Is my wood burner damaging my health? I tracked pollution in my home to find out - Which? A growing body of evidence suggests that wood burners could be bad for our health - I tracked pollution from my stove to investigate its impact

Hannah Healy set out to investigate air pollution from a family wood burning stove.....

www.which.co.uk/news/article...

The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social!

Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes.

doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292

Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive SF organization losing access to some news content

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine

When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth.

The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors.
➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

Utrecht University is hiring an Assistant Professor in Statistics and Social Data Science - great opportunity for scholars working at the intersection of advanced statistical methods and computational social science research. #AcademicJobs #ComputationalSocialScience

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😬UK gas prices just hit highest level since 2022😬

At current prices…

* New wind & solar from latest "AR7" auction would cut the bill for UK gas imports by £5.5bn/y
* A single (1) home heat pump would cut bill for gas imports by more than £600/y

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

A watercolor green book cover with a figure of Felony hanging herself. Title: The Making of Felony Procedure in Middle English Literature

My book is (FINALLY!) back in stock! If you're interested in the medieval origins of how we think about criminal guilt (with lots of little medieval stories), this is for you.
tinyurl.com/bdy4v3np

In the last 10 years, we have learned that air pollution is linked to cognitive decline and dementia.

But bold policies can improve the air that we breathe.

Ajit Niranjan reports on progress on #airpoolution on the Breathe Cities and @c40cities.bsky.social networks.

It makes zero logical sense to require speed limiters on e-scooters & e-bikes but not SUVs that weigh 100x more.

Useful research here.

findingspress.org/article/1587...

Analysis: Clean energy will cut UK gas imports by [much] more than North Sea drilling

#energy
By @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org et al
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

Interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles helped to drive the improvements in air quality

The growing threat of domestic wood burning stoves—and industry’s legal attempts to shut down clean air campaigns As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove indus...

📢 A very thorough piece of investigative journalism here from the British Medical Journal. Not a good look for certain industry players.

Read more: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

#airpollution #airquality #woodburning #publichealth

Multispecies Mutualisms - Join Our Research Team! We’re hiring 4 Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) In this video, members of the team share insights into four exciting PDRA opportunities currently available. If you are ready to take the next s...

1/ Calling all ECRS - we have 4x 3 year post docs on Multispecies Mutualisms working with us at Sheffield. Don't want to read through all the stuff to work out if its right for you? Here is a short video explainer 🎥
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New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social

"Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity"

findingspress.org/article/1575...

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution

Tackling residential wood combustion "could lead to outsized improvements in air quality.”

An opportunity to reduce the toll of 8,600 premature deaths each year in the US and 2,600 in the UK.

My latest piece for @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

With new UK consultations open on air quality and domestic #woodburning, I am resharing an article I wrote for The Conversation on wood-smoke, PM2.5 and the limits of current regulation.

theconversation.com/wood-burning...

#publichealth #airquality #cleanairnight

Ok, let’s do this🙄

We’ll start with an explainer covering:

🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from

And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article

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A reminder that we have an #AirPollution UK starter pack. Please use and share!

Thanks. I wasn't aware of this.

Is there a source for this?

Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

With new UK consultations open on air quality and domestic #woodburning, I am resharing an article I wrote for The Conversation on wood-smoke, PM2.5 and the limits of current regulation.

theconversation.com/wood-burning...

#publichealth #airquality #cleanairnight

It's bad in Sheffield too. Can see it hanging in the air on an evening in the glow of the street lights.

I remember @rcrohit7.bsky.social and I recommending this back in our 2020 indoor emissions study (doi.org/10.3390/atmo...). Feels like a lifetime ago, but great to see some action on the issue #cleanairnight #woodburning #airquality #airpollution

Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

ICYM - Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem, writes @jheydon.bsky.social

#airpollution
theconversation.com/wood-burning...

@ianwalker.bsky.social

Staying at home could leave you exposed to indoor air pollution, study reveals Secondhand tobacco smoke and routine tasks such as operating the stove shown to be biggest emitters of indoor pollution in UK homes

"Recognising that wood-burning stoves are not harmless appliances is the first step in reducing exposure" - @jheydon.bsky.social

Wood burning and cooking are big sources of indoor #airpollution.

My latest for @theguardian.com, in case you missed it.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Staying at home could leave you exposed to indoor air pollution, study reveals Secondhand tobacco smoke and routine tasks such as operating the stove shown to be biggest emitters of indoor pollution in UK homes

Being indoors can give us some protection from outdoor air pollution, but it also traps pollution produced inside our homes.

"Consider not lighting fires when children, or people with health conditions, are in the same room" @jheydon.bsky.social

Piece by me.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW RESEARCH: UK heat pumps can perform far better than many think.

Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions.

Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

As #woodburning starts up again and the nights draw in, it's worth sharing this again. A lot can be done between no regulation on the one hand and total bans on the other 🔥 🔥 🔥 #airquality #airpollution #particulatematter #emissions #autumn #winter #publichealth

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