@RichardPygott

Teacher in Abingdon.

 Abingdon, England
Joined August 2018
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There is much talk happening on how to solve the so-called cost-of-living crisis. Most of it fails to recognise that the problem is much bigger than that: the whole economy is in meltdown. None seems to address the cost of energy itself. A thread on the last, vital, point….
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Useful thin section porosity app, by Yogi Pamadya (via LinkedIn): yogipamadya-porosity-calcula…
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Here's a great classroom discussion prompt:
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Whats happening? Erosion is.
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An issue when comparing the average carbon footprint of food is that it hides the variation *within* a given food. But the key message doesn't change: the 'best' (lowest impact) meats still tend to emit more than the 'worst' plant-based foods. ourworldindata.org/less-meat…
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if you're wondering why climate impacts seem to be getting much worse suddenly, let me introduce you to the concept of non-linearity. A short 🧵:
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The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!

NASA Data Sonification: Black Hole Remix

In this sonification of Perseus, the sound waves astronomers previously identified were extracted and made audible for the first time. The sound waves were extracted outward from the center.

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Fabulous new Earth science exhibits at @morethanadodo . Perfect for GCSE geology @peteloader1 @ESTA_UK
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More photos
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And a close up
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Raging #flashflood in low lying areas of Jaglote Guru in #Gilgit Video: Sanil Qureshi, Zafar Abbas #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate
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This stat is just mind-blowing 🤯 The impact of industrial agriculture on the planet is staggering and completely unsustainable. (H/T @GeorgeMonbiot) Source:theguardian.com/environment/…
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#Hazagora island is rumbling! What hazard will it be?! One table has just been wiped out by a level 3 tephra fall… Hazard board game afternoon with @suttontrust @BeCambridge students 🌋 🌊
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A drone footage looking down into a volcanic eruption 🌋
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This is what a volcano eruption looks like from space 🌋 xitter.cf/ThespaceAcad/status/12…
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Interesting article on ancient hunger stones being revealed in European rivers, that basically say, if you can read this stone, you are in serious trouble. independent.co.uk/climate-ch…

Drought reveals ‘hunger stones’ in German river historically used to forecast famine

Past societies left us a warning about the outcomes of extreme weather

independent.co.uk
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The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake triggered a tsunami wave that reached heights of up to 40.5 meters. It traveled at 700 km/h (435 mph) and up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. This video shows its devastating speed and power [read more: buff.ly/2vKev0C]
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1/ Ok here’s the detail of our hydrological assessment that led to the changes in Drought Status today. Firstly a map showing the 8 areas now formally in drought. Now a hydrological 🧵….
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How about some 2.3 billion year old glacial till for #FieldworkFriday (Very clast-rich diamictite facies of the Gowganda Fm., Huronian Supergroup). Pencil for scale in the top left!
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