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"Early American history is full of examples of bilingual government, experts said. In the 19th century, Midwestern states translated laws and messages from their governors into Norwegian, German and Welsh." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

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"We cannot see the future but we can learn from the way that climate has shaped the past." Brilliant to hear author @mateoy.bsky.social on BBC Science Focus's Instant Genius podcast! Listen wherever you catch your podcasts 🎧 Matthew's book 'Seascape' will be published on 13 March 📚

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What Tesla’s tarnish tells us about America Inc | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/809cd697-8f3e-459a-bb2f-82754282ace5

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Why is America still building houses in climate danger zones? https://www.ft.com/content/f8c00c80-1c41-4796-8f74-9d6f8f87a713

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Giants, saints and dragons on the Llŷn peninsula in north Wales by @mateoy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... Matthew's new book 'Seascape: Notes from a Changing Coastline' is coming 13 March 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/seascape/

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Amazing article from @mateoy.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today! He has a new book out with @calonbooks.bsky.social and I am so excited to sell it! Also look at the lovely cover- it's hand illustrated! 📚 www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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Great to see my little preview article about Seascape published. @calonbooks.bsky.social

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Randy Borman, the man who became Cofán. Randy Borman was never meant to be Cofán. And yet, from the moment he was born in 1955, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, he belonged to them. www.butlernature.com/2025/02/19/r...

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@calonbooks.bsky.social

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I'm hitting the road on a #book tour for Seascape which is published on March 13th by Calon Books. The first stops are Mold, Chepstow, Swansea and then a hometown gig in Cardiff. After that, I head further afield and who knows where it will lead... #sea #climatechange www.uwp.co.uk/book/seascape/

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Successful second homes crackdown means homes are £30k cheaper for Cymry, who actually need them.

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It's impossible to price risk in a burning world, especially one dominated by financial pyromaniacs like Trump and Musk.

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New England’s salt marshes sequester carbon equivalent to the emissions of roughly 10 million cars within their top meter of soil interestingengineering.com/science/salt...

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Think you are having a bad day? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...

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Given the current state of affairs, shouldn't we be the wearing white shirts? nation.cymru/sport/irelan...

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I've been flummoxed by the politicisation of climate change and the idea that it is "woke" in some way. This column does a good job of explaining how right wing populism is using climate as a weapon to stoke communities who feel abandoned by what they perceive as "elite" governments.

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The Liberal Democrats have announced they will work with Plaid Cymru to push for the devolution of the Crown Estate to Wales ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

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"That Wales is known as the land of song is increasingly ironic, as its musical life edges ever closer to collapse." Strong words in this week's Private Eye:

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Thirty six years ago this week I arrived in New York and lived here. Great but also quite strange to be back!

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This is a must read for anyone living close to the sea....and a topic I explore in my new book, Seascape, a #walking journey around the #Welsh coastline. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

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Europe's governments and banks will struggle to cope with the soaring costs of catastrophes such as floods and wildfires, EU’s top insurance regulator warns “I think it is the biggest risk facing society, frankly,” says Petra Hielkema HT @carbonbrief.org #climatecrisis www.ft.com/content/2844...

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The high cost of climate denial: In Key Biscayne, FL, a city of 15,000 people with an annual budget of $97 million, it will cost $300 million to raise roads to keep them from flooding due to rising seas.

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Thanks for @markavery.bsky.social for this review of Seascape, published by @calonbooks.bsky.social on March 13th. And yes, it is a nice cover illustration - done by the amazing Neil Gower.

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Sunday book review: Seascape by @mateoy.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2025/01/26/s... #naturewriting #naturebooks #skybooks #Wales #coast #walking 'A thoughtful and informative walk' along the coast of Wales. These book reviews are no longer posted to Twitter/X

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Well this is all starting off well....

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The joke once was that you could put a donkey up for election in the Valleys and people would still vote Labour. This column by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social demonstrates how that complacency could see the party make an ass out itself in the next Senedd elections. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I'm in very good company with Seascape being featured by @kerraway.bsky.social in his recommended #travel #books of 2025. Many thanks for the mention. deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-t...

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I'm really excited to be speaking with @chepstowbooks.bsky.social on March 18th about my new book, Seascape - Notes from a Changing Coastline. The #book begins in Chepstow so they'll be lots of local stories to tell. Come join me! #Wales #walking chepstowbooks.co.uk/collections/...

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Brilliant to hear Richard Shimell on his love of winter trees, and the beautiful, heartfelt book that he’s written about them. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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New from Tramping - a delightful dip into a slice of Celtic Rainforest. The Torrent Walk Loop based on a genteel trail first shaped in the early 19th century. #walking #wales tramping.co/2025/01/16/t...

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Fire and floods: the rising intensity of climate whiplash https://www.ft.com/content/46db85c1-595d-4d2e-be50-353573cbd4ac

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‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors

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Really enjoyed being part of @visitwales.bsky.social Hwyl campaign (including learning the ropes on sailboat off the Tenby coast) so it's great to see hwyl getting mainstream coverage in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Fancy a video journey through the history of Wales, its woodlands and the stories that shaped the nation? I've created a playlist of my teaser videos for the Return to My Trees book. #walking #wales #history www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Great hearing Dr Sam Willis talk about the 1859 Royal Charter tragedy off the coast of Moelfre in Ynys Mon. The other part of the story was that the London media blamed local people for robbing the bodies of the deceased....and the wreck inspired the creation of the Shipping Forecast.

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Nice to see my new article published on Visit Wales about exploring Swansea and its environs on foot. #wales #visitwales #walking www.visitwales.com/things-do/ad...

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"One lesson climate change teaches us again and again is that bad things can happen ahead of schedule. Model predictions for climate impacts have tended to be optimistically biased." by @climatehuman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...

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Technology has been shaping, refining and reinventing journalism for more than a century. AI will bring about some of the greatest changes - but editorial judgement and a sense of strong ethics can help make it a useful disruptive force.

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Jeff Goodell outlines the domino effect of insurance companies pulling out of climate change impacted areas. It's not just a risk impacting the US. I consider how it will affect Wales and its coast in my new book, Seascape.

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All going well so far then....not even sworn in yet.

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This is an excellent approach to try and get a big picture view on climate adaptation even if the core research is from 2021. I wonder how rapidly things have changed over the past three years?

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New walking trail from Tramping - Chepstow Castle to Gray Hill Standing Stones in Wentwood Forest. #visitwales #walking tramping.co/2025/01/07/c...

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‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows

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Indeed, the storm that sank The Royal Charter off the coast of Ynys Mon spurred on Fitzroy to develop his forecasting system that at first was ridiculed then embraced after his death. I explore it in Seascape, my book about the Welsh coastkine.

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New from Tramping - a tough hike over the Black Mountain with views of Carreg Cennen along the Beacons Way. #wales #visitwales #walking tramping.co/2025/01/02/u...

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