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Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Is Guy's plan to wake sleeping beauty really the kiss of death? I reviewed "Lost Rainforests of Britain" for The Fence magazine @guyshrubsole @The_Fence_Mag the-fence.com/online-only/lo…
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
When @paulpowlesland told me in 2017 that he was going to up-anchor, squat a fucked post-industrial river in East London & try to precipitate its ecological recovery, I thought he was as crackers as his psychedelic cat leggings.🧵(1/14) | FULL ARTICLE: thelead.uk/londons-forgotten…
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
What's behind the deaths of large numbers of crabs & lobsters off the Yorkshire coast since October 2021?🦀
Today we're hearing from a number of witnesses - for more details see
committees.parliament.uk/com…
📺Watch live from 2.30pm
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…
ALT What's behind the deaths of large numbers of crustaceans off the Yorkshire coast since October 2021? Watch our hearing from 2.30pm today on parliamentlive.tv. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband: facebook.com/DavidCameronOff…
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Great views of Blackburnian Warbler on Bryher this afternoon. My photos don’t do it justice. What a bird! 😍 #Scilly
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Autumn is when water resources normally start to be replenished but, despite recent rain, parts of the UK remain in drought status.
In our new blog post, we assess the current situation and look ahead to what might happen over the coming months ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blo…
ALT Maps showing daily river flow data on 9 and 29 September 2022
ALT River flow data to 10 October 2022 (black) alongside 1976 (red) and 2018 (orange) for the Yorkshire Derwent
ALT Average September river flows from the September 2022 hydrological summary for the UK
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
The soil moisture summary for August is now available at cosmos.ceh.ac.uk. Many sites are now notably or extremely dry for the time of year following another warm and dry month. Almost 90 % of our sites observed the lowest average August soil moisture on project record.
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
19 years after Justin Harrison threw his Rugby World Cup silver medal into Darling Harbour, RFU President Jeff Blackett surprised him with a replacement.
Via @Channel9 - You'll want to watch this ⤵
More 📲 bit.ly/3zepFwN
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Here's a 1-minute video showing--in the words of visualization hero @EdwardTufte--the "compared to what" factor for today's amazing @NASAWebb image. Thanks to the @WWTelescope for making this possible, and @ADavidWeigel. I only wish @NASA and @POTUS had shown the image this way!
And you can zoom on the first one (SMACS 0723) interactively here in @WWTelescope: web.wwtassets.org/specials/2…
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
People who claim they’ve swum in the rivers in Paris and Cairo are either insane or in denial.
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Great interest in @CCRI_UK report on impact of Ag Transition in SW but focus not meant to be on losing #BPS, more on impact on #rural #economy. bit.ly/3vRkbpS A thread (1/8) @jojabaker @JanetHughes @FGAbiKay @johanntasker @JoeWStanley @VictoriaPrentis
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attaché at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
hot dogs were invented in 1936 by Larry Hotdogs when he accidentally dropped a bag of prize-winning pig assholes in his Dick Shaper Machine
Rebecca Hughes retweeted
Male violence against women and girls starts with words.
If you see it happening, have a word with yourself—then your mates.
#HaveAWord