Bob Digby
@bobdigby.bsky.social
Former GA President, Geog author, people person, gay husband, Dad to 2 spaniels, music lover. All views mine. Decidedly lefty & woke. 🏳️🌈 Twitter refugee.
That London place does some mighty fine Christmas lights
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
That London place does some mighty fine Christmas lights
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Busiest day of announcements I can remember. Our Labour Government do more in a day than the Tories did in 14 years.
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Busiest day of announcements I can remember. Our Labour Government do more in a day than the Tories did in 14 years.
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
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☀️ 2025 is already the UK’s sunniest year on record, according to provisional Met Office statistics.
The UK recorded 1,622 hours of sunshine up until 15 December, beating its previous sunniest year set in 2003.
The UK recorded 1,622 hours of sunshine up until 15 December, beating its previous sunniest year set in 2003.
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
☀️ 2025 is already the UK’s sunniest year on record, according to provisional Met Office statistics.
The UK recorded 1,622 hours of sunshine up until 15 December, beating its previous sunniest year set in 2003.
The UK recorded 1,622 hours of sunshine up until 15 December, beating its previous sunniest year set in 2003.
Splendid! ‘Miracle on 34th St’ is starting. That’s early evening sorted.
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Splendid! ‘Miracle on 34th St’ is starting. That’s early evening sorted.
Rail trip to Scotland
Day 1 - Cornwall to Glasgow
Day 1 - Cornwall to Glasgow
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Rail trip to Scotland
Day 1 - Cornwall to Glasgow
Day 1 - Cornwall to Glasgow
Calling all A level Geography teachers! Remember the Hazards conferences where experts would present up-to-date lectures on a wide range of hazards topics? They’re back, now organised by kcmconferences.co.uk! Includes locations in London, Manchester and Nottingham. Other subjects available!
KCM Events and Conferences | Enthuse, Empower and Engage students
Our panel of expert speakers will cover the very latest developments in their ever-changing fields, deepening students’ knowledge
kcmconferences.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Calling all A level Geography teachers! Remember the Hazards conferences where experts would present up-to-date lectures on a wide range of hazards topics? They’re back, now organised by kcmconferences.co.uk! Includes locations in London, Manchester and Nottingham. Other subjects available!
Love love love The 1975 at #Glastonbury
June 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Love love love The 1975 at #Glastonbury
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@bobdigby.bsky.social an interesting comment here….
The Russian demo pyramid, combined with terrible life expectancy and the killing of their youth, is going to end the country in the next decade. Just not enough people to maintain the state
Really can't see the way forward for them
Really can't see the way forward for them
May 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@bobdigby.bsky.social an interesting comment here….
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Extraordinary video of the collapse of Birch Glacier - incredible early warnings led to evacuation ahead of time
❄️⚒️🧪🌡️ #ClimateCrisis
❄️⚒️🧪🌡️ #ClimateCrisis
INCREDIBLE !!
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
May 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A brilliant read
NEW: Who are the voters Labour risks losing to Reform?
How might Lab unite them with the rest of its election winning coalition? How might Reform win them over?
Some big new research out today with @persuasionuk.bsky.social as featured by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social in today's FT 🧵👇
How might Lab unite them with the rest of its election winning coalition? How might Reform win them over?
Some big new research out today with @persuasionuk.bsky.social as featured by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social in today's FT 🧵👇
Getting to know 'Reform curious Labour voters'
exploring the attitudes, demography and values of Reform curious Labour voters and the coalitional dilemmas they lose
persuasionuk.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A brilliant read
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Well this is bad news...
💧📉 The water cycle is changing – for good
New research shows a permanent global decline in terrestrial water storage, especially soil moisture.
Climate change is not just altering weather – it is rewiring Earth’s hydrological systems.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪 #WaterCrisis #SciComm
New research shows a permanent global decline in terrestrial water storage, especially soil moisture.
Climate change is not just altering weather – it is rewiring Earth’s hydrological systems.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪 #WaterCrisis #SciComm
Abrupt sea level rise and Earth’s gradual pole shift reveal permanent hydrological regime changes in the 21st century
Rising atmospheric and ocean temperatures have caused substantial changes in terrestrial water circulation and land surface water fluxes, such as precipitation and evapotranspiration, potentially lead...
www.science.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Well this is bad news...
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The Niger is the longest river in Western Africa and attracts big settlements. This gorgeous map shows the population density along the flow of the river.
March 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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NEW – Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/MZcCeds
Read here: buff.ly/MZcCeds
March 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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This is interesting in many ways…..
This is interesting in many ways…..
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This is interesting in many ways…..
This is interesting in many ways…..
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The atmosphere on a hotter planet can hold more water. Each 1°C increase in surface temperature increases the capacity to hold water vapor by about 7%.
1.5°C anomaly ≈ 11% more water vapor.
This graph shows the 12-month running average for the "total column precipitable water." You can see it!
1.5°C anomaly ≈ 11% more water vapor.
This graph shows the 12-month running average for the "total column precipitable water." You can see it!
February 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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An acre of land can power a car to go 13,000 miles per year using biofuel (corn ethanol), or 900,000 miles per year using solar.
February 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Indoor cannabis cultivation in the US uses more energy than:
~ Crypto
~ 1/3 of data centers
~ All outdoor agriculture combined 😶
I wrote about a striking new assessment of energy/emissions from indoor cannabis grows, which have ~tripled~ since 2012. 🧪
~ Crypto
~ 1/3 of data centers
~ All outdoor agriculture combined 😶
I wrote about a striking new assessment of energy/emissions from indoor cannabis grows, which have ~tripled~ since 2012. 🧪
Indoor cannabis farms in US use more energy than all other agriculture
Two-thirds of US cannabis is grown indoors, requiring lights and temperature control that produce a vast amounts of emissions
www.newscientist.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Global warming has accelerated, a lot!
The first 19 days of 2025 were on average +1.74°C above pre-industrial.
That's about 0.1°C warmer than the same period last year. Then we had an El Niño, now a La Niña.
The first 19 days of 2025 were on average +1.74°C above pre-industrial.
That's about 0.1°C warmer than the same period last year. Then we had an El Niño, now a La Niña.
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Industrial energy use in Europe reduced by 21% since 2000.
Most of this is because of energy efficiency: Without it industry energy consumption would be 37% higher today compared to 2000.
It's not because of deindustrialisation: Industrial activity in 2023 was much higher than in 2000.
Most of this is because of energy efficiency: Without it industry energy consumption would be 37% higher today compared to 2000.
It's not because of deindustrialisation: Industrial activity in 2023 was much higher than in 2000.
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Which power generation technologies are the least harmful to the environment & society?
It's wind, solar and geothermal.
Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's wind, solar and geothermal.
Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Electricity mix across all OECD countries in October 2024:
37% renewables
17% nuclear
-> 54% "clean"
Fossil fuels made up the other 46%, with coal output down 6% from a year before.
- IEA data
37% renewables
17% nuclear
-> 54% "clean"
Fossil fuels made up the other 46%, with coal output down 6% from a year before.
- IEA data
January 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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This is a map of all of the fatal landslides, bar those triggered by earthquakes, that I recorded in 2024.
January 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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