Simon Lewis

@SimonLLewis

They say I’m outspoken. Author, The Human Planet. Professor of Global Change Science & . Trying to understand the world, and change it too.

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    Jul 31

    : How We Created the Anthropocene “The book’s main story—how one species came to rule the Earth so completely that it now stands a good chance of wrecking it—has the force of a Greek tragedy” Wall Street Journal UK US

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    21 hours ago

    Rich countries have reduced their territorial emissions, but have they reduced their consumption emissions when imports are included (carbon footprint)? THREAD 1/

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    8 hours ago

    The op-ed is an attempt to take out an insurance policy for the GOP and conservatism if and when things get much much worse. It's a very public hedge meant to preserve the reputation of the GOP's entire political and governing class.

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    42 minutes ago

    This week's column: The problem is not plastic. It's consumerism.

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    6 hours ago
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    Rather than writing an entire new encyclopedia each cycle, the IPCC could be updating entries in a single encyclopedia, adding new entries as needed. This would help communicate that the core science is stable and settled, and that scientific progress is mostly on the margins.

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    10 hours ago

    The IEA warns that CO2 emissions grew again last year. Shockingly, someone has been calling for more expansion of fossil fuels, including telling oil executives in Houston to "Invest, invest, invest!" Who could be pushing such a message? None other than the IEA

    Global energy-related CO2 emissions grew by 1.4% in 2017, reaching a historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes
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    15 hours ago

    Guest post: A plan to solve the mysteries of Congo’s vast tropical peatland |

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    23 hours ago

    Jacob Rees-Mogg on now.... taking your calls on 0345 60 60 973. Ferrari: "Pronounce on the health of the Chequers' deal..." JRM: "The pulse is very faint. Brexit is a fundamental error..." Ferrari: "Brexit?" JRM: "Chequers.... Chequers is a fundamental error."

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    Sep 4

    Speaking of which, a govt-to-govt agreement including a gigantic 4,600MW coal power plant in South Africa was announced yesterday. Early stages, but this one plant could emit more CO2 than the entire country of Croatia or Kenya.

    "growing gap between China’s vision of South-South climate cooperation, which prioritises clean energy projects, and its actual investments across Africa, which still include coal and hydropower projects that pose serious environmental risks"
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    Sep 4

    ⁦⁩ on treasury trying to sneak through a £3 BILLION tax giveaway to North Sea oil and gas over the summer. Reminder: spending on ALL renewables under the Feed In Tariff was capped at *£100m* in 2015

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    Sep 4

    This is such a good story on the myth of a "slow metabolism" (and a lot of other weight-related myths) by

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    Sep 4

    There may have been 8.9 million deaths resulting from exposure to particulate matter in 2015. New research suggest problem much worse than previously estimated. The underestimate is particularly significant for higher concentrations

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    Sep 4

    As Saudi-led bombers keep killing Yemeni civilians, Spain says it has cancelled the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. Who else will join Spain in putting principles over profits?

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    Sep 3

    My husband and I on our trip to became the first gay couple to be interviewed on any television media platform in . To see the full clip visit Linda Ikeji Media.

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    Sep 4

    Hello conservation/Nature folk. Anyone know a SSSI site near them that’s being neglected, mismanaged, or otherwise under threat?

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    Sep 3

    THREAD "How many climate refugees will there be?" The question I get asked the most. Today I am going to present you with a conclusive and final answer. It's just not the answer you're hoping for. And it isn't a number. Stay with me, it's a long answer. But worth it, I hope 1/15

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  17. Sep 4

    Wow. Wonder if some of this is because young peope have largely abandoned newspapers and TV news that is near-uniformly critical of Labour.

    How the next general election would look if only 18-24s were allowed to vote (Data from , 28-29th August). I'm expecting some great GIFs, everyone... LAB: 66%, 600 Seats LDM: 13%, 21 Seats CON: 12%, 0 Seats GRN: 4%, 1 Seat SNP: 3%, 9 Seats PLC: 0.4%, 1 Seat
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  18. Sep 4

    Dear everyone, this is not how to do science FFS.

    It's a sign of how bad things have got that researchers think it's acceptable to write this in a Nature journal: "we continuously increased the number of animals until statistical significance was reached to support our conclusions."
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    Sep 4

    The BES peatlands SIG will be present at in Belfast next week. Join us at the society session about peatlands and the outreach event the Ulster museum (where you can subscribe to our mailing list!)

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  20. Sep 4

    Important thread with updates. Huge loss. And worth saying, if ISIS did this there would be full-scale outrage, but austerity did it (slashed budgets, so no sprinklers), so I’d like to see the same outrage and determination to stamp it out.

    : Rio's 200-year old National Museum hit by massive fire.
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  21. Sep 4

    Check out for a series of post-doc, technician and other positions as part of this new project. In paleo-ecology, GHG flux measurements, ecosystem processes, and remote sensing. .

    Guest post: A plan to solve the mysteries of Congo’s vast tropical peatland |
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