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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 1d

There's quite a snazzy video to go with it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVj...

#GTPR2025 #COP30

Global Tipping Points Report 2025

YouTube video by University of Exeter

www.youtube.com

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 2d

Our new Global Tipping Points report is out today: global-tipping-points.org

Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...

#GTPR2025 #COP30

@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

global-tipping-points.org

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 4d

I think so. I know Harry Potter is in Lustleigh too

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 4d

It brightened up and there were cows and some bog heather. There is also an enormous film set on Sharp Tor #Dartmoor

Pink bog heather with little drops of dew

Orange cows, orange bracken, a forest in the background and grey sky

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a beautiful day to be bog coring on Dartmoor

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t understand where she’s getting the £55/MWh from. And the CCC have already explained to her that these figures aren’t comparable and why.

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 7d

It’s me.

nathanwpyle @nathanwpyle.bsky.social · 8d

there’s always one person in the family who looks at the Doppler radar

5 emotionless people look at one person who is viewing a laptop screen and saying hmmmm

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 8d

Start at the beginning of the Rutshire Chronicles and work your way through in order: Riders, Rivals, Polo and The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous. I got stuck on Appassionata because I hate Rannaldini so much and thought that Helen Campbell-Black had suffered enough.

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 8d

Very sad that we’ve lost wonderful Jilly Cooper. I’ll be re-watching the brilliant Rivals tonight in her honour. youtu.be/VkiwhYkz20Q 💋 🐎 🍾

Rivals | Teaser Trailer | Hulu

YouTube video by Hulu

youtu.be

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 9d

Always worth remembering that the actions of the Suffragettes were often not 'peaceful': sustained campaigns of arson, vandalism & in some instances assault. If anyone tried that today they would likely end up in prison for a very long time. @rogerhallam.com got 5 years for attending a Zoom call.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9d

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 12d

Inside the ice lab @bas.ac.uk where the oldest ice recovered from Antarctica (at least 1.2 million years old) is being analysed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Inside the lab melting the world's oldest ice

Studying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 12d

One element for #COP30 trackers to keep an eye on... India has been virtually silent in climate-related fora since COP29 + no NDC to boot. Delhi was vocally annoyed post Baku + maybe this is the response. But raises question: what are they up to?

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 12d

If I was a politician and didn’t know better, I’d think SSP5 - 8.5 sounds great. Economic and social development! Rapid technological progress! Investments in health and education! Maybe a more realistic definition would be helpful?

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 13d

Not all tories have embraced the post-truth era the party leadership have descended into

Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 13d

And if no @Conservatives MP challenges her by Xmas, I will resign from the party after 28 years as a member. I know what it means to be a conservative, even if others do not. We have a responsibility to people, planet, the vulnerable and future generations.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14d

mood

miriam nielsen @zentouro.info · 14d

this can't be good right?

screenshot of a NOAA webpage. the main text says: FACTS has been Discontinued

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 15d

Polar scientists meeting at @royalsociety.org
in London this week are issuing a stark warning: dramatic and extreme changes in Antarctica are happening faster than expected, with consequences that will affect everyone on the planet.

www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 22d

Want to explain #polarClimate and why #Geoengineering doesn't belong there to kids? Try this excellent Frontiers for Young Minds piece by @helenmillman.bsky.social et al:

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Polar Geoengineering: A Risky Experiment That Will Not Fix Climate Change

Earth’s climate is warming because we burn fossil fuels for electricity, transport, heating, and food production, and this releases greenhouse gases. The polar regions (the Arctic and Antarctic) are w...

kids.frontiersin.org

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks ☺️

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 25d

Just found out that we can request an armed guard to walk us to class. Yeah, things are going great on campus.

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Pete Green @petegreensolo.com · 25d

"I'm afraid I was very, very vulnerable in the night-time economy"

The Fast Show character Rowley Birkin QC, played by Paul Whitehouse, a smartly dressed but red-faced and tousle-haired old man in a leather armchair

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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre @magic.bas.ac.uk · 25d

We are so pleased to announce the official launch of the new BAS Map Catalogue 🎉🗺

The catalogue contains open access topographic, thematic and geological maps, as well as full details on where to purchase our professionally printed published maps.

Have a look for yourselves at bas.ac.uk/maps!

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 26d

🗺️NEW: BAS Map Catalogue is live!

Explore Antarctica and the Arctic through our collection of professional maps. Perfect for educators, adventurers, and polar enthusiasts. Many available on open licence for free download. #PolarMaps #Antarctica

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 26d

This is so deeply unserious. Throughout the entire 14 years of the Conservative government oil and gas licenses were routinely issued and for much of the period there was a policy of maximising extraction.

Production still fell, the economy flatlined, and energy security got worse.

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 26d

The King's speech at the Trump banquet was quite good: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Screenshot of a section of King Charles' speech: “Our two nations have an exceptional legacy of shared discovery. Together, we laid the foundations of nuclear science, mapped the human genome and built the internet, upon which all contemporary commerce, communication and defence is based. Together, our scientists and engineers are shaping the world of tomorrow, not least with new partnership agreements on technology, and the prosperity that stands to bring.

“Our countries have the closest defence, security and intelligence relationship ever known. In two world wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny. Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine, to deter aggression and secure peace. And our Aukus submarine partnership, with Australia, sets the benchmark for innovative and vital collaboration."

Screenshot of a section of King Charles' speech: “In striving together for a better world, we also have a precious opportunity to safeguard and to restore the wonders and beauty of nature for the generations who follow us. We share the ambition, and determination, to preserve our majestic lands and waters; above all, to ensure that we have clean water, clean air and clean food.

“Our legacy for the next 250 years and beyond is to ensure that our children, grandchildren, and those who come after them, can experience the awe and magnificence of the natural treasures found in the countryside, on the coasts, in the seas and in the national parks established by your predecessors and mine.

“Mr President, Mrs Trump — the bond between our two nations is indeed a remarkable one. Forged in the fire of conflict, it has been fortified through our shared endeavours and burnished by the deep affection between our people. Tested time and again, it has borne the weight of our common purpose and raised our ambition for a better world."

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 29d

kids.frontiersin.org/articles

Frontiers for Young Minds

Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

kids.frontiersin.org

Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 29d

The paper went through a proper peer review process, no problems around fees or anything else as far as I know. A bit suspect that Frontiers for Young Minds is on the list as though it’s an adult journal. Its where children‘s versions of the papers are published- reviewed by kids for kids.

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