@adam-jb-long.bsky.social
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"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏
Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation
Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!
www.islandconservation.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏
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Not sure if "scepticism over the advance of technology has led to a revival of RS Thomas’s poetry". There are plenty of other good reasons for a revival. But this is quite good on the best Welsh poet called Thomas:
observer.co.uk/news/profile...
observer.co.uk/news/profile...
‘The machine appeared in the distance, singing to itself ...
Scepticism over the advance of technology has led to a revival of RS Thomas’s poetry, as seen at a choral festival inspired by the Welshman’s finest works
observer.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Not sure if "scepticism over the advance of technology has led to a revival of RS Thomas’s poetry". There are plenty of other good reasons for a revival. But this is quite good on the best Welsh poet called Thomas:
observer.co.uk/news/profile...
observer.co.uk/news/profile...
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Reflecting again on how extraordinarily warm by day spring 2025 was in this part of the world.
The mean max is 0.53°C above the 2nd & a whopping 1.37°C higher than the 3rd warmest of 1945-present.
Not one spring out of 1947-1989 managed 15.0°C or above. 2025's mean was 16.79°C!
The mean max is 0.53°C above the 2nd & a whopping 1.37°C higher than the 3rd warmest of 1945-present.
Not one spring out of 1947-1989 managed 15.0°C or above. 2025's mean was 16.79°C!
June 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reflecting again on how extraordinarily warm by day spring 2025 was in this part of the world.
The mean max is 0.53°C above the 2nd & a whopping 1.37°C higher than the 3rd warmest of 1945-present.
Not one spring out of 1947-1989 managed 15.0°C or above. 2025's mean was 16.79°C!
The mean max is 0.53°C above the 2nd & a whopping 1.37°C higher than the 3rd warmest of 1945-present.
Not one spring out of 1947-1989 managed 15.0°C or above. 2025's mean was 16.79°C!
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The sea surface temperature of the Northern Hemisphere is now approaching an 8-sigma anomaly — an extraordinary development that suggests we are likely to witness unprecedented and extreme weather events.
#ClimateFuckery
#ClimateFuckery
June 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The sea surface temperature of the Northern Hemisphere is now approaching an 8-sigma anomaly — an extraordinary development that suggests we are likely to witness unprecedented and extreme weather events.
#ClimateFuckery
#ClimateFuckery
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Looking for something to watch tonight?
@seanronayne.bsky.social's gorgeous film is now on iPlayer. It shares his mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland.
@seanronayne.bsky.social's gorgeous film is now on iPlayer. It shares his mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland.
Birdsong
Film following Irish ornithologist Seán Ronayne’s mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland – that's nearly 200 birds.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Looking for something to watch tonight?
@seanronayne.bsky.social's gorgeous film is now on iPlayer. It shares his mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland.
@seanronayne.bsky.social's gorgeous film is now on iPlayer. It shares his mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland.
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"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
River Sheaf opened up next to Sheffield Castle site - BBC News
The River Sheaf has been exposed at Castlegate for the first time in over 100 years
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Some good news...
We are currently gaining 4 to 5 minutes of daylight each day with eastern areas seeing sunrises before 7am
By the weekend parts of western Britain will be seeing sunsets after 6pm
#Spring is on the way 🌷
We are currently gaining 4 to 5 minutes of daylight each day with eastern areas seeing sunrises before 7am
By the weekend parts of western Britain will be seeing sunsets after 6pm
#Spring is on the way 🌷
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Some good news...
We are currently gaining 4 to 5 minutes of daylight each day with eastern areas seeing sunrises before 7am
By the weekend parts of western Britain will be seeing sunsets after 6pm
#Spring is on the way 🌷
We are currently gaining 4 to 5 minutes of daylight each day with eastern areas seeing sunrises before 7am
By the weekend parts of western Britain will be seeing sunsets after 6pm
#Spring is on the way 🌷