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Joined January 2013
Geography@6thform retweeted
Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center, driving wolves into villages and infuriating locals: report trib.al/P0cdKZl
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Geography@6thform retweeted
Typhoon Champi has been causing major disruption across Taiwan, with almost the whole of the island forced to shut down and thousands of people evacuated. Latest world news: trib.al/yEyyqJO
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Geography@6thform retweeted
A part of Brighton's historic West Pier has collapsed after strong waves generated by Storm Austen crashed into the structure. Several weather warnings are in place as two named storms are set to hit the UK in as many days. UK weather latest: trib.al/6dQ7Rj5
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Geography@6thform retweeted
#ThoughtForTheDay “If you don’t like pictures of animal cruelty being posted on social media, you need to help stop the cruelty, not the pictures. You should be bothered that it’s happening, not that you saw it.” Marie Sarantakis.
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Geography@6thform retweeted
🚨🇮🇹 ITALY IS COMPLETELY PARALYZED! Hundreds of stranded trucks on the A1 motorway over skyrocketing fuel and living costs have left supermarkets empty and gas stations dry! The whole country is grinding to a halt under this economic disaster!
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Geography@6thform retweeted
Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, becoming ‌the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record reut.rs/4slfIYv
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Geography@6thform retweeted
The Great British 🇬🇧 rip off. We are being absolutely fleeced.
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Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated 250,000 trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone, the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre theguardian.com/environment/…
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Geography@6thform retweeted
🌎 The El Nino weather phenomenon gripping the planet is heading off the charts, the United Nations warned Wednesday, saying countries should take urgent action to prepare for the worst. [1/2] ➡️ u.afp.com/SCjX
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Geography@6thform retweeted
EARTH’S STRONGEST STORM 🌏: Super Typhoon Champi has exploded to Category 5-equivalent strength with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, tying Super Typhoon Sinlaku as the strongest storm on Earth in 2026 by wind speed. Champi recently passed near Guam and is now churning across the western Pacific.
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Geography@6thform retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who is finally being reported on by mainstream media, is in extremely critical condition after undergoing surgery.
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Geography@6thform retweeted
The jet stream is strengthening over the Atlantic, helping to drive a succession of low-pressure systems towards the UK. Expect spells of wet and windy weather over the coming days. Keep up to date with warnings here 👇 bit.ly/WxWarning
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Geography@6thform retweeted
A major new report by police chiefs has found that a rise in violence against women and girls is linked to "online influences" and harmful content. In its first national risk assessment - the report said at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships were victims of abuse. They also found domestic abuse remained the most significant threat and described the scale of violence as a "national emergency".
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Geography@6thform retweeted
In 2024, Oxfam identified 23 superyachts owned by 18 billionaires. The ave annual carbon footprint of each yacht was 5,672 tonnes. For an average citizen of the world it would take EIGHT HUNDRED & SIXTY YEARS (860 years!) to produce the same amount. #GreedDamagesClimate
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Geography@6thform retweeted
Thanks to America, russian is now killing people in cars in the streets of Kyiv with impunity.
With Trump's removal of Starlink, Russians are now hunting cars full of people in Kyiv, using jet drones for which Ukraine's interceptors no longer function to stop. Three people murdered an hour ago in southern Kyiv, with six others injured, three of which are children.
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Geography@6thform retweeted
Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Maurice Tamman explains why calling these events 'heat waves' no longer makes sense and how they're changing our world reut.rs/4zIz8bV
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Geography@6thform retweeted
Repeat after me. A habitable planet is more important than the profits of a few fossil fuel companies. Pass it on. #ActOnClimate
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