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@davisont

Geographer, interested in Fair Trade, female empowerment, climate change. Loves learning.🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Parking chaos and poo: The price of Mam Tor's popularity Mam Tor in the Peak District has become strangely popular, but what effect is this having?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.05.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this guy is a world class asshole

26.04.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 17840 πŸ” 3774 πŸ’¬ 580 πŸ“Œ 208
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Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s β€œCelebration” at full volume.

27.04.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 39097 πŸ” 6108 πŸ’¬ 2725 πŸ“Œ 610

Pope Francis led by example, centering his life and papacy on being a voice for the less fortunate. He inspired us all to better embody the teachings of Christ: love, compassion, and justice.

Gwen and I are joining Catholics and Christians around the world in mourning his loss.

21.04.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 12144 πŸ” 1439 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 43

Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.

21.04.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 35623 πŸ” 4770 πŸ’¬ 554 πŸ“Œ 162

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today.

This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.

20.04.2025 13:07 πŸ‘ 18307 πŸ” 2162 πŸ’¬ 439 πŸ“Œ 82
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39 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 19, 1986, "Kiss" by Prince and the Revolution reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

19.04.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 5889 πŸ” 785 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 105

Scaramucci: Will be the worst 100days of any modern Administration.Crushed the economy.Severed relationships with our allies and trading partners.Disavowed the rule of law. Went after the law firms and the media and have decided that human rights no longer include due process. So much more.

18.04.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 2054 πŸ” 470 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 26
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Climate change is just one symptom of the fact that humanity is using equivalent resources of 1. 7 planet Earths, way beyond Earth capacity to regenerate
We are using future Earth resources to maintain unsustainable present economic growth destroying Earth ability to maintain future life

17.04.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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Slag heaps could be Wales' biodiversity hero Experts believe slag heaps are a largely untapped resource in preserving Wales' rarest plant species.

Slag heaps could be Wales' nature hero, ecologist says www.bbc.com/news/article...

18.04.2025 09:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Women to continue having babies later in life, ONS projects The ONS also projects women will continue having smaller families than previous generations.

Women to continue having babies later, says ONS www.bbc.com/news/article...

02.04.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? πŸ‘‡

Well, are you?!

31.03.2025 07:32 πŸ‘ 2072 πŸ” 911 πŸ’¬ 460 πŸ“Œ 175
Plastic "paper" bottle

Plastic "paper" bottle

Define "greenwashing"

30.03.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 1908 πŸ” 490 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 24
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In pictures and videos: Strong earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand - BBC News A 7.7-magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, with tremors felt in Thailand, China and India.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

29.03.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Myanmar earthquake live updates: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits with strong tremors felt in Bangkok Footage on social media shows people evacuating buildings in the Thai capital, more than 1,000km from the epicentre.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...

28.03.2025 08:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An earthquake prediction went viral. Is it giving people false hope? On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.

Why earthquake predictions are usually wrong www.bbc.com/news/article...

22.03.2025 07:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host climate talks in BelΓ©m is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...

12.03.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two named storms and a typical mix of winter weather: Winter 2024/25 statistics A look back at Winter 2024/25 and February 2025's provisional weather and climate statistics.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/wi...

09.03.2025 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Global sea ice cover hit a record low in February, researchers find The findings from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service involve the third warmest February on record for the planet.

Meanwhile....
bit.ly/4kHdAGj

06.03.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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~Fire & Ice~
As a show of solidarity with Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ I’ll be sharing images of Canada all week. The unrivaled splendor of the Canadian Rockies…
#Canada #nature #sunset

06.03.2025 14:19 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote island www.bbc.com/news/article...

04.03.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 43860 πŸ” 7802 πŸ’¬ 161 πŸ“Œ 340

The hotel body wash is sage-scented so now I smell like a Thanksgiving turkey, how is your morning going

02.03.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 6798 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 411 πŸ“Œ 24
Ukraine flag

Ukraine flag

01.03.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 9926 πŸ” 1188 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 21
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Vance lit the fuse, and Trump exploded. Inside a historic Oval Office meltdown ANALYSIS: Vice president started a fight with Zelensky with a pre-rehearsed speech, then Trump joined the fray, Richard Hall writes

ANALYSIS | Vance lit the fuse, and Trump exploded.

Inside the historic Oval Office meltdown that could change the world.

28.02.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10
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Fog harvesting could provide water for the driest cities Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.

Fog harvesting could provide water for arid cities www.bbc.com/news/article...

20.02.2025 08:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeremy Clarkson has controversially said he'd rather have Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister than Keir Starmer, an opinion he's free to have when there's no chance of him accidentally falling out of the 10th floor window of his barn

18.02.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
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Why is the UK experiencing back to back storms? The phenomena explained There has been a new named storm every month since October - why is the UK experiencing so many intense weather events back to back?

The Met Office added that most climate projections indicate that winter storms will increase in number and intensity in the UK due to climate change.

Experts are β€œconfident” that the coastal impacts of windstorms will worsen as the sea level rises.

28.01.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2