2022-02-01 Stuff

• The Third Pole is a publication on issues related to the climate crisis with a special focus on Global South countries. They make strong use of linking to scientific papers and interlinking other reporting.
  • I was especially taken by their report on natural calamities causing mental health issues in northern Pakistan. Apparently, mental health effects of the climate crisis are understudied.
  • They make wide use of linking to scientific papers, i.e. this one that argues for causal link between higher female representation in national parliaments and stronger climate policy outcomes.
• Reuters produced a clever and simple explainer on the Tonga erruption using a gif of the ash plume overlaid onto various landmasses for context.
• Fahrrad-Tools is a nice way to make knowledge on bicycle lables accessible: It searches a database of matches the label on your tire if you wonder which tube or tire fits.