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Posts about coastal wildlife with history & science mixed in. Seabirds, saltmarsh & shorebirds, particularly on the Solent coast.🐤🌊

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BBC News - Bluetongue cases confirmed in Oxfordshire and Isle of Wight www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bluetongue cases confirmed in Oxfordshire and Isle of Wight
With 2000 cases in the UK including 50 in Dorset, farmers are urged to discuss vaccination with vets.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... AI getting more powerful 'by the day' and kill switch should be required, tech boss tells BBC - BBC News
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AI getting more powerful 'by the day' and kill switch should be required, tech boss tells BBC
Jack Clark, co-founder of AI firm Anthropic, says artificial intelligence could become a "major risk to society".
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BBC News - Police appeal for information on six men over anti-migrant protest www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police appeal for information on six men over anti-migrant protest
Force releases images of individuals it wants to speak to after disorder at Eastney Marina on 6 September.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BBC News - Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' within the next decade. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day?
Fr Paul @revpaulwhite • 1h
Let me tell you about the Overton window:
A white, middle-aged, middle-class, clergyman in the Church of England, who volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a radical leftist seeking to bring down Western society.
That is how far it has shifted.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BBC News - Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026
Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Everyday these blackshirts find a new low for the UK: Nazi thug Ryan Ferguson targets lifeboat volunteers after Portsmouth channel rescue share.google/q5BY1hA8FbAC...
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Nazi thug Ryan Ferguson targets lifeboat volunteers after Portsmouth channel rescue | Searchlight
Neo-nazi thug Ryan Ferguson’s latest hate campaign has targeted two RNLI volunteers who helped rescue asylum seekers in the Channel on Sunday, publishing th ...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BBC News - Plans for major overhaul of councils halted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Madness & ridiculous scenes in Portsmouth last night. We've had a decade of unchecked disinformation getting here. Where are we now? At the door of some migrant Kristallnacht? It's increasingly clear that no policy or decrease will placate that crowd, the anger itself is the desired result.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 06/09/2026
Air pollution and climate change are linked, and so are the solutions.   Shifting to clean energy, electric transport, and better waste management means cleaner air, a cooler planet and healthier lives and livelihoods.  Learn more ahead of Monday’s #CleanAirDay: ow.ly/MvmW50ZJsO2
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
HMS Queen Elizabeth departing Portsmouth this evening 💙
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BBC News - Lords call for AI 'kill switch' powers in UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lords call for AI 'kill switch' powers in UK
Its backers say it would provide a "vital safety net" against runaway AI systems such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 04/09/2026
Healthy soils underpin food production, biodiversity and human well-being. But how has the state of the world’s soils changed over the past decade? Explore the 2026 edition of @fao.org’s Status of the World’s Soil Resources for the latest global assessment 👉 doi.org/10.4060/ce0792en
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
BBC News - The race to stop England running out of water www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 27/08/2026
Official projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming
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World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist
Official projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reuters: Glacier collapse may have triggered deadly Nepal flash flood www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Glacier collapse may have triggered deadly Nepal flash flood, experts say
A warm spell melted snow before the disaster.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BBC News - Off-roaders caught damaging protected site after posting videos to TikTok www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Off-roaders damage protected Denbighshire site in TikTok videos
Three men were convicted for their part in driving in a convoy from Liverpool to Berwyn SSSI.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/08/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BBC News - Surge in AI-assisted complaints putting extra strain on councils and schools www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI flooding public bodies with complaints and requests
AI flooding public bodies with complaints and requests
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BBC News - World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/08/2026
According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, average global sea surface temperatures have reached a new high, rising to nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit late last week — potentially for the first time in millennia. wapo.st/3UfSUfD
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BBC News - Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year
Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Nore Rithe at Emsworth this evening. A flat sea & a small collection of people out enjoying it 💙
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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
ABC (Australia): Wildlife experts warn bird flu mass mortalities are 'the start of the mayhem'. More than 1,000 crested terns have been found dead in South Australia and more than two dozen dead penguins in Tasmania. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Wildlife experts warn bird flu mass deaths are 'the start of the mayhem'
Wildlife experts are warning the escalation of the nation's H5 bird flu outbreak is a sign of what's to come after South Australia detected three mass mortality events believed to be linked to the inf...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 19/08/2026
'Official' projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming
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World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist
'Official' projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hadrians Wall at Cawfields on a summer evening. Not a soul in sight. Wondrous to stand here and consider the lives that have interacted with these stones over the millennia, and the empires and kingdoms that have come and gone.
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Amy R. @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
Eeek 😬
Huge plume of dark smoke coming from the direction of the New Forest to the west. The sun is just visible. In the foreground are benches overlooking the sea
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Judy @mainbanana.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The new forest fire from Hayling Island taken about an hour before posting
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Steve Gedge @stevegedge.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Smoke from a fire in the New Forest visible from miles away on the Solent.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/08/2026
🚨 Last month set a new record for the hottest average global sea surface temperature in the month of July! Record warmth is found in both the deeper ocean and at the surface. This isn't necessarily a surprise, but it will have consequences for around the world. Data in the graphic from NOAA ERRSTv6
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each July from 1900 through 2026. There is large interannual variabaility, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Observation of the impacts of this year heat on the Sea Purslane at the West Hayling Lagoon. The part of the expanding patch above the spring tide line (in blue on the 2nd pic) has been frazzled over the last 6 weeks of heat & drought. The area beneath is fine. Very stark difference this year.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/08/2026
"The fires, heat and extremes that have dominated the summer of 2026 are what scientists have long been warning about from the burning of coal, oil and gas." via @apnews.com
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This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Both the Danube & the Rhine are posting record low levels. This summer may be exceptional by current standards, but its increasingly expected. We need to start keeping hold of winter flood water to ensure water security. Wetlands have a large role to play in this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Conversation - The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife theconversation.com/the-warning-...
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The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife
We cannot stop wild birds from flying. But we can control whether this becomes an unmanaged catastrophe or a closely tracked outbreak.
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Amy R. @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
Sea Holly at Salterns, Hill Head. #WildflowerHour How many visitors to this seafront really appreciate the rich biodiversity? Salterns is a SINC for coastal vegetated shingle, and most of Hill Head and the sea itself is internationally important for birds including those migrating now like Terns.
Sea Holly with purple spheres of flowers and spiky holly like leaves. It is on shingle and the Isle of Wight is just visible but looks wonky. It is sunny and the sun is reflecting off the sea. The sea in the Solent is included in the Solent and Dorset Special Protection Area - designated for Terns and this time of year sees huge feeding flocks of gulls and terns + roosting terns on the nearby beaches (designated separately). The beach in the photo is a Site of Important for Nature Conservation - a local designation because of the habitat. #HantsBirds
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How many of us know this landscape, and can picture it in all its glory? It is difficult to consider it now in ash & smoke, but this is a sign of the times. BBC News - Suffolk wildfire still growing and unpredictable, says fire service www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dunwich Heath wildfire 'still growing and unpredictable'
Firefighters expect to be at the scene on the Suffolk coast for another 48 hours at least.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Exploring Bosham with new eyes yesterday evening 💙
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BBC News - Crews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Crews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service says 17 crews are involved at the scene of the large blaze.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BBC News - Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families
Experts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What an image.. BBC News - More than half of England officially in drought - Environment Agency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than half of England officially in drought - Environment Agency
Scorching temperatures and very low levels of rain have seen droughts declared across much of England.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28/07/2026
Wow - the average global sea surface temperature outside of the polar regions is currently tied for the all-time absolute hottest on record (in the NOAA/OISST dataset). The record was in 2024. More graphics like this at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie... 🌊
Line graph time series of daily global mean sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently at record high for this time of year. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 28/07/2026
We cannot air condition our way out of the heat crisis. The latest Global Cooling Watch report shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat. More info: www.unep.org/resources/gl...
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Kerry for butter, Mayo for Sam :) RTE: Day of days as football-mad Mayo tastes sweet victory share.google/xrGyjRDBZxd5...
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Day of days as football-mad Mayo tastes sweet victory
The link between the game and Mayo is hardwired into the souls of thousands upon thousands of people. It's a rite of passage, a hobby, a tradition and a memorial; all in one mesmerising whirl of emoti...
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Did someone deliberately stamp on a chick? It seems almost every beach nesting bird site in the world has one or two people who simply can't handle sharing with wildlife for a few months: Martha's Vineyard News | Wildlife Officials Investigate Trampled Plover Chick share.google/ODrPTj83jvtI...
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Wildlife Officials Investigate Trampled Plover Chick
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking information about a person who entered a fenced off area along Edgartown Great Pond and injured a flightless piping plover chick.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/07/2026
The average sea surface temperature globally is surging to new record highs for this time of year, well above the historic warmth in 2023 and 2024. How anomalous will it get over the next year as El Niño tightens its grip? Track the data at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊
Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 23 June 2026.
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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Such a classic British experience to live within a county or so of some internationally well known wonder, but never visit. I was in my 40's when I first came to Stone Henge, despite spending my life in the area. It is enchanting, you can't help but consider the generations passing on the landscape.
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