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Just remembering the time on Pointless where we showed 100 people a picture of Earth and asked what planet it was, and it only scored 91.
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“A 4C rise this century, now considered a realistic prospect, would produce at least 300 million refugees & drown cities in the US and China.”
Terrifying from @guardian
How loud do alarm bells have to ring before governments take serious action? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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As poll suggests 71% of Britons think climate change is a more pressing issue than Brexit, the other 29%...are wrong.
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Short answer: no.
Longer answer: the UK's population of herring gull, in particular, are now 'red-listed' and in decline; 750,000 pairs in 1993 to 378,000 pairs now. These birds need help, not vilification. #LoveGulls
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49096417
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Like something from another world, this is the amazing trilobite beetle! This is the young stage, where they look nothing like adult beetles! Amazingly, females stay in this stage as adults!! #TrilobiteTuesday (📽️IG TobyTortellini)
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The Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than Portugal, study finds theguardian.com/environment/…
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Here it is after seven years and thousands of miles I've finally done it and filmed every species of freshwater fish in Britain. I recommend watching the full film in the link below but I've attached a short version with stills also.
youtube.com/watch?v=1oJ6-fGS…
@BBCSpringwatch
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Never before in recorded history has a single disease burned down so much of the tree of life. New estimates show that the doomsday fungus called Bd has caused the decline of over 500 species and the extinction of at least 90. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Saying that humans didn't cause climate change, just accelerated it, is like saying that stabbing someone in the heart isn't murder, just death acceleration.
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Otters have now been seen in every county in England – back from the brink of extinction! #LoveWildlife
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"Perhaps, the seal was swallowing the eel and had to regurgitate it—the monk seal version of snorting milk up your nose. For now, the mechanism that leads to seals with eels up their noses is a mystery." atlasobscura.com/articles/mo… by @slaskow
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Good grief. The Environment Secretary's speech:
1. Climate change is devastating
2. We can still frack, expand airports and build roads.
4. But he'll help us adapt.
He should be declaring a climate emergency & charting a course out of this crisis! gov.uk/government/speeches/m…
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Ladies, if he:
- never responds to your texts
- has never watched your insta story
- doesn’t have a backbone
- only lights up after dark
- is endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago
He's not your man. He’s a Hawaiian bobtail squid. – at Pennsylvania, USA
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A hexapus is an octopus with six legs, and only two have ever been found. One was caught by an American family on holiday in Greece, who accidentally cooked and ate it before they realised.
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I'd like to see Stephen Hawking on the £50 note. He made invaluable contributions over half a century to our understanding of cosmology, the early universe and black holes. He also inspired thousands of scientists + millions of people, me included, through his books and lectures.
New £50 note: Bank of England asks public to nominate scientist trib.al/ZPcZVg6
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Unlike most bats who rely on echolocation, the Gambian epauletted fruit bat uses sight and a keen sense of smell to find food. They are gardeners of the forest, acting as seed dispersers and pollinators for several species of flowering trees. #pollinatormonday
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In 2009, Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitoes at a Ted conference saying 'There's no reason only poor people should have the experience'. He later confirmed that the mosquitoes were not infectious.
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Kiwi eggs are proportionally the largest egg of any bird & weigh a quarter of their body mass. That’s like a human giving birth to a fully formed four-year-old. #ouch
