Two decades ago, researchers started an experiment that would challenge the prevailing scientific understanding of plant communities.
While modern agriculture treats diversity as inefficient, the Jena Experiment proved the opposite: complexity is the key to resilience.
On day five we fled. Picked up everything and ran. The storm had been, and gone. Things settled. Quiet. The nights perfect dark. No light for miles. No light. No heat. No water. No power. For five days then. 7 now. On day 4. We could see our breath in the bedrooms. The kitchen...
Nothing but sympathy for these people. But it’s frustrating when people say they ‘can’t believe it’s happened again’.
The public don’t understand.
It is going to happen again and again and again and again - and it is going to get worse and worse and worse
#Climate#StormBert
“I have never understood why, when everyone on the planet is one accident or medical condition away from disability, many people seem to lack any empathy and do not attempt to understand how it must feel to be refused service because of a disability.”
https://t.co/iBPAaCH53e
Tomato and pepper shortages already across UK horti and pea bean and broad bean shortages to follow. I would urge you order now or be without #brexitreality
HTA: Defra is ignoring us about border control issues https://t.co/XPKdiz7IPs
Excellent letter in Telegraph today. We are in the NHS family and don’t have customers we can charge more to offset this cost. This will lead to less doctor, receptionist and nurse time. #GPNIBombshell
There is overwhelming evidence that the policies & funding of NHS England & GMC are set on replacing Drs with PAs
When stating PAs have been integral to the NHS for 20years they are lying
2015 there were just 15 PAs in General Practice / 109 in hospitals
It’s November 2024 and I am listening for the first time ever to BBCs ‚Today‘ talking about the damage Brexit has done to Britain. I mean, it has just been 8 years..
⚠️BREAKING—ICU Hospitalized human bird flu case in Canada now officially confirmed as H5N1. Worse, it is the same 2.3.4.4b virus clade (variant group) as the one found in BC🇨🇦 poultry and in Washington state🇺🇸! The hospitalized teenager (with no pre existing conditions) had no animal contact, does not live on farm, had “deterioration quite rapid” and now critical in ICU with ARDS. Canada officials says infectious period is 2 days **prior to symptoms** (ie asymptomatic transmission) and infectious up to 10 days.
This figure tells such a story. Generalist species are doing okay. Those that rely on particular habitats are in terminal decline. Wildlife needs habitat variety, scale & connection and protection from intensive management. Only government can deliver it.
https://t.co/mwpT95w80x
“Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic.”
When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
https://t.co/lFIBZPQUGF
Counterpoint: global cleantech markets are to be worth $2tr by 2035, surpassing oil and gas; China plans to dominate global clean tech markets; over 90% of the global economy has net zero goals; and we’ve just had the hottest decade in human history.
https://t.co/tYKJSxEeL6