Environmental Utilitarian, I hope! PhD applied geology... Random tweets about, mine waste, water but mostly climate.
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Exciting news from Finland: the world’s largest sand battery (1 MW/100 MWh) is now online! The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.
Chemical energy storage is great and all but I have to admit that thermal energy storage has a special place in my heart.
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WIRED loves Fairphone and everything it stands for—but people just aren’t buying its devices, and the few who have don’t need to upgrade. www.wired.com/story/fairph...
Climate mitigation and adaptation measures are not costs. They are investments. The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods. Invest now to reduce costs in future.
Från en som jobbat där... Det är så här det är... Och värre. För samtidigt som det finns överflöd av arbeten utan längre utbildning är det svårt att rekrytera spetskompetens.
Hej Bluesky, det här är en jättebra artikel! www.dn.se/debatt/gruva...
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
If you're one of Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers" the money from your bills should be spent on investment to tackle sewage, not wasted on expensive creditors and shareholders Here's how to end the rip off and get PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/YIb9G...
🧵1) Det har snackats en del #bottentrålning på sistone. Inte minst pga av ministerns falska uttalande om att bottentrålningen i svenska skyddade havsområden är "illegal and banned" sedan 1/6 i år. Kosterhavets marina nationalpark är ett exempel på ett starkt skyddat område som ändå bottentrålas.
Oh snap New exposure data preprint with "open access repository of 73 individual gridded datasets addressing topography, climate, nighttime lights, land cover, inland water, infrastructure, protected areas as well as the built-up environment" at 100m resolution (!!) verixiv.org/articles/2-1...
"This man saved my life." Ukrainian Defender Oleksii Anulia, who returned from Russian captivity at the end of 2022, reunited with another Warrior with whom he was in Russian captivity. "This man gave me his last bit of everything just so I could survive and hold on.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky: What is needed now is a truly powerful 18th package of EU sanctions against Russia. Key targets should be Russia’s oil trade, its shadow tanker fleet, Russian banks and other financial institutions, and any supply chains that provide equipment or parts for weapons production.
EU summit of symbolism? Much discussion, no decisions
French State liable for death from toxic green algae ⚖️💀 Court links 2016 jogger’s death to Brittany’s “green tide” and orders damages. The culprit? Intensive farming. A win for justice, nature & health🎉 Time for the EU to act on nutrient pollution! 🌿 @franceinfo.fr story in comments below 👇
”Först och främst, förbjud aktiebolagen i skolan. Därefter bör man differentiera skolpengen mellan kommunala och fristående skolor eftersom ansvaret ser olika ut. Till sist måste kötid som urvalsmetod till friskolor tas bort.” www.hallandsposten.se/asikter/leda...
Bra att detta görs. Viktig att inte underskatta effekten av opinionsbildning från medier som förvränger verkligheten i dessa frågor också... Så att politiken upplevs som verkningslös och orättvis.
Det här är intressant. Fler är emot än för att höja skatten på fossila bränslen. Men hela 52% av de negativa svänger från nej till ja om lågavlönade och glesbygdsbor kompenseras. Och var tredje svänger till ja om inkomstskatterna sänks fairtrans.nu/wp-content/u...
Det är intressant, men skulle inte säga att det är ovanligt att gräva djupare genom att ställa betingade frågor. En bra genomgång av forskningen på acceptans för klimatpolitik finns här: eso.expertgrupp.se/rapporter/20....
❗Early international offset deals under Article 6 have shown huge flaws: overestimated reductions & negative local impacts 👥 These deals have no proper safeguards! ⚖️ The EU must not trade away climate integrity Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour... #ClimateJustice #Article6 #EU2040
🇸🇪🇺🇦 Swedish CB-90 boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Marine Corps during a combat mission in the Black Sea. 😎 SOF soldier operates a six-barreled M134 Minigun on a SOC-R speedboat.
Not really happening in Sweden... And don't see how this will change it.
Rivers across Europe are heavily broken up by barriers like dams and weirs With around 1.2 million in place, these structures massively disrupt biodiversity and threaten healthy waters 💦 But with the Nature Restoration Law, that’s about to change - see how ⬇️ eeb.org/library/goin... #RestoreNature
Not really happening in Sweden... And don't see how this will change it.
Spy claiming to be a Ukrainian diplomat in Hungary arrested by authorities. When they threatened to deport him to Ukraine, he admitted to actually being a Russian spy pretending to be Ukrainian, and asked not to be sent to Ukraine. Hilarity ensues. united24media.com/latest-news/...
Skyhöga kvicksilvervärden uppmätta i sediment i Kosterhavet. Källan till detta är hittills okänd. Livsmedelsverket ska analysera räkor härifrån och HaV ser hur möjligheterna för undersökande övervakning i området kan följa upp detta, samt ev nytt samråd med Norge. www.etc.se/klimat-miljo...
❗️🇬🇧Britain to order 12 🇺🇸American F-35A fighters for NATO nuclear umbrella The purchased F-35A will become, among other things, carriers of American B61 nuclear bombs
Thanks so much for everyone who came out in person or online to hear me talk about our LLM course today at UNSW. thebullshitmachines.com
Apparently they are referring to this (which, as @hausfath.bsky.social explains here, emphasizes the importance of CO2 on temperature): www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-sk...
Today, Joe Rogan said: “Did you see the WaPo piece? They found that we’re in a cooling period…a very ‘inconvenient’ discovery, but they had to report the data—and kudos to them for doing that.” I'd love to know how WaPo found that cooling period and, even more importantly, where they hid it.
In the next 7 years: 5 million people will turn 18. - 63% of people aged 18-24 want to rejoin the EU. - Only 15% oppose rejoining. Over 4 million people will die (most aged 65+). - 37% of over 65s want to rejoin the EU. - A hefty 56% oppose rejoining. The UK is becoming ever more strongly rejoin.
The prof is in the pudding... Förhoppningsvis har hon lämnat det bakom sig?
Reuters has released footage of the massive nighttime attack on Kyiv. At this time, 9 people are confirmed dead and over 30 injured.
The argument that urban heat islands are biasing temperature records continually comes up. There is a long history of papers showing it's effect minimal globally (and the world is 70% oceans with no urbanization). My colleague Robert has an updated analysis for global land:
A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Svenska EU-kommissionären gör Tidöregeringen en tjänst. Får EU-kommissionen att urholka klimatlagstiftningen. Splittrad kommission drar tillbaka lagförslag om förhindra företag från greenwashing www.politico.eu/article/ribe...
Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026 www.fishsec.org/2025/06/17/j...
Hoppar in som debattredaktör, missa inte --> ”Därför bör fler företag ha med vattenfrågor i sitt hållbarhetsarbete”
I samband med helger och särskilt storhelger är denna alltid aktuell
– Jag är 19, sa Denys. Jag hade trott dig om du hade sagt 15 också, tänkte jag. I främsta försvarslinjen mot Rysslands invasion finns infanteristerna, fotsoldaterna i skyttegravar där risken att dödas eller lemlästas är störst. Idag ger vi röst åt tre av dem, läs! www.dn.se/varlden/deny...
I got 99 reasons to plant trees, but carbon offsetting ain't one.
UPPDATERAS: Ryssland bröt igen mot energiavtalet, bombade energiinfrastruktur i Krementjuk – massproduktion av ukrainsk antidrönarradar igång – rysk vapenfabrik bombad i Tula
So?
In other words, sad for the world, sad for the trees, bad news for all the fishes in the deep blue sea, bad news for you and me. phys.org/news/2025-06...
Yet more confirmation, here from the ONS, that high gas prices are driving the UK's eye-wateringly high energy costs "UK electricity prices are high by international comparisons, because of the relative dependence on gas compared with other sources" www.ons.gov.uk/econo...
När människor börjar liknas vid invasiva arter är vi inte längre i debatt... då befinner vii oss i en ideologisk jävla kompost. Nachman försöker smuggla in rasbiologi genom blomsterprakt och nyckelpigor, men det luktar brunmylla lång väg. Rasismen klär ut sig till ekologi nu. Vackert!
Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Minister för civilt försvar" Hahahah. Det är som en jävla parodi på att leka regering.
"skogen är som tonåringar den äter en massa koldioxid" ???
Film på det ryska bruket av bombkapslar mot civil bebyggelse och bostäder i Kyjiiv
💔 The number of injured in Kyiv due to massive attack has increased to 139. There are also 15 known deaths.
"I Sollentuna norr om Stockholm vill kommunen få stopp på ”privat”-skyltarna – och nu ska över 100 bryggor skyltas med information om att det är fritt fram att bada." www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Today, we laid out our proposal to ban Russian gas imports by the end of 2027. Europe has already cut its dependence drastically. Now, we’re turning off the tap for good. Russia will no longer be able to use energy as a weapon against us.
The moment when the Russian drone directly hit a residential building in Kyiv appeared online. Russians continue to fight against civilians.
A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments. It's all about increments of excrement. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ours is the first study to demonstrate an historical increase (by a factor of three!) in the occurrence of atmospheric resonance, which is associated with many of the most devastating and deadly persistent summer weather extremes in recent years (e.g. Pacific Northwest Heat Dome of summer '21) 🧵
🤬 Russian drone deliberately targeting a residential building in Kyiv.
Det är lite rörande att se Blodtrycksdoktorn anklaga representanter för Capio för att bara se till sitt egenintresse (”Det är inte svårt att se hur Capio Närsjukvård skulle gynnas av ett sådant förslag”), www.svd.se/a/B0LM87/blo...
"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
Jag fattar inte att vi (och Timbro!) är nästan ensamma med att protestera mot den här vansinniga grundlagsändringen www.dn.se/ledare/lilia...
The Russian missile hit a high-rise building in #Kyiv so deeply that it even broke through the concrete floors into the basement, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported. The death toll in Kyiv has risen to 15 as of now. At least 114 more people were injured, and 68 were hospitalized.
❗️Report from United24, about the combat work of the 🇸🇪Swedish 155-mm self-propelled howitzer Archer in service with the 🇺🇦43rd Artillery Brigade
Young doctors in Britain gripe about how they are assigned their first jobs. No wonder https://econ.trib.al/ludu35l
❗️Russians offered to exchange Ukrainian children for their soldiers. This is madness, - Zelensky
Ukraine: 62-year old American murdered by the Russian fascists in Kyiv.
⚡️UPDATE: Russian mass attack hits Kyiv, killing 14, injuring at least 40. Russian drones and ballistic missiles targeted the capital overnight, killing 14 people and injuring at least 40, local authorities reported. Damage to civilian infrastructure has also been reported throughout the city.
Mindscape 318 | Edward Miguel @tedmiguel.bsky.social on the Developing Practice of Development Economics. #MindscapePodcast www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
"Atmospheric Warming and Planetary Wave Amplification" | My blog post on our new article (@xuekeli.bsky.social, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social, Shannon Christiansen & yours truly) out this week in @pnas.org: michaelmann.net/atmospheric-...
"Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950" | Great piece by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com on our new @pnas.org article (w/ thoughtful comments from @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social): vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/16/s...
New paper: "Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective" (D. Krakauer, J. Krakauer, M. Mitchell). We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in complexity science. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11135
"Illegal" och "banned" är alltså #Nyspråk för "möjligt att förbjuda" och "pågår fortfarande"... Äh, det handlar ju bara om miljön och lite okända djur på några leriga havsbottnar. Vem fan bryr sig!? (Inte ministern. Inte media.)
What a nerve! Absolutely Starmer must intervene, to bring Thames Water into public ownership weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin... Creditors and shareholders should lose money Voters would never forgive the government if they made it easier to pollute our rivers www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
♻️As Europe moves toward a fossil-free future, we need energy solutions that are #sustainable from start to finish 🌞Solar panels should be built to last, reused and recycled As solar grows, so do #recycling programmes, so that solar stays good for people and the planet #EuropeanSolarDay #SolarFacts
I am happy to announce that I have been appointed as associate professor at SLU. You can watch my lecture here: internt.slu.se/nyheter-orig...
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Har tänkt ofta på det där - kanske en idealisering men som jag minns det var politikerna förr överens om problemen, oense om lösningen. Idag kan de inte ens enas om ifall klimatförändringarna eller svälten i Gaza ens finns, än mindre vilja göra nåt åt det
Jag har skrivit om när offentligheten bryter samman och vad det innebär för demokratin www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...
Read this preprint from @manonberger.bsky.social, Lester Kwiatkowski, @bopplaurent.bsky.social, and me about how if you consider iron limitation, growing seaweed doesn’t work as a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique. 🌊
Svensk media ställer fler kritiska frågor om både klimatpåverkan, samarbeten och utrikespolitik rill en 22-åring, som nyss kidnappats av en främmande makt och till slut landat på svensk mark än till hela den samlade svenska regeringen. Det säger något om vem man litar på - egentligen.
ICYMI: UPPDATERAS: Rysk trupp pressas tillbaka i Sumy – mycket svåra ryska förluster
youtube.com/watch?v=627X...
🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars. As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Där rök mitt stöd till Idéburna skolors riksförbund. Väldigt trist. "Det är på kommunnivå (förvaltningsnivå) som kostnader uppstår för utbudsansvar och demografisk variation." ideburenskola.se/2025/06/12/i...
Fair enough
Regeringens klimat- och miljöpolitik får lägst betyg av väljarna i en ny DN/Ipsos-mätning, tillsammans med skattesänkningar för rika. Missnöjet sticker ut i jämförelse med andra politikområden och förstärks av att utsläppen samtidigt ökar.
People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
Enligt miljöministern upphörde bottentrålningen i Kosterhavets marina nationalpark den 1a juni 2025. Bottenfaunan (den som finns kvar efter lång tids bottentrålning i de mörkblå områdena i nationalparken) hade säkert höjt en glädjetentakel... om... det varit så att det var sant. Det är det inte.
Ja, skynda. Man vill inte dricka varm GT :)
This week I was a 'Witness' on Moral Maze (BBC Radio 4) on the question of whether having baby is a moral duty. I found my way there via @dpcarrington.bsky.social's article from 2024 (remember www.theguardian.com/environment/...). I was one of 4 witnesses and the discussion was diverse. But...
Russia has lost billions of euros in oil revenues. We need to cut the flow of cash to Moscow's army even further. Because we want this war to stop, and this war will only stop if the pressure is there. Joint press conference at the Weimar+ meeting in Rome ↓
I'm reminded of when Microsoft's big carbon offset forest burned down www.scientificamerican.com/article/fore...
Men vad ÄR det här? Ministerstyre efter ministerstyre... www.dn.se/sverige/m-to...
Sadly nearly 50 people have been killed in South Africa floods so far. Extreme precipitation is made much more likely with higher global temperatures due to fossil fuel emissions www.bbc.com/news/article...
❗️German Chancellor Merz calls for support for Kyiv and pressure on Moscow