Greg Wilson
@gaw101.bsky.social
Retired educator, interest in science
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar
Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of the most common myths about solar power
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August 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
NAPLAN Results Haven’t Collapsed – But Media Interpretations Have blog.aare.edu.au/naplan-resul...
NAPLAN Results Haven’t Collapsed – But Media Interpretations Have
NAPLAN: for years we've read about a decline in results. Why are journalists and commentators getting it so very wrong?
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August 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NAPLAN Results Haven’t Collapsed – But Media Interpretations Have blog.aare.edu.au/naplan-resul...
How Star Clusters Age: The Pleiades, the Hyades, and the Orion Nebula Cluster www.universetoday.com/articles/how...
How Star Clusters Age: The Pleiades, the Hyades, and the Orion Nebula Cluster
Astronomers found evolutionary links that connect three well-known star clusters. The Orion Nebular Cluster, the Pleiades, and the Hyades are located roughly in the same region in space, but have diff...
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July 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
How Star Clusters Age: The Pleiades, the Hyades, and the Orion Nebula Cluster www.universetoday.com/articles/how...
Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly - Carbon Brief
Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of climate change far more severe.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ www.carbonbrief.org/tipping-poin...
Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is 'rapidly closing' - Carbon Brief
In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ www.carbonbrief.org/tipping-poin...
How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities - Carbon Brief
The white paper sets out how near-continuous “24/365” solar power has become an economic and technological reality in sunny regions.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising - Carbon Brief
Human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2024 continued to drive global warming to record levels.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Guest post: How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon - Carbon Brief
In our new study, published in Nature, we show that almost 60% of the carbon being released to the atmosphere by rivers is from older sources.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather - Carbon Brief
Recent years have seen a rapid succession of climate-related records broken.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time www.quantamagazine.org/epic-effort-...
Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time | Quanta Magazine
By mathematically proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time www.quantamagazine.org/epic-effort-...
Is successful maths teaching more than method? blog.aare.edu.au/is-successfu...
Is successful maths teaching more than method?
Explicit maths teaching may be a solution to some problems in mathematics education, but it is not the only solution.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Is successful maths teaching more than method? blog.aare.edu.au/is-successfu...
Why so many new teachers feel unprepared – and what we can do about it blog.aare.edu.au/why-so-many-...
Why so many new teachers feel unprepared – and what we can do about it
If we want early career teachers to stay, grow, and thrive, we need to treat assessment design as core business.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Why so many new teachers feel unprepared – and what we can do about it blog.aare.edu.au/why-so-many-...
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#OurFragileMoment: How Lesson’s From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis | My recent lecture at @exeter.ac.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social, with references to Gordon Sumner, The Police, Carl Sagan & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ep...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#OurFragileMoment: How Lesson’s From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis | My recent lecture at @exeter.ac.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social, with references to Gordon Sumner, The Police, Carl Sagan & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ep...
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Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change www.carbonbrief.org/global-wheat...
Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change - Carbon Brief
Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change www.carbonbrief.org/global-wheat...
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
Semicolons are on notice!
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May 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nice to do some solar yesterday morning.
2 panel image in white light with an Esprit 100 and x2 Barlow.
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2 panel image in white light with an Esprit 100 and x2 Barlow.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Nice to do some solar yesterday morning.
2 panel image in white light with an Esprit 100 and x2 Barlow.
🔭
2 panel image in white light with an Esprit 100 and x2 Barlow.
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DeBriefed 9 May 2025: Australia elects climate action; Spain ‘committed’ to renewables; Taiwan’s nuclear phaseout www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-9-...
DeBriefed 9 May 2025: Australia elects climate action; Spain ‘committed’ to renewables; Taiwan’s nuclear phaseout - Carbon Brief
This week, Carbon Brief examines what Taiwan’s decision to phase out nuclear power means for its climate policies.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
DeBriefed 9 May 2025: Australia elects climate action; Spain ‘committed’ to renewables; Taiwan’s nuclear phaseout www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-9-...
Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ www.carbonbrief.org/two-thirds-o...
Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ - Carbon Brief
Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions of the wealthiest 10%.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ www.carbonbrief.org/two-thirds-o...
Reposted by Greg Wilson
Researchers have introduced a comprehensive model that predicts the behavior of a bowling bowl. The goal: to identify the optimal launch position and trajectory for scoring a strike, the feat of toppling all 10 pins at once.
Bowling Simulations Inform Strike Strategy
A physics-based model that captures the complex dynamics of tenpin bowling could help players to increase their chances of scoring a strike.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Researchers have introduced a comprehensive model that predicts the behavior of a bowling bowl. The goal: to identify the optimal launch position and trajectory for scoring a strike, the feat of toppling all 10 pins at once.
Children born in 2020 will face ‘unprecedented exposure’ to climate extremes www.carbonbrief.org/children-bor...
Children born in 2020 will face ‘unprecedented exposure’ to climate extremes - Carbon Brief
Children born in 2020 will face “unprecedented exposure” to extreme weather events even if warming is limited to 1.5C.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Children born in 2020 will face ‘unprecedented exposure’ to climate extremes www.carbonbrief.org/children-bor...
Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 www.carbonbrief.org/forests-taki...
Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 - Carbon Brief
Forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires – potentially indicating forest decline, according to a new study.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 www.carbonbrief.org/forests-taki...
Australia election 2025: Where parties stand on climate change, energy and nature www.carbonbrief.org/australia-el...
Australia election 2025: Where parties stand on climate change, energy and nature - Carbon Brief
Australia is heading to the polls for a general election on 3 May.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Australia election 2025: Where parties stand on climate change, energy and nature www.carbonbrief.org/australia-el...
State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the...
State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year - Carbon Brief
Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional warmth that began in July 2023.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the...
School education: Reflective supervision: one way to address the crisis at the top blog.aare.edu.au/reflective-s...
Reflective supervision: one way to address the crisis at the top
Professional or reflective supervision is an underutilised strategy to address the principal crisis. Research says it works
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April 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
School education: Reflective supervision: one way to address the crisis at the top blog.aare.edu.au/reflective-s...
In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training? www.edsurge.com/news/2025-04...
In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training? - EdSurge News
With natural disasters becoming more common, should schools double down on efforts to prepare teachers for handling trauma? With federal uncertainty, ...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training? www.edsurge.com/news/2025-04...