Angus Hervey
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Sharing stories of human progress, environmental restoration, clean energy, and scientific discovery.
Sharing stories of human progress, environmental restoration, clean energy, and scientific discovery.
1/12 Such excitement on the high seas in 2025: a tangible shift in action from aspiration to enforceable, site-specific legislation, and somehow amidst current crises of global trust we managed the diplomatic feat of binding ourselves to an agreement to care for our international waters. 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
1/12 Such excitement on the high seas in 2025: a tangible shift in action from aspiration to enforceable, site-specific legislation, and somehow amidst current crises of global trust we managed the diplomatic feat of binding ourselves to an agreement to care for our international waters. 🧵
Back from the Brink in 2025
Nothing represents the alarming unraveling of liveable life more poignantly than the loss of a species. Flip that around and you have an iconic symbol of hope. Let's say hello to some returning heroes. 🧵
Nothing represents the alarming unraveling of liveable life more poignantly than the loss of a species. Flip that around and you have an iconic symbol of hope. Let's say hello to some returning heroes. 🧵
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Back from the Brink in 2025
Nothing represents the alarming unraveling of liveable life more poignantly than the loss of a species. Flip that around and you have an iconic symbol of hope. Let's say hello to some returning heroes. 🧵
Nothing represents the alarming unraveling of liveable life more poignantly than the loss of a species. Flip that around and you have an iconic symbol of hope. Let's say hello to some returning heroes. 🧵
Reposted by Angus Hervey
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
🧵 As 2025 draws to a close we’re continuing our tradition of gathering our favourite stories of the year, this time with a twist, 9 themes over 9 days, 11 stories in each.
1st stop in this whistle-stop tour of 2025: 'Health & Safety' (and obviously we're not just talking OH&S box-ticking here).
1st stop in this whistle-stop tour of 2025: 'Health & Safety' (and obviously we're not just talking OH&S box-ticking here).
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🧵 As 2025 draws to a close we’re continuing our tradition of gathering our favourite stories of the year, this time with a twist, 9 themes over 9 days, 11 stories in each.
1st stop in this whistle-stop tour of 2025: 'Health & Safety' (and obviously we're not just talking OH&S box-ticking here).
1st stop in this whistle-stop tour of 2025: 'Health & Safety' (and obviously we're not just talking OH&S box-ticking here).
Reposted by Angus Hervey
‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising
‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising
Exclusive: Ancient forests and turquoise rivers of the Cochamó Valley protected from logging, damming and development
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023.
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023.
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023. Provided to all state primary school children in London, these meals have saved families an estimated £500 per child per year:
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023. Provided to all state primary school children in London, these meals have saved families an estimated £500 per child per year:
“I could not contain the joy of people in the room”. Words from one of the 80 recipients to receive a share of $250 million awarded by Melinda French Gates to organisations that provide health care for women across the world.
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“I could not contain the joy of people in the room”. Words from one of the 80 recipients to receive a share of $250 million awarded by Melinda French Gates to organisations that provide health care for women across the world.
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
137303 is a prime number, but 137294 is the number of community health workers that will be primed for deployment throughout Tanzania by 2028 under a new scheme that aims to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care.
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
137303 is a prime number, but 137294 is the number of community health workers that will be primed for deployment throughout Tanzania by 2028 under a new scheme that aims to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care.
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
In the mid 2000's we feared a collapse of their population along India's coast, now they're staging a million-nest comeback. Olive Ridley Turtles are a both a conservation and a tourism success story with the Velas Turtle Festival attracting thousands every year.
tinyurl.com/29xs7hqc
tinyurl.com/29xs7hqc
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the mid 2000's we feared a collapse of their population along India's coast, now they're staging a million-nest comeback. Olive Ridley Turtles are a both a conservation and a tourism success story with the Velas Turtle Festival attracting thousands every year.
tinyurl.com/29xs7hqc
tinyurl.com/29xs7hqc
Did you know Greece has brown bears? Given their numbers declined to the low hundreds by the 1990s perhaps not. However, since then hunting bans and long-term conservation efforts have been turning that statistic around. Current estimate 870.
tinyurl.com/26nrwdty
tinyurl.com/26nrwdty
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Did you know Greece has brown bears? Given their numbers declined to the low hundreds by the 1990s perhaps not. However, since then hunting bans and long-term conservation efforts have been turning that statistic around. Current estimate 870.
tinyurl.com/26nrwdty
tinyurl.com/26nrwdty
Do you live in a grid-locked city? Let's hope your city planners have spotted what Montreal's been up to. Their new driverless metro makes them a frontrunner in cheap, fast transit.with 14 stations launched in late November 2025, and planned extensions through 2027.
tinyurl.com/24nzvlw2
tinyurl.com/24nzvlw2
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Do you live in a grid-locked city? Let's hope your city planners have spotted what Montreal's been up to. Their new driverless metro makes them a frontrunner in cheap, fast transit.with 14 stations launched in late November 2025, and planned extensions through 2027.
tinyurl.com/24nzvlw2
tinyurl.com/24nzvlw2
Devil ray care. Oh, and manta ray care too. Members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have extended the highest level of statutory protection to these wonderful winged water beasts.
tinyurl.com/2c48xqc5
tinyurl.com/2c48xqc5
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Devil ray care. Oh, and manta ray care too. Members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have extended the highest level of statutory protection to these wonderful winged water beasts.
tinyurl.com/2c48xqc5
tinyurl.com/2c48xqc5
When it was named, São Paulo’s Rio Pinheiros ("Pines River") was no doubt idyllic. By 2019 it had been festering for decades as an open sewer. Thankfully, it is running visibly cleaner again after a dedicated clean up campaign with many knock-on benefits.
tinyurl.com/236xfwud
tinyurl.com/236xfwud
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When it was named, São Paulo’s Rio Pinheiros ("Pines River") was no doubt idyllic. By 2019 it had been festering for decades as an open sewer. Thankfully, it is running visibly cleaner again after a dedicated clean up campaign with many knock-on benefits.
tinyurl.com/236xfwud
tinyurl.com/236xfwud
North America a mere 6 generations ago. Wolves, pumas, black bears, grizzlies are just a menace. Systematically eradicated with tragic efficiency. But the resulting wound is healing. In the past 50 years these predators have reclaimed millions of square kilometres of habitat.
tinyurl.com/246qeav8
tinyurl.com/246qeav8
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
North America a mere 6 generations ago. Wolves, pumas, black bears, grizzlies are just a menace. Systematically eradicated with tragic efficiency. But the resulting wound is healing. In the past 50 years these predators have reclaimed millions of square kilometres of habitat.
tinyurl.com/246qeav8
tinyurl.com/246qeav8
"Invasive Species." An unsettling phrase, given that humans often fit into that category. All the more reason to for us to reflect on our own relation to ecosystem health as we undertake the beneficial work of eradicating them, as South Africa is doing with great results.
tinyurl.com/23v2xpkz
tinyurl.com/23v2xpkz
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Invasive Species." An unsettling phrase, given that humans often fit into that category. All the more reason to for us to reflect on our own relation to ecosystem health as we undertake the beneficial work of eradicating them, as South Africa is doing with great results.
tinyurl.com/23v2xpkz
tinyurl.com/23v2xpkz
Roadkill. The daily impacts of bodies on vehicles reverberate out through our ecosystems. Is there a way to avoid this mundane tragedy? Yes, Banff's national park system has proven the model, and Canada is copying it along British Columbia’s Highway 93.
tinyurl.com/23k69l8w
tinyurl.com/23k69l8w
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Roadkill. The daily impacts of bodies on vehicles reverberate out through our ecosystems. Is there a way to avoid this mundane tragedy? Yes, Banff's national park system has proven the model, and Canada is copying it along British Columbia’s Highway 93.
tinyurl.com/23k69l8w
tinyurl.com/23k69l8w
“Clean, beautiful coal.” as President Trump insists everyone in his administration call it. But operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. The war against coal is already won, the only question now is how long it will last.
tinyurl.com/27f5bbrn
tinyurl.com/27f5bbrn
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Clean, beautiful coal.” as President Trump insists everyone in his administration call it. But operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. The war against coal is already won, the only question now is how long it will last.
tinyurl.com/27f5bbrn
tinyurl.com/27f5bbrn
Think Saudi Arabia. Think Oil. Hmm, that word association is definitely losing some of its currency. The desert nation has just locked in one of the world’s largest clean energy deals in a single financing.
tinyurl.com/2bcxbc5g
tinyurl.com/2bcxbc5g
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Think Saudi Arabia. Think Oil. Hmm, that word association is definitely losing some of its currency. The desert nation has just locked in one of the world’s largest clean energy deals in a single financing.
tinyurl.com/2bcxbc5g
tinyurl.com/2bcxbc5g
"Increase strawberry yield by 18%". Sounds to goo to be true. Some kind of chemical fertilizer with terrible side effects? No. Well, what's the secret? Simply growing them under solar panels seems to do the trick.
tinyurl.com/26d65bqx
tinyurl.com/26d65bqx
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Increase strawberry yield by 18%". Sounds to goo to be true. Some kind of chemical fertilizer with terrible side effects? No. Well, what's the secret? Simply growing them under solar panels seems to do the trick.
tinyurl.com/26d65bqx
tinyurl.com/26d65bqx
It may not come as shock that US federal science has suffered an unprecedented assault this year. But let's counter that with some reassuring news: the US National Science Foundation has sustained roughly $8.17 billion in research commitments in 2025, matching 2024 levels.
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It may not come as shock that US federal science has suffered an unprecedented assault this year. But let's counter that with some reassuring news: the US National Science Foundation has sustained roughly $8.17 billion in research commitments in 2025, matching 2024 levels.
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
If you were nipping out for some ingredients, 200 million kilometres would be a bit of stretch. But these are the 'ingredients of life', and the fact they've been found on a 'nearby' asteroid lends support to the idea that life on Earth came from outer space.
tinyurl.com/22622h33
tinyurl.com/22622h33
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you were nipping out for some ingredients, 200 million kilometres would be a bit of stretch. But these are the 'ingredients of life', and the fact they've been found on a 'nearby' asteroid lends support to the idea that life on Earth came from outer space.
tinyurl.com/22622h33
tinyurl.com/22622h33
'Empty Spain'. Demographic shift towards cities has emptied Spain's rural areas. You might think that rewilding would accelerate this trend, but it's having the opposite effect. In the Iberian Highlands, its helping local business gain sustainable footing.
tinyurl.com/292acfpq
tinyurl.com/292acfpq
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
'Empty Spain'. Demographic shift towards cities has emptied Spain's rural areas. You might think that rewilding would accelerate this trend, but it's having the opposite effect. In the Iberian Highlands, its helping local business gain sustainable footing.
tinyurl.com/292acfpq
tinyurl.com/292acfpq
This one has 'classic children's book' written all over it: 'Rhys the Welsh Police dog saves the day in Africa catching naughty poachers'. Except this very inspiring tale of tremendous feats is entirely non-fiction (aside from the name Rhys).
tinyurl.com/286gebln
tinyurl.com/286gebln
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This one has 'classic children's book' written all over it: 'Rhys the Welsh Police dog saves the day in Africa catching naughty poachers'. Except this very inspiring tale of tremendous feats is entirely non-fiction (aside from the name Rhys).
tinyurl.com/286gebln
tinyurl.com/286gebln
What do you get if you cross 3 million tons of dirt from a train tunnel excavation with a dried up saltwater marsh that's been sinking for 400 years? A hugely successful bird refuge, of course! (One which held nearly 40,000 birds last winter)
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What do you get if you cross 3 million tons of dirt from a train tunnel excavation with a dried up saltwater marsh that's been sinking for 400 years? A hugely successful bird refuge, of course! (One which held nearly 40,000 birds last winter)
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe