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The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40 per cent of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday. A stunning report by @moirawarburton globalnews.ca/news/7256706/c… #climate
"It is lucky that we were not on the ice shelf when this happened, our camp area and instruments were all destroyed in this event," wrote @Carleton_U 's Derek Mueller wirl.carleton.ca/milne-ice-shel…
From @ECCC_CIS , here is an animated map of the ice sheets over the past 10 days:
Children in Victorian poverty in our schools: @Channel4News this evening.
My dad died when I was small. Subsequently, I had two episodes of homelessness as a child (early 1960s). I stole food to feed my Mum and me.
When I became a teacher in inner London, I still saw poverty...
My dad died when I was small. Subsequently, I had two episodes of homelessness as a child (early 1960s). I stole food to feed my Mum and me.
When I became a teacher in inner London, I still saw poverty...
But it seemed *comparatively* unusual, resulting from particular circumstances (like my experiences).
What's become clear in the last 5 years is that it's no longer unusual, it's no longer temporary, it's no longer linked to illness or 'inadequacy'. Now it's a feature of life.
What's become clear in the last 5 years is that it's no longer unusual, it's no longer temporary, it's no longer linked to illness or 'inadequacy'. Now it's a feature of life.
In part I blame myself. By the late 1980s, as I watched families with children at my school find it harder and harder to cope, it was becoming clear that Tory policies were creating a poverty time bomb; but I was in a sort of denial, as I tried to keep my own head above water.
