Dr Tom Pickerell
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Marine Biologist | “Acts like he’s Greta Thunberg’s big brother” | Dundee United fan 🧡🖤 | Classic Lego Space builder 🚀
The UK government is just casually telling everyone to keep several days of food and water at home because we might be about to experience the biggest El Niño in 1,000 years. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Please Disperse - Nothing to See Here
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Standard bag of haribo starmix at WH Smith, Manchester airport, is *£4.89*
Pixel Cats: Profits and Greed
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The new @unep.org Limiting Overshoot report warns that many impacts of warming, from sea-level rise to ecosystem disruption, will continue long after temperatures peak. I unpack why this should strengthen our resolve to act in this article. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-u...
What UNEP’s New Climate Assessment Means for the Ocean
Atmospheric CO₂ is now 432 ppm, compared with approximately 280 ppm before the Industrial Revolution. The last time Earth had similarly high CO₂ was roughly 3-4 million years ago, during the mid-Plioc...
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Scanned these with the ivy processed food app… scored 1/100. I've seen less brutal peer reviews.
🚨🌊Sea surface temperatures have risen steadily over the past 5 decades, reaching new records in 2026. On Aug. 22, the daily average sea surface temperature across the global ocean outside the polar regions reached 21.10°C, the highest daily value ever recorded. Read more: go.wri.org/ocean-temp-bs
As Temperatures Climb, the Ocean Takes the Brunt
From scorching temperatures in South Africa to unprecedented heat waves in Europe, extreme heat is breaking records and transforming people’s lives across the world. While we feel this heat most immed...
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Interesting time to be a marine biologist. www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Reportedly Told Inner Circle Aliens Are Living in Earth's Oceans
TV host Jack Osbourne claims a close friend of Donald Trump revealed the current US president believes extraterrestrials are actually hiding beneath Earth's oceans instead of deep space.
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Apparently the Trump Administration was seeking the following from Canada…. No wonder they walked away.
The study was produced by right-wing think tank Onward, which is funded by…[checks notes]…BP, Shell and Equinor…
Sebastien Pocognoli looks like a cross between Jürgen Prochnow and Kevin de Bruyne. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Sebastien Pocognoli: Scotland make young and brave choice for national head coach job
The Scottish FA are all-in on Sebastien Pocognoli, 39, showing bravery and ambition - what everybody wanted, writes Tom English.
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“New normal” implies we’ve arrived somewhere stable. But today’s “normal” is likely to become tomorrow’s cool anomaly if emissions continue.
Guardian Environment@environment.theguardian.com · 3w ago‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas
I see you and raise you Christmas selection boxes…
Chris Polansky@chrispolansky.bsky.social · 3w agoIt is August and CVS is already selling Halloween stuff
Britain is banning disposable BBQs because drought and extreme heat have turned the countryside into tinder. But let’s not mistake an ignition-control measure for a climate adaptation strategy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Temporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire risk
Government issues a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbeques as they pose a "significant risk to the public".
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Still gobsmacking that Andy Burnhams response to the deaths from the climate crisis has been to pledge to try & stop the sale of single use barbeques. A monumental mistake. Time to do the right thing. Fund our firefighters & say no to new oil & gas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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“older technology is having a bit of a moment – social media is full of people talking about why they're going back to basics with the likes of digital cameras, wired headphones and early MP3 players.” Try a 110 camera and a Walkman… www.bbc.com/news/article...
Digital cameras and wired earphones are back - and 'a bit more real'
We're surrounded by more advanced tech in 2026, so why are young people going back to basics?
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In a world where expertise and evidence are often presented as just another opinion, this is a useful reminder that not all conclusions are created equal. I don't know who created the original, so if anyone recognises the artist, please let me know so I can give proper credit.
🇩🇪 @wwf.de is looking for 🇪🇺 fisheries policy advisor... #EndOverfishing #RespectTheLimit www.wwf.de/ueber-uns/st...
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Seen in Osaka Aquarium. A European equivalent would be roughly the size of Austria. Or South Carolina if you’re from the States.
Our Ocean Conference 11 in Mombasa generated 370 commitments and $7.5B for ocean action. Since 2014: 3,270 commitments and $176.7B mobilised. Outcome report: ouroceankenya.com/wp-content/u...
