"I'd like to reallocate some road space to plant some trees so we don't get smashed by heatwaves" = controversial, radical, impractical
"I'd like to take up a whole lane and ten parking spaces for a few months while we build stuff" = sure mate just fill this form out
Is it just about getting people into nature to connect to it? Just banging on about nature will not work to get low users to go out into nature because they have other life going on - great work by Angela Dean @UQ_CBCS #ESASCBO2022
Even under the best case scenario tree canopy from greenfield developments will grow to a max of 19% by 2035! Really interesting work by @ScientistSinger#ESASCBO2022
This is not a scandal, it's a consequence.
Allowing endless low density sprawl (and restricting infill and land use mixing) leads to massive car dependence.
Massive car dependence leads to traffic jams.
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Hey can anyone recommend some (pref post-grad or late ugrad-level) creative non-fiction for science writing resources/ courses?
Key feedback at my confirmation from the social scientists is that my writing could have been more interesting.
Have you heard about the Renter Researchers project?
@BetterRentingAU are running it again this summer and applications are now open!
Applications close Friday 11 November, so get in quick.
Find out more and apply here - https://t.co/fuDBvb783d
A man named Johannes Schmidt originally discovered that eels spawned in the Sargasso Sea by surveying the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea and finding younger and younger eels until he finally found the youngest eels in the Bermuda Triangle.
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the intro to this episode is a stunning piece of avant garde fiction centred around a Wiggles song that is staggering in its scope and execution. each and every day i am thankful for @AynRandy
China is experiencing the worst heatwave ever recorded in global history.
The combined intensity, duration, scale, and impact of this heatwave is unlike anything humans have ever recorded.
Over 260 locations have seen their hottest days ever during this 70+ day heatwave.