Amrish Sagar
@x4mun.bsky.social
Mapping a better world 🌏 | Geography geek 🗺️ | Climate action 🌱 | Antifascist ✊🏼
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I'm also currently seeking employment
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I'm also currently seeking employment
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Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said on Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain ➡️ u.afp.com/SmTh
October 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said on Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain ➡️ u.afp.com/SmTh
Please stop using #ChatGPT as a search engine and/or therapist. Contact your friends and loved ones. They'll be more than happy to hear from you!
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Please stop using #ChatGPT as a search engine and/or therapist. Contact your friends and loved ones. They'll be more than happy to hear from you!
@netflix.com why don't you change your UI so I can watch Love Death Robots without going through new episodes first? I want to binge, please! This is so stupid.
July 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@netflix.com why don't you change your UI so I can watch Love Death Robots without going through new episodes first? I want to binge, please! This is so stupid.
June 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Do we still know the cause, though? If I'm free to speculate I'm gonna say solar flare.
PS: Some neighbourhoods in Porto have power already. Not mine, unfortunately. And, please, restore the water first!
#Apagão
PS: Some neighbourhoods in Porto have power already. Not mine, unfortunately. And, please, restore the water first!
#Apagão
Power restored in parts of central Madrid reut.rs/3RDAOj5
Power restored in parts of central Madrid
The electric power supply was restored in various parts of central Madrid on Monday after a mass blackout hit most of the Iberian Peninsula and caused disruptions for around eight hours, according to Reuters witnesses.
reut.rs
April 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Do we still know the cause, though? If I'm free to speculate I'm gonna say solar flare.
PS: Some neighbourhoods in Porto have power already. Not mine, unfortunately. And, please, restore the water first!
#Apagão
PS: Some neighbourhoods in Porto have power already. Not mine, unfortunately. And, please, restore the water first!
#Apagão
What do I do with all the cheese and chouriços in my fridge?
BREAKING: A major power outage has been reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals. The countries have a combined population of over 50 million people. It is not immediately clear how many people are affected.
A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals
A major power outage has been reported in Spain and Portugal, including their capitals. Spanish generator RedElectrica says the Iberian peninsula was affected.
bit.ly
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What do I do with all the cheese and chouriços in my fridge?
April 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Anyone in Porto facing a power outage?
April 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Anyone in Porto facing a power outage?
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Temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) around our planet...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
April 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) around our planet...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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A RECORD rise in renewables pushed the world past 40% clean electricity last year.
Our update on the world’s energy transition in 2024 👇
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Our update on the world’s energy transition in 2024 👇
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April 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A RECORD rise in renewables pushed the world past 40% clean electricity last year.
Our update on the world’s energy transition in 2024 👇
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Our update on the world’s energy transition in 2024 👇
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Reposting it so I remember to read the whole thing later. Trying to read a whole paper on a phone is very inconvenient.
Great study led by @sarahhuelsen.bsky.social!
Not all mangroves are equally at risk from tropical cyclones and sea level rise — but those providing the most ecosystem services often are. 🌿 🌪️
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Not all mangroves are equally at risk from tropical cyclones and sea level rise — but those providing the most ecosystem services often are. 🌿 🌪️
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Mangroves and their services are at risk from tropical cyclones and sea level rise under climate change - Communications Earth & Environment
Nearly half of global mangrove areas will be threatened by climate change-induced changes in tropical cyclone disturbance and sea level rise by 2100, with relevant ecosystem services exposed to higher...
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reposting it so I remember to read the whole thing later. Trying to read a whole paper on a phone is very inconvenient.
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Arctic sea ice record low for the end of the region’s winter in stark sign of how climate change opening up the North Pole to a geopolitical race for military and energy exploration.
www.ft.com/content/f808...
www.ft.com/content/f808...
Arctic sea ice hits record March low as global powers eye shipping routes
Melting is opening up region for exploration by Russia and other countries
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Arctic sea ice record low for the end of the region’s winter in stark sign of how climate change opening up the North Pole to a geopolitical race for military and energy exploration.
www.ft.com/content/f808...
www.ft.com/content/f808...
So what we can observe is that there are heatwaves going on in Europe and Asia simultaneously.... In April.
Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, Europe's climate monitor said on Tuesday, prolonging an unprecedented heat streak that has pushed the bounds of scientific explanation.
u.afp.com/S5Y5
u.afp.com/S5Y5
April 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So what we can observe is that there are heatwaves going on in Europe and Asia simultaneously.... In April.
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This is great news. But we need to be clear that if energy comes at the cost of natural ecosystems, there's nothing 'clean' about it.
Perfect examples of this are burning old growth native forests as 'renewable biomass', or most river-based hydro power.
Emissions reduction MUST respect nature.
Perfect examples of this are burning old growth native forests as 'renewable biomass', or most river-based hydro power.
Emissions reduction MUST respect nature.
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power
The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show.
A report by the energy thinktank Ember said the milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is great news. But we need to be clear that if energy comes at the cost of natural ecosystems, there's nothing 'clean' about it.
Perfect examples of this are burning old growth native forests as 'renewable biomass', or most river-based hydro power.
Emissions reduction MUST respect nature.
Perfect examples of this are burning old growth native forests as 'renewable biomass', or most river-based hydro power.
Emissions reduction MUST respect nature.
HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
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47.0 Nawabshah,46.0 Sibi, 45.5 Pad Idan,45.0 Hyderabad and Rohri
Unprecedented heat for this time of the year in Rajastan 🇮🇳
45.6 Barmer,45.0 Jaisalmer
It will be even hotter tomorrow!
10 historic unbelievable days ahead for all Asia
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47.0 Nawabshah,46.0 Sibi, 45.5 Pad Idan,45.0 Hyderabad and Rohri
Unprecedented heat for this time of the year in Rajastan 🇮🇳
45.6 Barmer,45.0 Jaisalmer
It will be even hotter tomorrow!
10 historic unbelievable days ahead for all Asia
April 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Framing nature as "natural capital" paves the way for its financialization, turning forests, wetlands, and rivers into tradable assets on global markets.
"Financialization doesn't stop harm - it launders it.”
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the
#FuturePerfectPodcast: linktr.ee/african_futu...
"Financialization doesn't stop harm - it launders it.”
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the
#FuturePerfectPodcast: linktr.ee/african_futu...
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Framing nature as "natural capital" paves the way for its financialization, turning forests, wetlands, and rivers into tradable assets on global markets.
"Financialization doesn't stop harm - it launders it.”
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the
#FuturePerfectPodcast: linktr.ee/african_futu...
"Financialization doesn't stop harm - it launders it.”
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the
#FuturePerfectPodcast: linktr.ee/african_futu...
380mm+ in four days is just crazy. That's more than many cities receive annually!
Some areas received more than 15 inches of rain over the past four days.
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
380mm+ in four days is just crazy. That's more than many cities receive annually!
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About 30 people have been killed by catastrophic fossil-fueled flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, over the weekend.
Around 30 dead in Congo capital flooding, authorities say - Sight Magazine
Around 30 people have died in flooding in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, the provincial health minister said on Sunday.
sightmagazine.com.au
April 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
About 30 people have been killed by catastrophic fossil-fueled flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, over the weekend.
How are people still against vaccinations in this day and age? #Vaccines work so fucking well that most people don't know what the world was before them.
April 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How are people still against vaccinations in this day and age? #Vaccines work so fucking well that most people don't know what the world was before them.
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“Coca-Cola is by far the largest manufacturer and seller of beverages in the world
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
Analysis published by non-profit group Oceana comes amid fears over human health risks posed by the spread of microplastics
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Coca-Cola is by far the largest manufacturer and seller of beverages in the world
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...