*Mind-blowing* new NASA video showing CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels... ...as if they were visible to the human eye h/t Gavin Schmidt

I contributed a few thoughts about Cormac McCarthy's immense powers & achievements to this piece, w/ Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Ben Myers & others. I had things to say abt his prose rhythms, his pen of iron & the importance of "and" & "OK" in his work. theguardian.com/books/2023/jun…

Sea surface temperatures breaking records | Official blog of the Met Office news team blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea…

Just the one Roger Deakin talk this week – on home turf. Norwich Waterstones, this Thursday evening. I'll be showing lots of great photos – join us! waterstones.com/events/the-swi…

Helpful blog on causes & implications of the current Cat 4 heatwave in UK surface waters

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has drifted right across the Atlantic Ocean and is now evident on satellite imagery across western Europe 🌅 Whilst the smoke is high up in the atmosphere, it may make for some vivid sunrises and sunsets in the next few days

NEW REVIEW PAPER! #OpenAccess “Riverine microplastics and their interaction with freshwater fish.” #microplastics #plasticpollution #fish Download it here sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Untreated wastewater is a huge supplier of microplastics to rivers.

Oxbows & extremes … an excellent read!

WMO: Press conference media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k…. Sombre WMO this morning … inc ‘really dramatic drop’ in Antarctic sea ice & N Atlantic temps ‘way above’ predictions’.

The actual news …

At the best of times this would be a grotesque decision, but at a time when the country is faced with so many bills, such a financial shortfall, this desecration of a World Heritage Site is the height of folly - an act of vandalism that shames Britain. news.sky.com/story/stonehen…

Illuminating The World at One conversation with Dr Caroline Holmes 🌊❄️ on #Antarctic #seaice anomaly.

What’s the connection between Frank Zappa & Ptolemy’s Geographia? Answer can be found in Speech! How Language Made Us Human, by Simon Prentis. I’m chatting with Simon Prentis about this & much else at 1pm, Sunday 10 Sept: Chiswick Book Festival #ChiswickBookFest

This Sunday at Chiswick Book Festival I'll be comparing notes with Nick Crane on how our early childhood adventures together inspired us as adults to map the wider world - him through #geography, me through #language! ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbookfe… #ChiswickBookFest

Good fun at the Chiswick Book Festival today. with Nick Crane Great conversation! #ChiswickBookFest

Thank you, Benedict!

Good to be at the Museum of the Broads to open the new exhibition on the story of peat - Digging, Draining, Drenching - with Nick Crane. The Broads Authority peat landscape is essential for carbon storage, biodiversity and the solace of landscapes of the soul.

Geopolitical conflict - RGS rgs.org/events/upcomin…