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Devayani 🌏
@Geo_Sophist
#Communications consultant on #plasticpollution by day & #geoscicomm'er by night (link below). I tweet #Geoscience, #wildlife & #travel content!
Feb 7 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
For years, Big Oil campaigned to convince the public that #climatechange isn't real.

So did Global FMCGs to push the onus of #plasticpollution onto individuals!

Citizen science efforts like the #BrandAudits2023 — in its 6th year — analyses data to identify the top polluters! Ultimately, the individuals pays the price for environmental pollution of air, water, soil, which affects our health & well-being.

At what price convenience?

This data starkly shows just how much food packaging contributes to global #plasticpollution:

Oct 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
🌏Today is #InternationalGeodiversityDay declared by UNESCO to recognise the importance of geosciences in solving the major challenges faced by humanity today.

So what does #geodiversity mean & how can #India better acknowledge & conserve its incredible #geoheritage?

Thread🧵 A creative with a quote defining geodiversity as the variety At present, #India classifies #geodiversity in different ways.

Here are some broad categories that may serve us well:

Geo-monuments, #fossil sites, archaeological sites, and landscapes - we've listed many sites under the first 3 categories, yet we need to do SO much more. A creative showing 4 icons for the various categories of geo
Jun 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 9 min read
Travelling through #India you can't miss such boulder heaps...

Think of Hampi's ruins (below) or Sravanabelagola (Karnataka), or Mt Abu (Rajasthan)?

#DidYouKnow, such isolated hill/ridge features that jut out from the surrounding plains are called #inselbergs?

#Geo thread/ Geology: inselberg formation at Hampi, Karnataka, India Derived from German words meaning 'island mountain', #inselbergs are residual features that form across climatic zones.

Yet are most abundant in tropical regions with granite-gneiss outcrops, like those on the cratons across India, as also in the zones marked BCG, CGC, and SGT. Map in the publication, The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Lan