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Friday, May 9, 2025

In This Edition:
10% wealthiest caused 65% of warming since 1990, SEAI master planning dashboard, climate UX case study at Intel, 9th planet, & days since last incident!

The latest David McWilliams Podcast interview with Mark Blyth does a great job at explaining how the perception of inflation has been exploited by Trump & MAGA to gain popularity and eventually power in the US, and how the same conditions are ripe for Reform in the UK to do the same.

10% Wealthiest Caused 65% Of Warming Since 1990

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A study published in Nature Climate Change shows that the 10% of the wealthiest people are responsible for 65% of the global temperature warming since 1990. This 10% is categorised as anyone who earns at least €42,980 (£36,605) per year.

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Carbon Brief
Environment
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SEAI Master Planning Dashboard

Image: SEAI

SEAI published an interesting dashboard that shows the take-up of EV grants cross Ireland, along with data on house types, year of construction, heat loss indocators, and BER ratings.

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SEAI
Data Vis Environment
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Clinate UX Case Study At Intel

Image: Medium, Rosenfeld Media

Rosenfeld Media published an interesting case study about how Intel’s Software and Technology started to implement Climate UX in their projects, and how they found that measurement, tools, embedding in workflows, and user empowerment helped them successfully implement sustainability in their projects.

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Medium, Rosenfeld Media
Data Vis Environment Web Dev
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9th Planet

Image: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Astronomers in Australia have uncovered some evidence that points to the possibility of a 9th planet deep in the solar system, which could take between 10,000 and 20,000 years to orbit the sun.

Source:
Nice News
Space
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Days Since Last Incident

Image: Neal Agarwal

Neal Agarwal created a "fun" website that shows the days since last incident for tsunamis, earthquakes, solar flares, and other disasters.

Source:
Neal.fun
Life
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About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in Liverpool. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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