Neill Cooper

retired

[ECF Schools Chess @ECFSchools]

Dozens of budding chess players from across Furness showcased their strategy skills in a tournament this week. https://t.co/iCLgxiLTHu

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

@paulwaddell Steve Reed gave a good explanation on 'Farming Today' this morning.

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

👀 Baffled by birch identification?

Break down the process of distinguishing a Silver Birch from a Downy Birch in these three simple steps.

📚Further resources and guides can be found on the #Observatree blog https://t.co/L2f1yxMBwg

#SilverBirch #DownyBirch

[Unlock Democracy @UnlockDemocracy]

Excellent coverage in the @FT of the way photo voter ID makes it harder for the young, elderly, people with disabilities and renters to vote.

Photo voter ID is unnecessary, costly and discriminatory. It must go

@RishiSunak
@Keir_Starmer
@EdwardJDavey

https://t.co/dFW8X8Xa5L

[Gapminder @Gapminder]

Here's a mind-blowing improvement which most people are unaware of: The cost of solar panels ($/watt), dropped by 400 times. Today solar electricity is cheaper than fossil fuels in many parts of the world.
https://t.co/LXID3HEKeG

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Does the UK need more North Sea oil and gas extraction?

@C4Ciaran digs deeper into Rishi Sunak’s decision to grant new North Sea oil and gas licences.

[Leo Hickman @LeoHickman]

With the Tories' climate credentials in disarray, it seems like a good moment to recall this iconic frontpage of the Times from 33 years ago...

"Margaret Thatcher called yesterday for a 'giant international effort' to save the Earth from the consequences of global warming"

[Sir David King @Sir_David_King]

Britain can no longer claim to be leading on the climate crisis and that is shameful.

[Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili]

Outside of science, acknowledging mistakes and changing one’s mind is often regarded as weakness when it’s really a strength. Nowadays, acknowledging that many issues are complex with both sides of a debate having a point is called sitting on the fence and also seen as weakness.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Yesterday, Antarctic sea ice extent hit a new record statistical low of -6.65σ below the 1991-2020 mean. About a 1-in-70B chance w/o climate change.

This is not a graph of extent or anomaly. It is a graph of standard deviations -- a measure of how abnormal the year's data is.

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

This should be taken seriously. It is based on peer-reviewed academic work by leading climatologists.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

"Gulf Stream [well, technically, the "AMOC"] could shut down by mid-century" | Great piece by Andrew Freedman (@AFreedma) for @Axios on the worrying new ocean conveyor collapse study: https://t.co/DSvf3b2B24

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Wow, just wow. The planet is breaking.

Antarctic sea ice extent is the headline for me this morning. There was actually a net *decrease* in ice extent day over day, and it's mid-winter there, peak freeze season.

Extent is now 6.4 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 mean.

[Alex Selby-Boothroyd @AlexSelbyB]

Hot off the press
https://t.co/u8nHFnMzVw

[Met Office @metoffice]

June 2023 was the hottest on record for the UK, according to provisional Met Office figures.

The headlines, as well as the influence of climate change, in the thread 👇

�June 2023 was the hottest on record for the UK, according to provisional Met Office figures.

The headlines, as well as the influence of climate change, in the thread 👇

�June 2023 was the hottest on record for the UK, according to provisional Met Office figures.

The headlines, as well as the influence of climate change, in the thread 👇

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[Met Office @metoffice]

Sea surface temperatures around the UK are at their highest for the time of year since the late 19th Century. Find out more in our blog https://t.co/vGifxEygPN

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

@HardknottForest @FriendsofLakes @nationaltrust @NFUEnvironment @TLWforCumbria @ForestryEngland Thanks for allowing me, a beginner, to help today and for teaching me how to wall.

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

@stepsupportcam This is a marvellous result which I enjoy teaching to my Further Maths pupils. However, there is a typo in your Hint! It is correct in the marvellous STEP database https://t.co/sQFEm2wAFA
But both start with a bigger mistake:
1 = 0 not 1 = 0 + 1

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

Inflation over the past year is falling, but prices over the past 2 years have increased by almost 18%.

[Neill Cooper @NeillCooper]

We did visit Praque (well Praha) last autumn, but it was called Czech Republic then