Nicola Terry
@nicola.qeng-ho.org
Obsessed with heat pumps but anything to do with energy. Also water.
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Germany has developed **clear solar panels** designed specifically for greenhouses. These innovative panels generate electricity while still allowing enough sunlight to pass through for crops to thrive underneath, offering a dual solution for food production and renewable power.
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Germany has developed **clear solar panels** designed specifically for greenhouses. These innovative panels generate electricity while still allowing enough sunlight to pass through for crops to thrive underneath, offering a dual solution for food production and renewable power.
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Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09...
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09...
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.
Pls share
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This tiny proportion of ultra-frequent flyers are responsible for a huge chunk of journey by plane and aviation emissions. 3/5
June 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This tiny proportion of ultra-frequent flyers are responsible for a huge chunk of journey by plane and aviation emissions. 3/5
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Britain’s sandwich makers have reached the point of just sticking gochujang in everything. I wouldn’t bet against the existence of a “Korean Ploughman’s” at this point.
June 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Britain’s sandwich makers have reached the point of just sticking gochujang in everything. I wouldn’t bet against the existence of a “Korean Ploughman’s” at this point.
Recycle fluff from your washing machine. BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plastic microfibres from washing clothes can now be recycled into products for packaging or construction. This requires a cartridge from Cleaner Seas for your washing machine filter. www.cleaner-seas.com/products/ref...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plastic microfibres from washing clothes can now be recycled into products for packaging or construction. This requires a cartridge from Cleaner Seas for your washing machine filter. www.cleaner-seas.com/products/ref...
Bude centre recycles microfibres from clothes washing
The centre could recycle 86 tonnes of microfibres each year, says the Cleaner Seas Group.
www.bbc.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Recycle fluff from your washing machine. BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plastic microfibres from washing clothes can now be recycled into products for packaging or construction. This requires a cartridge from Cleaner Seas for your washing machine filter. www.cleaner-seas.com/products/ref...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plastic microfibres from washing clothes can now be recycled into products for packaging or construction. This requires a cartridge from Cleaner Seas for your washing machine filter. www.cleaner-seas.com/products/ref...
@flightfreeuk.bsky.social g00good morning Arthur!
M lk it's ???
M lk it's ???
March 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
@flightfreeuk.bsky.social g00good morning Arthur!
M lk it's ???
M lk it's ???
The trouble with SAF flightfree.co.uk
It's easy to forget just how bad SAF is, in so many ways. Most passenger aviation is for leisure and not justifiable in any way.
It's easy to forget just how bad SAF is, in so many ways. Most passenger aviation is for leisure and not justifiable in any way.
Flight Free UK
Fight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2025
flightfree.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The trouble with SAF flightfree.co.uk
It's easy to forget just how bad SAF is, in so many ways. Most passenger aviation is for leisure and not justifiable in any way.
It's easy to forget just how bad SAF is, in so many ways. Most passenger aviation is for leisure and not justifiable in any way.
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Plus, it is accompanied by this excellent sign.
January 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Plus, it is accompanied by this excellent sign.
This is useful to know - do not clean solar panels with dishwasher detergent!
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
Solar panels should not be cleaned with dishwashing detergent, study shows
A study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, investigated how household cleaning products affect the ability of solar panel glass to transmit light. The results of the study were presented a...
techxplore.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is useful to know - do not clean solar panels with dishwasher detergent!
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
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I’ve known Sumit for years and he never struck me as what I would call “optimistic”, so it was a bit surprising when he said he was writing this. He does an excellent job explaining what he means in this extract www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘I became an optimist the night my wife died’: a science writer on loss and letting go of rationalism
Sumit Paul-Choudhury had always prided himself on his critical thinking, until his wife was diagnosed with cancer and he was forced to rethink his life from scratch
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’ve known Sumit for years and he never struck me as what I would call “optimistic”, so it was a bit surprising when he said he was writing this. He does an excellent job explaining what he means in this extract www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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It’s been equally interesting doing the opposite in Greece. People will often cool down to as a standard 18-20c in summer when we found 22/23c to be acceptable
January 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s been equally interesting doing the opposite in Greece. People will often cool down to as a standard 18-20c in summer when we found 22/23c to be acceptable
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I think the finding that some homes developed damp and mould is important to note. Although we can trace some of the impacts of cold homes to direct physiological changes, eg increased blood pressure, an unknown amount of the cold homes -> ill health epidemiology almost certainly relates to damp.
Want to cut energy bills and carbon with little upfront cost and no discomfort? Turning down the thermostat plus heated blankets and chairs is one answer. I report from a study in Belgum over 3 years. Breaking social norms turns out to be a big barrier. energy-surprises.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-...
How cold can you go? Is 16°C reasonable?
As we enter a cold snap, and energy prices have risen again, we are more worried about how to manage our home heating. The easiest way to re...
energy-surprises.blogspot.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I think the finding that some homes developed damp and mould is important to note. Although we can trace some of the impacts of cold homes to direct physiological changes, eg increased blood pressure, an unknown amount of the cold homes -> ill health epidemiology almost certainly relates to damp.
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Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
January 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
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I find 19° is ok for my fingers but at 18° I too am reaching for my half-finger gloves!
I think the 2014 UKHSA review is worth respecting; they have stood by that recommendation since. I think people should be discouraged from going below 18°
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I think the 2014 UKHSA review is worth respecting; they have stood by that recommendation since. I think people should be discouraged from going below 18°
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Keeping warm and well: staying safe in cold weather
www.gov.uk
January 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I find 19° is ok for my fingers but at 18° I too am reaching for my half-finger gloves!
I think the 2014 UKHSA review is worth respecting; they have stood by that recommendation since. I think people should be discouraged from going below 18°
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I think the 2014 UKHSA review is worth respecting; they have stood by that recommendation since. I think people should be discouraged from going below 18°
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Want to cut energy bills and carbon with little upfront cost and no discomfort? Turning down the thermostat plus heated blankets and chairs is one answer. I report from a study in Belgum over 3 years. Breaking social norms turns out to be a big barrier. energy-surprises.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-...
How cold can you go? Is 16°C reasonable?
As we enter a cold snap, and energy prices have risen again, we are more worried about how to manage our home heating. The easiest way to re...
energy-surprises.blogspot.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Want to cut energy bills and carbon with little upfront cost and no discomfort? Turning down the thermostat plus heated blankets and chairs is one answer. I report from a study in Belgum over 3 years. Breaking social norms turns out to be a big barrier. energy-surprises.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-...
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How Oil Companies Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 6:57 PM
How Oil Companies Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
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Here is how daily global surface temperatures have changed since the 1940s.
Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.
Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.
December 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Here is how daily global surface temperatures have changed since the 1940s.
Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.
Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Big heat network news you might have missed yesterday:
DESNZ and Westminster have brought in Hemiko & Vital Energi to make the South Westminster Area Network a reality.
It'll use heat from the Thames and the Underground to heat homes and commercial properties. And perhaps even Parliament?
DESNZ and Westminster have brought in Hemiko & Vital Energi to make the South Westminster Area Network a reality.
It'll use heat from the Thames and the Underground to heat homes and commercial properties. And perhaps even Parliament?
November 7, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Big heat network news you might have missed yesterday:
DESNZ and Westminster have brought in Hemiko & Vital Energi to make the South Westminster Area Network a reality.
It'll use heat from the Thames and the Underground to heat homes and commercial properties. And perhaps even Parliament?
DESNZ and Westminster have brought in Hemiko & Vital Energi to make the South Westminster Area Network a reality.
It'll use heat from the Thames and the Underground to heat homes and commercial properties. And perhaps even Parliament?
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Waterstones have made Blue Machine one of their "Best paperbacks of 2024", which is very nice of them. If you know anyone who likes books but has little interest in the ocean, this could be the ideal Christmas present (seriously!). I mean, who doesn't want to know about the worm with 1000 anuses?
December 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Waterstones have made Blue Machine one of their "Best paperbacks of 2024", which is very nice of them. If you know anyone who likes books but has little interest in the ocean, this could be the ideal Christmas present (seriously!). I mean, who doesn't want to know about the worm with 1000 anuses?
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"All-electric DAC deployed at large scale — say, 10 gigatonnes of CO2 removed annually — would require 12,000 terawatt-hours of electricity, which is more than 40 percent of total global electricity generation today." #energysky #climatesky #climatetech #carbonremoval news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
news.mit.edu
November 27, 2024 at 7:43 AM
"All-electric DAC deployed at large scale — say, 10 gigatonnes of CO2 removed annually — would require 12,000 terawatt-hours of electricity, which is more than 40 percent of total global electricity generation today." #energysky #climatesky #climatetech #carbonremoval news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
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Support our campaign to double the width of the ridiculously narrow bridge on the 'Burrell's Walk' active travel route between Cambridge City Centre and University's west Cambridge Site carbonneutralcambridge.org/widen-burrel...
Widen Burrell’s Walk Bridge - Carbon Neutral Cambridge
Burrell’s Walk is the key active travel route between the city center and the west of Cambridge, but the bridge is far too narrow for the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists that use it. Carbon Neutra...
carbonneutralcambridge.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Support our campaign to double the width of the ridiculously narrow bridge on the 'Burrell's Walk' active travel route between Cambridge City Centre and University's west Cambridge Site carbonneutralcambridge.org/widen-burrel...
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It should be manageable - but it puts the onus on manufacturers to make quieter heat pumps (which they have already been doing).
Fortunately, it seems that having lots of heat pumps on a street doesn’t lead to big cumulative noise impacts either
www.nesta.org.uk/report/air-s...
Fortunately, it seems that having lots of heat pumps on a street doesn’t lead to big cumulative noise impacts either
www.nesta.org.uk/report/air-s...
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
It should be manageable - but it puts the onus on manufacturers to make quieter heat pumps (which they have already been doing).
Fortunately, it seems that having lots of heat pumps on a street doesn’t lead to big cumulative noise impacts either
www.nesta.org.uk/report/air-s...
Fortunately, it seems that having lots of heat pumps on a street doesn’t lead to big cumulative noise impacts either
www.nesta.org.uk/report/air-s...
Cambridge Water has hit the news again. Will the environment agency compromise on nature? Will Central Govt. accept no growth without more water? Will OFWAT allow price rises? Will households reduce consumption?
BBC News - Cambridge Water warned over supply and demand
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Cambridge Water warned over supply and demand
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridge Water warned over supply and demand
The company has been told there are concerns about whether it can meet demand as Cambridge expands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Cambridge Water has hit the news again. Will the environment agency compromise on nature? Will Central Govt. accept no growth without more water? Will OFWAT allow price rises? Will households reduce consumption?
BBC News - Cambridge Water warned over supply and demand
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Cambridge Water warned over supply and demand
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A summary of my cycling cartoons: Twenty Little Cycling Drawings.
[Larger versions found here: davewalker.com/twenty/ ]
[Larger versions found here: davewalker.com/twenty/ ]
November 19, 2024 at 4:47 PM
A summary of my cycling cartoons: Twenty Little Cycling Drawings.
[Larger versions found here: davewalker.com/twenty/ ]
[Larger versions found here: davewalker.com/twenty/ ]
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Interesting set of reflections in here on flying vs overland travel for academics. It's certainly becoming more normal - at least in my own organisation - to discuss this stuff openly and without blanket judgements, and hear similar things from the wider sector.
Just wondering if those at #COP29in Azerbaijan had similar thoughts to those on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social team when they considered if and how they travelled to Barcelona this summer.
accessnetwork.uk/to-fly-or-no...
accessnetwork.uk/to-fly-or-no...
November 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Interesting set of reflections in here on flying vs overland travel for academics. It's certainly becoming more normal - at least in my own organisation - to discuss this stuff openly and without blanket judgements, and hear similar things from the wider sector.