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Dozens of budding chess players from across Furness showcased their strategy skills in a tournament this week. nwemail.co.uk/news/24947185.…

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

Helpful guide for something I was concerned about until it was explained to me.

👀 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 observatree.org.uk/blog/2024/02/h… #SilverBirch #DownyBirch

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 ft.com/content/7db6f3…

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. gapminder.org/54

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.

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"

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Hot off the press economist.com/science-and-te…

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 👇 🧵

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 blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea…

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

Spot the disappearing wall gap. Neat work by volunteers on our dry stone walling day today. And for the first time ever, it was actually dry. @FriendsofLakes @nationaltrust @NFUEnvironment @TLWforCumbria @ForestryEngland

@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 stepdatabase.maths.org/database/# But both start with a bigger mistake: 1 = 0 not 1 = 0 + 1

Looks back over some old STEP questions, and came across this lovely one from STEP 1 1994.

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

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