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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · 4d

The sad story of how one of my US colleagues lost his research funding from the federal government and the important work on urban heat and atmospheric greenhouse gases was shut down ...

He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · 27d

More evidence of impact of anthropogenic warming on excess deaths during this year’s summer heat in Europe …

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

www.theguardian.com

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Aug 21

The American Geophysical Union (ASU) is documenting the scale and extent of the breathtaking assault on US climate science and policy: eos.org/research-and...

ASU editors also just published a scathing rebuttal of the Orwellian presidential executive order: doi.org/10.1029/2025... - a must read

The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America

This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Aug 14

studies show that heatwaves lead to a rise in hospitalisations of people with mental disorders, an increase in emergency psychiatric visits and mental health helpline calls, a rise in suicide rates

people with mental health conditions are three times more likely to die during a heatwave

As the EU heats up, minds start to crack - Euractiv

"People with mental and behavioural disorders are at higher risk of a deterioration in their health," WHO Programme Manager Dorota Jarosinska told Euractiv

www.euractiv.com

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Aug 14

Official figures released yesterday show that nearly 440,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires so far this year in the EU

This is more than DOUBLE the size of the area burned this time last year

Unchecked climate change makes this more likely and more dangerous

Current wildfire situation in Europe

See the most recent data on the forest fire situation in the EU and the weather forecast for the coming days.

joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Aug 14

#PlasticsTreaty talks are stalled over lack of ambition, with the Chair’s draft being described by Greenpeace International as a “gift to the petrochemical industry & a betrayal of humanity."

🚨⏳Govts have hours to stand up & deliver a treaty that cuts production.

Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline

Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

www.theguardian.com

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Aug 5

Truly horrific - as is what’s happening now in Sudan - both hidden or, more accurately, ignored African wars www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual violence used against Tigray’s women

Tens of thousands of Tigrayan women report brutal wartime abuse by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers, such as gang-rape and the insertion of objects into their uteruses. But justice seems a distant pros...

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Aug 4

'Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned.'

This is a crisis fuelled by profit and delay. We need urgent action.

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Aug 5

Really authoritative and important - also a great teaching aid.

MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · Aug 5

The arguments around Net Zero are complex but here s a clear explanation of how the misinformation factory works. Churning polluting fake facts into the zeitgeist quite as dangerous as the fossil fuel fumes…

You've been lied to about Net Zero

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Aug 5

The data in the new study published in PNAS and reported here are really worrying in terms of academic integrity and the implications for future research building on such work.

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

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Animals R Us…. @trumph8ters.bsky.social · Jul 27

The shoebill stork looks like a dinosaur.. 🦖
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 28

Very good news for the deep ocean seabed and a boost for its multilateral governance: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/interna...

International Seabed Authority to investigate The Metals Company - Oceanographic

The landmark decision has been earmarked as a critical step in protecting the deep sea - recognised as the common heritage of humankind.

oceanographicmagazine.com

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 25

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Santa feels the heat as Lapland buckles in Finland's record-breaking heatwave

After an unusually cold early summer, Finland has seen two weeks of temperatures topping 30C.

www.bbc.co.uk

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is potentially very big - but not without clarity. Cases could revolve around current and or historical emissions and their resultant losses and damages.

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

www.bbc.com

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 17

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

you.38degrees.org.uk

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jul 17

Concerning but not insurprising update from @UNHabitat on progress implementing #SDG11: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 24

Shocking hidden cost of sudden culling of USAID funds for healthcare in rural Mozambique - and far from the only such case: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique

In Mozambique, the health system is overwhelmingly built on US money. When the Trump administration instantly pulled much of this funding without warning, disease and death spread. Spotlight and Groun...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 24

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David Simon 💙 on X: "Shocking hidden cost of the sudden, unannounced culling of USAID-funded health services in rural Mozambique. Many similar situations elsewhere. These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique https://t.co/KQLp3wMtXQ" / X

Shocking hidden cost of the sudden, unannounced culling of USAID-funded health services in rural Mozambique. Many similar situations elsewhere. These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique https://t.co/KQLp3wMtXQ

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Jun 17

As the nickel mining industry expands, a threat has emerged to Raja Ampat -the Last Paradise on Earth- and also a home for Indigenous West Papuans. Greenpeace Indonesia continues to demand full and permanent protection for the entire ecosystem. #SaveRajaAmpat www.ft.com/content/b8dc...

Indonesia launches rare crackdown on nickel mines in ‘last paradise’

President Prabowo Subianto cancels most mining permits issued in the coral-rich Raja Ampat archipelago

www.ft.com

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 11

A sad state of US affairs, self-harming and a loss globally

Eos @eos.org · Jun 11

Climate.gov will likely soon shut down, as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down - Eos

Climate.gov, NOAA’s portal to the work of their Climate Program Office, will likely soon shut down as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired on 31 May.

eos.org

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 11

Powerful statement on behalf of UK-based Jews who do not support the extremist and counter-productive policies of the current Israeli government
yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

Statement on UK sanctions against Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich | Yachad

Today the UK government, along with other international allies, announced an important and moral decision to sanction far-right Israeli ministers ... Read more

yachad.org.uk

David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 5

Another unwelcome piece of evidence that we’re still building a bad future, thanks to lagged feedback loops …

The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Jun 5

May 2025 experienced the first 430 ppm+ monthly #co2 average in human history, per Keeling Curve: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

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David Simon @urbandavidsimon.bsky.social · Jun 2

Last week academia.edu sent me unsolicited an AI-generated podcast of 'an article' of mine: did I want to post it to my profile page? The 'article': a 35-year old book review! It attributed the book to me, had assertions & dramatic effects far from my text. Is it possible to curtail such (ab)uses?

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Yllek @yllekaj.bsky.social · May 23

I won't disclose how long I sat, watching & waiting to capture this video but I am going to tell you, the actual speed of the transformation took 8 minutes. In order to share this with you, I sped up the video 8 times.
I present to you, the transformation of a varied eggfly caterpillar to chrysalis🦋

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