I’m knackered. 4am start and down on the beach before sun rise. Pretty confident Budds Farm was discharging sewage based on rainfall but the app was glitching. Appeared to be sewage washing up on incoming tide and southerly wind. Later confirmed over 20 hrs of discharges
NEW:
Britain’s grim winter of strikes, falling incomes and a worsening NHS crisis is not some unfortunate series of events
It’s the inevitable result of a decade of Tory austerity that steadily weakened the state’s capacity to respond to shocks
https://t.co/xJcNiCJk2b
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Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted by Vermeer in 1665, might just be the most famous and beloved portrait in the world.
But who is the girl?
Well, that's the thing. There was no girl, because this isn't a portrait...
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 7 - Raster
I normally make a new map each day, but I'm quite proud of this one that I made a few months ago - annual sunshine hours vs. rainfall across the UK on a bivariate map.
#RStats code here:
https://t.co/55ycFWjhCB
#Drought continues to grip #Europe‼️
➡️#EDO Combined Drought Indicator for the period 21-30 September
🟠2⃣2⃣% of the 🇪🇺 territory is currently in 'Warning' conditions (-4% compared to the previous ten-day period)
🔴2⃣7⃣% is in 'Alert' conditions
More at
https://t.co/xmLXGZY8NU
10% of the world's electricity came from solar and wind in 2021, up from 5% in 2015.
And that's not just in a handful of rich countries.. over 50 countries have >10% of their electricity from solar and wind..
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The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting.
RT when it works for you.
«Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking»
— Carl Sagan
Last interview with Charlie Rose, May 27, 1996
[full interview: https://t.co/fZVgv3SSdQ]