NEW | World adds record 814 GW of solar and wind in 2025, cushioning impact of the gas price crunch ☀️🌪️
The new capacity can generate enough power every year to displace a SEVENTH of global gas generation —or almost DOUBLE Qatar’s annual LNG export volume—saving ~$138 bn 💰
Despite all the chatter, social media bans for teens lack evidence! New paper out in Nature Health.
(1) Harms from social media are real & serious.
(2) We need regulatory action but bans are not nuanced, do not empower youth, & are not supported by evidence.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
🚨 März ist traditionell ein starker Monat bei Pkw-Neuzulassungen. Aber das ist einfach nur wow. 👇
8.206 neue #Elektroautos im März 2026, ein Plus von 34% gegenüber dem März 2025 und um 85% mehr als im letzten Monat. Wow.
Wow! University of Vienna ranked #14 of the most international universities worldwide! And it‘s true, you can see it in students, researchers and the science done. Vienna is becoming a magnet 🚀
(3) We can't hide from technology, but instead of restricting kids' autonomy, we need to make the companies pay by forcing safe feeds and building digital resilience.
Leerstandsabgabe: Bisher wenig erfolgreich. Hoher Bürokratieaufwand, wenig Ertrag, wohl auch wenig Lenkungswirkung. Einfach erhöhen?
Besser wäre es, die Grundsteuer B auf eine Bodenwertsteuer umzubauen. Das wäre weniger bürokratisch und zielsicherer.
@wifo.bsky.social
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Are you passionate about teaching #statistics? Would like to have a permant #job in #academia? Are you fluent in #English and #German? Do you want to become a senior lecturer @uni-graz.at?
Apply!: jobs.uni-graz.at/de/jobs/3cb1...
🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/icel...
