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Scenes from today's powerful earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭

@iharfa iqair.com/maldives/gaafu…

Should've brought my air quality monitor with me 😩 not that it'll do shit but I'd be able to complain better 🙃

Who told these journos the population of sharks have increased? Where are they pulling these ideas from?

So the word orange was originally used in English to refer to the fruit. From there, at some point in the 16th century, it was adapted to refer to the colour of that fruit. Before that? The colour orange was simply called red-yellow.

Countries by average elevation above sea level: 🇲🇻 Maldives: 1.5m 🇹🇻 Tuvalu: 1.8m 🇰🇮 Kiribati: 2m 🇸🇬 Singapore: 15m 🇶🇦 Qatar: 28m 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 30m 🇩🇰 Denmark: 34m 🇪🇪 Estonia: 61m 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 85m 🇱🇻 Latvia: 87m 🇨🇾 Cyprus: 91m 🇨🇺 Cuba: 108m 🇰🇼 Kuwait: 108m 🇮🇪 Ireland: 118m 🇭🇺 Hungary: 143m 🇦🇪 UAE: 149m 🇮🇳 India: 160m 🇬🇧 UK: 162m 🇫🇮 Finland: 164m 🇩🇪 Germany: 263m 🇰🇷 South Korea: 282m 🇧🇷 Brazil: 320m 🇸🇪 Sweden: 320m 🇪🇬 Egypt: 321m 🇦🇺 Australia: 330m 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 367m 🇫🇷 France: 375m 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 380m 🇷🇴 Romania: 414m 🇯🇵 Japan: 438m 🇳🇴 Norway: 460m 🇨🇦 Canada: 487m 🇮🇱 Israel: 508m 🇮🇹 Italy: 538m 🇦🇷 Argentina: 595m 🇷🇺 Russia: 600m 🇪🇸 Spain: 660m 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 665m 🇺🇸 USA: 760m 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 900m 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1,034m 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1,111m 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1,141m 🇮🇷 Iran: 1,305 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1,330m 🇨🇳 China: 1,840m 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 1,884m 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: 2,988m 🇹🇯 Tajikistan: 3,186m 🇳🇵 Nepal: 3,265m 🇧🇹 Bhutan: 3,280m According to Central Intelligence Agency

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We have noticed that localized bleaching has started in some places in the Maldives. The current NOAA forecast is looking dire over the next few weeks. If you are observing signs of bleaching in your reefs, please share with us via coraldatabase.gov.mv/reporting

Did you know today’s feel like temp in central area exceeded 42°C? We are going through the warmest period now. For weather updates including air/feel-like temperature across the country, join the MMS community Viber group: Join Maldives Weather on Viber tinyurl.com/communityViber

Dhivehi one 😂

Executive Director of Waitt Institute, Dr. Kathryn Mengerink and the @nooraajje team, made a courtesy visit to the Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources Hon Ahmed Shiyam

What a world in which the only people brave enough to stand up to the powers that are wrecking our planet and chance for a liveable future are intimidated and harassed. Go Licypriya, we stand behind you!

Happy 43rd Fishermen's Day, Maldives! 🎣🌊 In the Maldives, fisheries account for approximately 6% of our GDP and 98% of physical exports. Today, we honor our dedicated Maldivian fishermen, the guardians of our oceanic legacy. Your commitment to sustainability inspires us!

Introducing Gemini, Google’s largest and most capable AI model. 🧵 #GeminiAI goo.gle/3Rsv4cI

It's Day 7 here at #COP28 and parties were debating fossil fuel phase out / energy package in the Global Stocktake until late last night. My summary: At the end of the first week of COP, the opponents of fossil fuel phase out have revealed themselves 🧵

Please God stop this genocide

My colleague @injy_johnstone has put together this incredibly useful infographic today of the options on the table for Article 6.4 options from an environmental integrity perspective & their respective pros/cons. Check it out!!!

Heard the most odd but truly inspirational speaker yesterday, ex former Maldives football team captain Mohamed Kaleem. Few key takeaways. - 100% is better than 99%, fully eliminating smoking, arecanuts, supari, (cancer causing substances), never start. - cutting out sugar - being an uncommon human (respectively) in reaching one’s goal - importance of questioning yourself about your goals, keehkuran? kaakah? koachakah? to find deeper meaning of your destined goals - all gold medals are not equal - screen time wasting more time beyond our realization Apologies my few words don’t translate to his actual talk. (Also just learned from an article on mihaaru how he’s a cancer survivor which he didn’t mention in his talk)

The world's largest iceberg has broken free for the first time in over 30 years reut.rs/40VYJhn

the audacity of ukraine to abstain from calling for ceasefire? india who got independence from colonisers in 1947, the year before nakba, germany whose history is holocaust, japan who suffered from atomic bombs during WW2. countries with dark pasts letting it happen to others.