Ecologist, climate scientist, plant physiologist, global trends observer, science communicator. Opinions purely my own.

Joined May 2014
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No way!!!
BREAKING: REPORTS OF EXPLOSIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
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No other species on Earth has a teamwork system quite like ants.

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BREAKING: A US B-52 BOMBER CRASHED NEAR ST EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF
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High risk 2026 will be record hot.
🚨Hard to overstate how ominous this looks. NiƱo 3.4 SSTs are already at 29.27°C by June 13, with daily records being obliterated across early/mid June. El NiƱo is a natural phenomenon. But this is now unfolding on top of a human-warmed ocean background — and that extra heat is helping push the system into record territory.
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Crazy guy.
It’s war.
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It is the other way around.
JUST IN: Israel says it "does not" take orders from US
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And may - will - be closed again anytime Israel breaks the ceasefire.
Americans after paying $300 billion to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which was never closed
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Irans nuclear programme??? This was NEVER a real issue! This aggression and energy war against Iran was started by Iran and Israel. You cannot even say that. Pathetic. EU is totally irrelevant.
The US and Iran have announced a deal to end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. This marks a potential breakthrough. It can give much needed space for deeper negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme and other critical issues. Once implemented, the deal should also ease the global energy crisis. I have spoken to my Iranian and Gulf counterparts in recent days, and today, EU Foreign Ministers will discuss how the EU can be closely involved in the next phase. From economic leverage to nuclear expertise and longstanding relationships with Gulf partners, the EU stands ready to contribute to a sustainable resolution.
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You 100% ignore daily intentional killings of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon. You also support proxy war against Russia. Step down!
Heavy attacks on Ukraine last night, with more civilians killed and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO site, seriously damaged. Today, G7 leaders meet in Evian. We will discuss the next steps to increase pressure on Russia, bring Putin to the negotiating table, and end this senseless killing. Europe wants peace. Nobody more than the Ukrainian people. Russia, on the other hand, showed again its sole interest in violence and destruction.
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Probably...
The return of German war enthusiasm should probably be greeted with more scepticism in Europe
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RT @richimedhurst: Some don't have the heart to tell you this so I will: The US don't do peace talks. In the Western mentality, "peace" is…
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One of the reasons I insisted on saying '0% chance of a deal' for so long is because I know my Israel. And like I said a million times before: Israel always escalates, and no one, let alone Iran, will ever have peace while it is allowed to exist. The road to peace in the world goes through ending Zionism, and Israel. There is no bypass
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France is heading towards its second heatwave... BEFORE the summer solstice! šŸ”„šŸŒ”ļøšŸ„µ It’s just nightmarish, morbid, and foreshadows how difficult life will be in the 21st century. 😰 I’m thinking of the ecosystems that can’t take it anymore... šŸŒ²āœļø Map via @Kevin_Fillin
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Bloomberg is owned by the world's 18th richest man. Billionaires emit more carbon in one hour than a poor person does in a lifetime. This is propaganda.
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Thanks for playing.
Iran is cancelling flights here we go again
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āš”ļøBREAKING: Iran's National Security Council has decided to respond to Israel's strike in Beirut Ballistic missile strike on Israel is now imminent
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El NiƱo development is firing on all cylinders. Sea temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific have now broken records for five days in a row. A locally record-breaking westerly wind burst is currently causing yet more warming there.
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You have infinitely more in common with the average person in Cuba, Iran, Lebanon or Palestine than you have with the world’s first trillionaire.
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I received several reactions to the discussion I hosted about how nuclear weapons may be used against Europe to restore deterrence. To be clear, this is not a normative argument about what I think should happen or what I think is just. My argument is what I think will happen. European leaders have become so deeply involved in the attacks on Russia that the Kremlin is under great pressure to restore its deterrence. Once Russia retaliates with conventional weapons against European targets (weapons facilities, logistics centres), the Europeans will more forcefully attack Russia. At this point, I believe that it is more likely than not that Russia could launch a limited nuclear strike (with tactical nuclear weapons, not strategic). This should not be a controversial prediction. NATO countries are doing the war planning; their intelligence agencies are doing the targeting; their contractors are pulling the trigger; they are supplying the long-range weapons; and they are also using NATO territory to strike Russia. This will only escalate as the Europeans are talking about mass-producing long-range weapons for "Ukraine" to strike deeper and deeper inside Russia, and are setting dates for when Europe will directly attack. Our political leaders are obsessed with defeating the world's largest nuclear power, which considers itself to be fighting in a war for its existence. It should worry us that our political leaders did not define what a NATO victory looks like in this scenario, and we should also be worried that our political leaders have incrementally become so directly involved in attacks on Russia and still pretend it is merely a war between Russia and Ukraine. Our political leaders sabotaged both the Minsk peace agreement and the Istanbul agreement, and then shut down all diplomacy for more than 4 years while declaring that "weapons are the path to peace". It is obligatory in Europe to pretend this is about "helping Ukraine", but this is dangerous self-delusion. Where exactly did we think this was heading? Is nuclear war not the obvious end? Can anyone imagine it ending in any different ways if we had done this during the Cold War or if Russia were now similarly attacking the US through a proxy? Biden once said that sending F-16s meant World War 3, yet now it has become controversial to point out that NATO clearly crossing the line between proxy war and direct war will trigger a nuclear war. I see no morality in such self-delusion. NATO escalations are now out of control, we are heading to war, and that war will not be limited to conventional weapons. The fact that this is dismissed as a "pro-Russian" argument demonstrates how completely lost we have become in mindless war propaganda. youtu.be/Q8PT0jiemKc
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There was hope...
No deal will be signed today We all knew it wasn’t going to happen
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