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Veronica Westendorff

@veewest.bsky.social

PhD Infrastructure and Environmental Systems, landscape architect, mountain lover, gardens, dogs, fiber arts, travel

201 Followers  |  351 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  1.5705

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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).

30.12.2024 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 317    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says β€” Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikesΒ and people in cars and on foot, a new studyΒ of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

10.12.2024 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1283    πŸ” 474    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 41
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Small patches of urban wildflowers boost bee populations and biodiversity, study shows A cultivated small urban meadow has "a similar value for pollinators as larger areas of natural meadow," the researchers found.

Small patches of urban wildflowers boost bee populations and biodiversity, study shows

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06.12.2024 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 15
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It’s not really the holidays without the TARDIS and a dalek!

01.12.2024 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Appreciating the long view and the details today πŸ’œ

28.11.2024 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never!πŸ˜‚

28.11.2024 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are quite a few examples of scientists who work specifically on this - eg @fisherdanar.bsky.social, whose most recent book studies social impacts of the climate movement.

Nice summary -->>

theconversation.com/heres-how-cl...

Also check out: @climatessn.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social

18.11.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years.

What started out as 3.5-4Β°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3Β°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social

18.11.2024 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 811    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 30
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I love when we get pictures of our fur babies when we travel πŸ’œπŸ©·β€οΈ

19.11.2024 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good news:

Energy transition investment topped $1.8 trillion in 2023.

18.11.2024 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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