Biff Vernon

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Born at 310ppmv CO2, saving the planet one social media post at a time.
The 1.5C climate target is dead – to prevent total catastrophe, Cop27 must admit it

Acknowledging that climate breakdown is unavoidable is key to making fossil-fuel companies and governments take action, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL

The Guardian
BBC News - Climate change: Dimming Earth, mustard shortages and other odd side-effects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63585043
Climate change: Dimming Earth, mustard shortages and other odd side-effects

Changes to our planet's shine is just one of the stranger side effects of rising temperatures.

BBC News
BBC News - Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63606658
Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia

The anonymous graffiti artist paints murals on buildings destroyed by Russian artillery attacks.

BBC News
Hi, this is Greta. You are welcome to follow me here, if you prefer planet earth to planet mars.

Front Row on BBC R4 tonight discusses the 'art of the infographic', including the Warming Stripes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwtp

I have encountered more image descriptions on Mastodon in 24 hours than I have in Twitter in a couple of years. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating.
As a blind person, this means a lot to me. If you read this and you describe your images, thank you so, so, so much on behalf of all of us. If you don't, now you know you'll be helping random Internet strangers make sense of your posts by typing in a few more words than usual.
The Tories concocted the myth of the ‘migrant crisis’. Now their survival depends on it. Good by ⁦@NesrineMalik⁩ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/07/tories-myth-migrant-crisis-brexit-immigration-centre

More trouble for Gavin Williamson

But remember, he’s a “dangerous person to not have onside” who “knows where the bodies are buried” (Theresa May’s ex-adviser)

He was given a knighthood to “keep [him] quiet” (Tim Shipman, Sunday Times)

Can’t imagine he’ll go quietly 🍿

#UKPolitics #GavinWilliamson

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9333dafe-5e0d-11ed-8929-890946367602?shareToken=8d59e44f4e0adee7e605d555238fb370

I hear that Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, will present his plans for global growth at COP27.
It seems he's gone to the wrong conference.