the full episode here:

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Italy's "Triangle of Death" - an area near Naples where criminals deposited so much hazardous waste, often on behalf of polluting industries, that the death rate is 9% higher than other parts of the region, as @investigate-europe.eu's @lorenzobuzzoni.bsky.social describes here:
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Learn about the IPAT equation — Scientists Warning Europe - Inspiring science-based climate action I=PAT This is known as the IPAT equation and it explains the impact of human activities on the environment. I = P × A × T In words: Human Impact (I) on the environment is the product of P= P...

It's a bit more complex than that but the old IPAT equation gives an idea of the interconnection of issues:
www.scientistswarningeurope.org.uk/discover/ipat

But no-one I cite ever claims it is "the" problem.
It is one problem that exacerbates the others.

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