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BBC 📻 Series Producer. The Climate Question, Profile, 🇺🇸Americast, Putin, Witness History @bbcradio4, @bbcworldservice @bbcsounds 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇧🇷 🌍

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Joined April 2010
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The unexpected knock-on effect of Trump's minerals 'deal of the century' bbc.in/4iPlGL1
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NEW – IPCC report timeline still undecided after ‘most difficult’ meeting in China | @AyeshaTandon @cecilia_keating @rtmcswee Read here ➡️ buff.ly/jO2935R
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🚨 Pompeian Red! Pompeii, Campania - Italy 🇮🇹 continues to unveil buried treasures of the Roman Empire A new, astonishing archaeological discovery related to the cult of Dionysus A Thread 🧵
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Quiet moments by the pond as the sun sets over the Heath 🌅✨ 📸: hampstead_jonnie_telstar, Instagram #HampsteadHeath
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Hundreds in US climate agency fired in latest cuts bbc.in/4khg0uS
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Inside the Taliban's surveillance network monitoring millions bbc.in/4bkTo8K
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Simon Watts retweeted
As Goma was falling into rebel hands, there was a prison break and over a hundred women inmates were raped. Many died in a fire that engulfed the prison. @OrlaGuerin has tracked down some of the survivors. bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gn4…
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La cara de la felicidad #UCL
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Who wins in the electric vehicles transition? Hungary is becoming a global leader in EV batteries, but who really benefits? 🎧 Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that bbc.in/4hFNkKr
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Simon Watts retweeted
NYT has openings for two climate reporter positions — descriptions/how to apply at the links: 1) Climate policy reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.co… 2) Climate adaptation reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.co…
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Unexpectedly warm January puzzles climate scientists bbc.in/4aOW9in
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Ex cineribus nascitur
First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years bbc.in/4jJodaO
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Grace and Kisilu's Story - how a Kenyan farming family became the stars of two international climate documentaries. 🎧 Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that bbc.in/4gokblm
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The world has probably passed “peak air pollution”— Global emissions of local air pollutants have probably passed their peak. The chart shows estimates of global emissions of pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (which causes acid rain), nitrogen oxides, and black and organic carbon. These pollutants are harmful to human health and can also damage ecosystems. It looks like emissions have peaked for almost all of these pollutants. Global air pollution is now falling, and we can save many lives by accelerating this decline. The exception is ammonia, which is mainly produced by agriculture. Its emissions are still rising. These estimates come from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS). (This Daily Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)
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LA fires made worse by climate change, say scientists bbc.in/4hCyfJf
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See this brilliant thread on why DeepSeek is potentially a massive climate win 👇
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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🌍 Is climate change speeding up? 👨‍👦 What skills do kids need for a warmer world? 🚀 Could 'space junk' become a climate problem? @GraihaghJackson asks @BBCJustinR @AkshatRathi & @CarolineSteel3 🎧 The Climate Question on @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5w…
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