Varyl Thorndycraft

Nine ways extreme events reshape river biodiversity How floods, droughts, heatwaves, and compound events are impacting life in rivers

Nine ways extreme events reshape #river #biodiversity

1. They cause selective mortality that erodes genetic diversity
2. Droughts fragment rivers and refuges can become ecological traps
3. Long‑lasting physical legacies reshape habitats

Remembering my dear, radical mother Dinah on #internationalwomensday.
She took @fergus.oolong.co.uk & I to Greenham Common when we were tiny to support the women there, where my first memory of the police was watching them drag a peacefully-resisting woman across the road by her hair

Now think about an EV instead. The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium. It travels 93 million miles in about eight minutes and 20 seconds (seven seconds more when our orbit takes us furthest away). Those photons then strike the silicon atoms in a photovoltaic panel, knocking loose electrons that produce a stream of direct current electricity; an inverter, now usually contained in the panel, converts that to AC power, which can be pumped directly into the battery of an EV where the motor uses electromagnetism to create a rotating magnetic field in a stator, which spins the inner rotor to propel the car. There are about 20 moving parts in the engine, and it is 80 to 90 percent efficient. There is no exhaust and almost no noise. That’s it. And if you poured those electrons into an e-bike instead of an EV, it’s even better: a penny’s worth of power is good for three miles or so. The same principles apply to electric buses, electric ferries, and so on.

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz"

Top @billmckibben.bsky.social post here

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The Hill United CEO: Airfare likely to rise as jet fuel prices surge United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned this week that soaring jet fuel prices tied to conflict in the Middle East could soon push airline... . 4 hours ago Aerospace Global News Airfares could rise as Iran conflict drives soaring fuel costs and flight detours Airlines face rising jet fuel prices and costly rerouting around Middle East airspace after US-Israel strikes on Iran, and may raise... . 1 day ago BBC Surge in jet fuel prices could push up air fares, analysts warn Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by... . 1 day ago Українські Національні Новини (УНН) War with Iran triggered a sharp rise in fuel prices in the US УНН Economy ✎ Gasoline prices in the US rose by 11% due to the conflict with Iran and oil at $90. This creates political risks for... . 15 hours ago Simple Flying Airfare Warning: United CEO Says Ticket Prices Will Rise ‘Quickly’ As Fuel Costs Skyrocket As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, airlines brace for the impact on their pocketbooks, with United CEO warning of rising...

Public service announcement: this is a FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS

Not an 'energy crisis'. People need energy: it keeps them alive. This is a crisis due to forced dependency on the most unreliable and unstable fuel product in human history.

THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS.

It’s already happening. Iran attacked a desalination plant in Bahrain.

This war has to end immediately. If it turns into a water war we will be dealing with a whole different level of a humanitarian catastrophe across the region.

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Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Oohhh, wild garlic 💚

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon A new, comprehensive study shows that Europe’s landscapes over the past more than 20 million years have predominantly been a mosaic of grasslands, scrub and woodlands of varying density. A light...

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon - Europe’s landscapes for 23 Myr were mostly tree- & flower-rich mosaics shaped by large herbivores, not dense #forests, see our new synthesis www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #forests #woodlands #paleoecology #nature #trees #refiorestation

Gas prices jumped again this morning and are on track to double - a stark reminder of our exposure to fossil fuel volatility.

The real solution isn’t more drilling, but moving away from combustion: electrify, use renewable power, and boost energy efficiency.

Ed Miliband says climate impact of data centres is uncertain The admission comes after MPs said they were concerned about emissions from a boom in data centres.

"Having greenlit rampant airport expansion, and now potentially a raft of data centres, it's unclear how ministers will ensure the UK sticks to its legally binding climate targets and prevents rocketing emissions and water usage" 🧪

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UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

Meanwhile...

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The tipping point is coming. Keep joining folks

join.greenparty.org.uk

Not that difficult is it

This nonsense of ‘allies of’ spinning BS and getting it regurgitated by senior journalists really needs to end

Josh Simons resigned before a full independent investigation could examine how he paid PR to investigate journalists when running Labour Together

That’s the story

I hate to ask this, but Tehran is still on the cusp of running out of water and Iran is running very low on food. Whatever the regime was doing to help is obviously no longer happening, so are we just going to let 7M people die of thirst and 100M starve?

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime.

You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.

Hannah and Zack with cameras taking a selfie

I don't know if I'll ever stop smiling.

We've all done something very special. 💚

Labour were right in saying that this was a two-horse race between them and Reform. They just forgot to mention that the Greens were way out in front, leaving them both for dust 💚

💪 💪 💪 💪 💪 💪 💪
💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚

Hannah and Zack in a park

Green Menaces - let’s go. 💚

Huge huge thanks to everyone who’s backed this campaign and shown it so much love.

Now we leave nothing on the pitch. Let’s get this over the line.

Vote Green.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.

Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them

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New interview!

Fossil Fuels and the Far Right’s Nostalgic Vision by Kjell Vowles.

@kvowles.bsky.social

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One of the worst things about AI, for me, is that it takes away from people the sheer joy of writing. Schools don’t often make this point, but writing should be fun. Putting words together, finding ways to express yourself, the pure pleasure of a well-crafted sentence. 1/5

"The report recommends three final points regarding integration: a simplified pathway to settlement after five years; the reintroduction of birthright citizenship and a reduction of integration barriers for children; and EMBRACING A POSITIVE NARRATIVE ABOUT IMMIGRATION, DIVERSITY AND BELONGING"

"Without feminism, the sequence of events that led to Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest would never have happened. It’s a reminder that feminism is powerful and important and even transformative, which is why there’s so much pushback..."

RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities

Pretty overwhelming evidence that the UAE-backed RSF committed genocide in El Fasher

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Gorton & Denton voting intention poll showing greens ahead of reform and surging, and Labour behind reform and tanking

As a member of the free range left who has primarily pursued a socio-political agenda through extra-parliamentary action, what would give me most comfort now that Britain is capable of swerving a far right govt is ‘don’t split the vote!’ Labour folks publicly getting behind the Green Party candidate

If you write about FIFA’s obscene Gaza plans without mentioning that Israel has systematically destroyed Palestinian football by murdering Palestinian footballers, destroying Palestinian pitches and blocked Palestinian footballers from training or playing, you are part of the problem

Wonderful news.

Congratulations Aasiya and the Leicester team! 💚🎉

Next stop: Gorton and Denton! 🚀

Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body

According to the medical journal @thelancet.com, heat extremes caused an estimated 546k deaths every year between 2012 & 2021 – a 63% rise on rates seen in the 1990s

“That's the equivalent of a fully loaded jumbo jet full of people going down once every 7hrs throughout the year” says Prof Ollie Jay