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Maker of: @HotEarthBot @TheHurricaneBot https://t.co/IhkZ5CL3tU You can shout me a coffee! https://t.co/7YhnLFKDhy (ia/ia) Aroreretini
Sep 8, 2023 13 tweets 5 min read
Antarctic total land ice volume has increased 700Gt since January 2021.


Image Greenland total ice volume has decreased 400Gt since January 2021.

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Jul 16, 2022 16 tweets 5 min read
Everyone let's mass tweet!

Every Sunday 19:00 UTC (gets large chunk of English speaking world at a sensible time).

"Humans have increased the CO₂ concentration 50% from 280ppm to 420ppm. We are now responsible for 33% of the atmosphere's CO₂. #OneThirdCO2"

Please share. Likely responses:

"Humans only responsible for 3%"

That is a figure that's been bandied about for decades, one that is simply false.

This is how it was calculated:

Jul 15, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Just like summer 1976 Since 1976 humans have increased the CO₂ concentration 27% from 330ppm to 420ppm by emitting 100 times more CO₂ than all the world's volcanoes combined. phys.org/news/2019-10-h…
Jun 12, 2020 29 tweets 6 min read
Ok *ists.

You write yo paper/disertation/whateverthefuck in LaTex:

\documentclass{article}
\title{Cartesian closed categories and the price of eggs}
\author{Jane Doe}
\date{September 1994}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
Hello world!
\end{document} Fine and dandy.

Six weeks later you got a folder filled with:

HelloWorld.tex
HelloWorldDraft01.tex
HelloWorldDraft02.tex
HelloWorldFinal.tex
HelloWorldFinalFinal.tex

You doing shit wrong.

Sit the fuck down and let a software engineer help you out...
May 25, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
Americans:
How to speak metric:

Length:
Very few professionals say "centimetres" as it's a bit of a mouthful. Most will will use millimetres and say "mill" so instead of "12.5 centimetres" they will say "125 mill".

As for kilometres... it's not pronounced keelometres but kill-ometers - same goes for kilograms. Most people say "5 k" - weirdos say "5 clicks"
Feb 8, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
New animation showing CO₂ concentration from the Industrial Revolution to present day using particle densities.

@PixelMnM PixelMoversAndMakes.com

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #DataViz @PixelMnM With much appreciation to @teachearthspace and @MarloWordyBird for valuable input!
Sep 23, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
@GretaThunberg Before the trolls get here:

They will use awful, spiteful language to get you to engage.

Under no circumstances do that!

The Twitter algorithm loves engagement especially if you reply! Tit-for-tat threads get more exposure than single replies with large RT and like counts... @GretaThunberg So block, mute, if necessary report. Ignoring them is the hardest thing to do but it is so important as their replies will die in obscurity never seeing the light of day...
Sep 21, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
@GretaThunberg Before the trolls get here:

They will use awful, spiteful language to get you to engage.

Under no circumstances do that!

The Twitter algorithm loves engagement especially if you reply! Tit-for-tat threads get more exposure than single replies with large RT and like counts... @GretaThunberg So block, mute, if necessary report. Ignoring them is the hardest thing to do but it is so important as their replies will die in obscurity never seeing the light of day...
Apr 16, 2019 14 tweets 4 min read
Here's why #ExtinctionRebellion is protesting in multiple cities around the world. From a paper published in 1977