@RobertAlstead

Here for the weird takes, wisdom, and waggery. Shorts: https://xitter.cf/t.co/je16R2O9NN Features: https://xitter.cf/t.co/qew4ULHdgG

 Vancouver, Canada
alstead.com
Joined January 2013
  • Tweets4.3K
  • Following807
  • Followers270
742Media
Robert Alstead retweeted
Richard Kirby
@PlanktonPunditOct 8
This is a complicated but, at the same time, a very simple story that is frustratingly and rarely given in full. The reappearance of bluefin tuna in UK seas is a result of climate change, as was their prior disappearance. Current warmer conditions due to climate change have seen the northwards movement of bluefin tuna in the northeast Atlantic. (Cooler conditions after the turn of the 20th century saw the disappearance of tuna as they moved southwards.) The abundance of bluefin tuna is due to a stock recovery due to a combination of ICCAT fishing quotas and recent successive years of favourable conditions for tuna recruitment in the Mediterranean. See: bbc.com/news/science-environ… The above BBC article is a report on our science here: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia… I have written a 'popular' article in Fishing News here: fishingnews.co.uk/news/why-a… And a thread on X detailing many of the other changes occurring in UK seas here: xitter.cf/PlanktonPundit/status/…

Warming seas linked to bluefin tuna surge in UK waters

Increased sightings of bluefin tuna off the UK are linked to the warming effect of a long term ocean current.

bbc.com
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsOct 8
UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF bbc.in/3VY4xZr

UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF

The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.

bbc.com
4
4
32
1,171
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on the VE heavy oil grab: "Trump is liv­ing in a tech­no­lo­gical and his­tor­ical time-warp, cling­ing to a van­ish­ing world order where oil was once king, because that is all he has ever known and he is very old." #cdnpoli #uspoli
2
32
Ahead of @StatCan_eng's next release on the price of food, I took a snap shot of an actual basket of groceries and look at how inflation might cause those prices to creep up. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #inflation alstead.com/posts/what-will-…

What will my pannier of groceries cost me a year from now, after inflation? - Alstead.com

You can't avoid talk about the cost-of-living these days. In particular, the high cost of everyday groceries, which are taking a larger and larger bite out of the budgets of average Canadian househ...

alstead.com
104
New rental by Chard property group at Ontario & Broadway in Vancouver, beside the SportChek that is closing (slated for development?). Site sign says 172 1-3 br units by 2028. #vanre
72
Smokey skies above downtown Vancouver. #bcwildfire
161
Cernavoda nuclear plant: Romania to sink rock-laden barges in River Danube to keep 2nd reactor open. Danube's flow is at less than a third. Sunken barges could give another 4 or 5 days before reactor must shut down. yahoo.com/news/science/artic…

Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant's second reactor running

Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream toward a nuclear power plant, to buy more time before its second reactor...

yahoo.com
47
Only used a @modo_carcoop once to drive the gang to Grouse Grind in July. $50 on driving in 2 months. I prefer to bike/e-bike in the summer months. Cost-savings aren't the only reason we carshare, but got to admit it's a glaring incentive. #vancouver
55
Robert Alstead retweeted
Erik Solheim
@ErikSolheimAug 4
Point of no return - Electric buses have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just six years Some nations are already at or close to 100%. Look at the Nordics, the Baltics, the Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria and more. In some cases the transition has been extremely rapid. Estonia went from 0% to 100% in two years. At this rate, Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028. High mileage and centralised operations mean electric buses are cheaper to operate than diesel. Buses have fast fleet turnover so the shift will affect entire fleets far sooner than many expect, delivering quieter streets and cleaner city air. Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!
70
305
92
1,231
368,018
The Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary is shutting down due to record low water levels in River Danube. Water is almost 1ft below 2018 record, which was 1m below 100-yr min water level used in its design. It produces 14.7Gwh - 50% of Hungary's energy. world-nuclear-news.org/artic…

Danube's record low leads to Hungary, Romania nuclear shutdowns

The operator of the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary has announced it will have to be fully shut down within the next 72 hours because of record-low water levels in the River Danube. Romania's...

world-nuclear-news.org
50
Robert Alstead retweeted
David Weigel
@daveweigelJul 30
“A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in Brazil ⁠this week.” lmao look at this crud theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
49
167
56
979
86,023
Combustible Canada: ~75% of carbon burned in #wildfires is from below ground... retreat of permafrost & falling water table caused by climate change is creating "a larger cache of soil carbon available for burning". #bcpoli #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/s…

High proportion of Canadian wildfire smoke originates below ground, scientists report

Some three-quarters of emissions come not from burning trees and surface vegetation, but from carbon locked in the soil

theglobeandmail.com
100
Robert Alstead retweeted
Mambo Italiano
@mamboitaliano__Jul 23
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Chamonix, Mont Blanc, on the French side 🇫🇷 A “splendid” panoramic terrace overlooking the so-called Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) A stab to the heart…
237
898
181
8,170
7,392,251
Robert Alstead retweeted
Financial Times
@FTJul 23
Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about Google burning through cash for the first time since going public decades ago as it raised its spending forecast for AI infrastructure. ft.trib.al/aew0dAG
106
563
177
2,645
879,391
We've avoided the worst smoke from #BCWildfire thus far. But Vancouver BC smells like bonfire right now and the mountains are slipping into the haze. #yvr
156
A wide-ranging analysis of air conditioning in Europe & clearing of the metaphorical air around AC use. Many European buildings were built for a climate that no longer exists (like 4% AC in England)... #climate
Simon Evans@DrSimEvansJul 10
NEW: Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate KEY FACT: Many European cities, on the world's fastest-warming continent, never needed AC in the past For some strange reason – I can't imagine why – many commentators prefer to ignore this
65
Who you going to listen to? The 12 independent research groups from around the world, or the conspiracy theorists in the comments? #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Zeke Hausfather
@hausfathJul 6
The global surface temperature record is one of the most iconic figures in climate science. We now have 12 different groups of researchers from the US, UK, EU, Japan, and China (among others) that have calculated it and found nearly identical results:
57
10pm. Looking across at all the dark condos, I wonder if people in Vancouver just go to bed early, or is nobody home. #vanre
1
1
67
Renewables growth has surpassed expectations. Coal & gas use will trend down: fossil fuel importers are motivated to transition. Doubling down on oil & gas looks like a imprudent move at best. Future generations will not thank us for choosing profit over planet. #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Simon Evans@DrSimEvansJul 2
Did you know? Renewables have just overtaken coal as the world's largest source of electricity 34% – global renewable share, up 2x in 20yrs 48% – EU 37% – China 26% – US 24% – India
64
Canada is the 13th richest country in the world and North America is the richest region in the world "with an average personal wealth of US$660,000 per adult in 2025". #cdnpoli bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco…

Canada ranks 13th on average global wealth list, Switzerland comes in first

North America is the richest region of the world when it comes to personal wealth, according to a new report from Swiss bank UBS, but in terms of countries Canada ranks 13th.

bnnbloomberg.ca
18
Load more