David Shukman
@DavidShukman
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Climate, nature, all kinds of interests. Former BBC News science editor. Bookings via [email protected]
Joined October 2010
Now a third member of the government’s behavioural science panel says @BorisJohnson has ‘trashed’ the advice given to the public.
I am sorry to have to say that as another member of SPI-B I have to agree.
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On a big but sad day for space exploration, this picture shows the tiny blue dot of Earth #CassiniFinale
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I’ve got some personal news. After an amazing time reporting for the BBC since 1983, I’ve decided to leave for new ventures. From Belfast to Brussels and Antarctica to the Amazon, it’s been an incredible journey. 1/3
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A sea of shoes in Place de la Republique in Paris: protests are banned here so you have to imagine them #COP21
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Not many have heard of the tiny world Enceladus but NASA reckons it could harbour life #Cassini
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More plastic than fish - I filmed this terrible scene on the coast of Indonesia last year #WorldOceansDay #WorldOceanDay
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Seized from the jungle, orphaned, sold to smugglers, then rescued after a BBC investigation - meet Nemley junior on #BBCNewsTen tonight
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But what happens when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine blah blah bl - oh right, we now have industrial-scale batteries:
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Overlooking the Clyde and the aftermath of #COP26 a fond farewell to brilliant colleagues 🙏MT @DuncanCStone
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Fabulous shot from Stargazing Live plane above Faroe Islands #eclipse2015
http://t.co/0OLoe3qCAf.
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He was talking about ecosystems and species loss as far back as the 1960s - the Duke of Edinburgh, a co-founder of WWF, pushed the environmental cause long before it was fashionable.
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On November 7 there’ll be a summit of world leaders on the greatest challenge of our time and the UK prime minister has decided …not to go #globalbritain #cop27
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Plastic particles found in bottled water - microplastics really are getting everywhere #plastics
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It's over - one of the most remarkable missions to explore space #CassiniFinale - just lost signal from Saturn.
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I do understand how people find they just can't handle any more bad climate news but. we've reached a point where scientists can't believe the temperatures that we're reaching. Thanks to @ed_hawkins.
Surprising. Astounding. Staggering. Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Gobsmacking. Shocking. Mind boggling.
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A SAGE document just released confirms the scientific advice about social distancing guidance: ". best current evidence suggests that 1m carries between 2 and 10 times the risk of 2m of separation." #COVID19.
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Egypt unhappy that King Charles won’t be at the COP27 climate talks and warns Liz Truss against ‘backtracking’ - extraordinary that this is so public
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But by late November, once the COP26 climate summit has ended, my BBC chapter will have lasted nearly 39 years and it’ll be the right moment to go. A big step but with exciting potential. 3/3.
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Shocking to witness, painful to report - the secret trade in baby chimps. Credits to @JackyMartens @sampiranty and cameraman Tony Fallshaw
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So the courts rule that expanding London's emissions zone IS lawful. And it's triggered a furious response. But hardly mentioned in the reporting is the reason for it all, air pollution, a killer and burden on the economy.
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Against the clear advice of his own experts, global tides of industrial opportunity and the overwhelming evidence of the planetary crisis, Rishi Sunak opts to play to a narrow climate-sceptic gallery. Predictable, short-sighted, counterproductive.
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"I'm now scared going into work. because there's clear evidence that we should have better respiratory protection” - a nurse told NOT to wear her own high grade FFP3 mask but the regulation thinner one instead. More from @theRCN here
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It survived - amazing moment NASA probe phones home from Pluto #PlutoFlyby
http://t.co/kwZmWVvrJv.
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Very impressed by the calm resilience of @GretaThunberg in this @Channel4News interview.
"Without being an activist. I would maybe fall into despair. but when I'm taking action it feels like we can do something about it.". Greta Thunberg tells @JackieLongc4 that climate protest gives her a 'purpose' and that she can handle the pressure and criticism it brings.
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Music, slo-mo, the works - @duncancstone turns the last minute of our climate frontlines doc into a great way for me to say farewell
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Congrats to the first #EarthshotPrize awards by @KensingtonRoyal and others to @CoralVitaReefs @BiomassTakachar @CostaRica @Enapter_ and the #Milan food hubs - great to see your smiling faces and best of luck with scaling up
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Horrible, tragic, upsetting news about the wonderful, talented, warm-hearted George Alagiah. Over many years sitting at the desk next to mine, George brightened every day with his curiosity, humour and above all humanity. What a loss to us all but especially to his amazing family.
It is with deep sadness that the BBC is announcing the death of its much-loved journalist and presenter George Alagiah.
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Mountains 11,000 ft high sitting on bedrock of frozen water - water abundant on Pluto http://t.co/p3RGSC7dBq.
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Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - landmark study by @TheSmithSchool and others reported by @JonahFisherBBC
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@BBCRosAtkins Huge congrats Ros, you created a novel and very effective genre in news and long may you (and it) continue.
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Many many thanks to so many of you for your kind words - my last TV reports for @BBCNews are coming up on @BBCOne at 1705 and 2200 including @AlokSharma_RDG @camillaborn @PEspinosaC and made possible by ace #COP26 team @DuncanCStone and @katestephred.
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Terrific to see the wonderful and resilient @BBCAlagiah on the box after recovering from #COVID19
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The first woman to fly a Spitfire, later killed at the controls of a plane that malfunctioned. Margaret Fairweather, one of my grandmothers. #VEDay75
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British, French, German and American technology starting first full day on #Mars today #MarsInSight #MarsLanding @BBCAmos
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After working with Orb Media over many weeks, our coverage of a study revealing plastic particles in bottles of water
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By any standards this morning’s climate event was rather strange. No questions, no answers on key points, no mention publicly of the sacking of Claire O’Neill. Many experts here left bemused and not a little worried about #COP26.
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Right now the #Cassini spacecraft is flying between the rings of #Saturn and the planet itself - see our VR studio in action #grandfinale
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On a gloomy day for #climate news, check out the @EarthshotPrize led by @KensingtonRoyal to feel inspired - a long list of great projects #earthshotprize
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Justice at last: after countless appeals, UK medical staff can now wear better masks to screen them from airborne #COVID19 - bravo to @hughes_eilir @microlabdoc @mjb302 @BarryMcAree @theRCN @RCSLT @BAPENUK and many others for highlighting the need for better protection.
In a massive change for UK infection control, respiratory PPE is now required for all airborne infections! (not just if they're "wholly" airborne). If you're caring for patients with COVID-19, you *must* wear FFP3 or equivalent. #FreshAirNHS.
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What’s the latest from the #COP24 UN climate talks in #Katowice? Things are slow. @MattMcGrathBBC and @misslfoster explain why
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Clinging to the leg of one of the men who'd been holding him captive - the secret trade in baby chimps on #BBCTVTen
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Is fresh air the 'forgotten weapon' in the struggle against #coronavirus? I take a look at whether we're hearing enough about the risks of stuffy rooms with @hughes_eilir and @DrSDFitzgerald
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A warning from the maker of Dettol and Lysol @discoverRB that ‘under no circumstances’ should they be injected - firm rebuttal to Trump’s #coronavirus suggestion
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This is one of those ‘sit up and read very carefully’ moments: the #ocean is warming at a phenomenal rate and the consequences will be severe. Great reporting by @MattMcGrathBBC and @MarkPoynting
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In the forests of the night, some good news: tiger numbers are up for the first time in a century
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Phenomenal cheering during #PlutoFlyby - sense of achievement and thrill of discovery http://t.co/Fjk4yHsuhj
http://t.co/FDaRYXbFA2.
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Important work by @MarcoLSilva countering the many false claims that are being spread about the heatwaves. The data, as he patiently explains, are accurate.
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Crews and producers have become close friends after facing everything from riots to icebergs. Graphics designers have transported me to virtual worlds. Supportive editors have backed assignments to 100 countries. 2/3.
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Standing ovation at mission control as signal comes through all the way from @NewHorizons2015 near Pluto http://t.co/G9rim5PEXj.
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Wrong to portray 2m distance as a 'rule' says UK chief scientific adviser - it's part of a 'risk-based assessment' including time, ventilation, face coverings. Minutes later PM talks about the '2m rule'.
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The G7 group becomes the G6 as Trump refuses to endorse the Paris climate agreement #climatechange #ParisAgreement
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Swallowing just one small piece of ocean plastic is enough to kill a turtle - results of new study on #plasticpollution reported by @MattMcGrathBBC
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The message is obvious. Expect a new policy for where to wear face coverings in England. Such as shops. Like in Scotland. Coming up on #BBCNewsTen
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Scratch your head for a moment: two black holes merge and we hear the signals a billion years later - amazing
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The #Coronavirus mystery of 'silent spreaders' - people who are infected but don’t realise - my take on what we don’t know and why it matters #COVID19
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A tiny spacecraft on the brink of an alien world is healthy and loaded with potentially amazing data #PlutoFlyby
http://t.co/bSYlcRjfbI.
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Best wishes to ace cameraman Ron Skeans.
Just attended my first @realDonaldTrump rally where my colleague BBC cameraman Rob Skeans was attacked by a Trump supporter. The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy against the media by Trump and other speakers all night #TrumpElPaso
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We can hear gravitational waves: a rumbling then a chirp:
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Despair and hope on my climate journey - reflections on what’s changed and what might come next
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Amazing achievement by @LewisPugh swimming length of English Channel to highlight ocean conservation
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The easiest way to reduce energy bills is to use energy more efficiently. So why would Sunak scrap an energy efficiency task force? Is it to be seen valiantly slashing red tape or bravely cutting ‘green crap’?
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There's a shift in the tectonic plates of @WHO guidance on #coronavirus - it now says people CAN get infected via aerosols ie through the air - a risk that many say should have been highlighted a year ago MT @CathNoakes @hughes_eilir @microlabdoc.
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Climate legend @CFigueres on the green carpet for the first #EarthshotPrize awards tonight
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This is true from @hughes_eilir - at the time of the Downing Street party in May 2020, fresh air was not getting any official push so it’s not accurate for #BorisJohnson to claim it as an excuse now.
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Surprising discovery that plastic pollution is a source of warming gases, and it's worse the more the plastic breaks down: @MattMcGrathBBC on the eureka moment #plasticpollution.
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Two quid for every Covid death - @doctor_oxford on fire about Matt Hancock.
So therapeutic to sum up my view of the disgraced health secretary who’s now seriously pretending that eating a plate of kangaroo anuses in Australia is an act of public service 😳 Thanks @piersmorgan.
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The illegal and cruel trade in baby chimpanzees - here's the trailer for our special report on #BBCNewsTen and @BBCWorld #wildlife #cites
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Civilians massacred in bomb shelters. Supplies of aid blocked. Relentless suffering. What Ukrainians are going through could not be more different to visiting a polling station six years ago. What was @BorisJohnson thinking?
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Incredible images from @lizbonnin on the @BBCStargazing plane - extraordinary details revealed http://t.co/KiOgm4OkrV.
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She should have won a Nobel Prize. Now Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell gets another award and uses it help minorities. @BBCPallab reports
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Amazing news from deep space: comet lander #Philae wakes up after months lost on an alien world - http://t.co/LCHsXGpNHG.
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Supermarket chain Iceland to ban palm oil in own-brand products - I've seen for myself how palm oil production can devastate rainforests @IcelandFoods #rainforest
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Brazil has become ‘a biological Fukushima’ creating new #coronavirus variants, @MiguelNicolelis tells me for #BBCNewsTen later tonight, along with the always clear @DrCharlieWeller of the @wellcometrust
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It was meant to go 1000mph but the Bloodhound supersonic car project has now run out of money
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In its 30-year history, the UN's IPCC #climate science panel has never issued such stark warnings, grounded in such comprehensive research, and come to such blunt conclusions - latest from @MattMcGrathBBC .
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Russia’s invasion will rightly dominate the headlines but vital not to lose sight of a major @IPCC_CH climate report due out soon - preview by @MattMcGrathBBC
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The moment the spacecraft died #Rosetta #CometLanding - somber, sad, but years of data to explore
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"Adapt or die" - not often you hear such apocalyptic words from a public official but the @EnvAgency is worried no one's thinking of the risks of climate change - I've been talking to @EmmaHowardBoyd ahead of #COP26.
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Really delighted that the wonderful @BBCAlagiah is returning to our screens tonight. George, very best wishes.
I’ll be back in the @BBCNews studio today after months of treatment. Pure coincidence - it’s 8 years to the day since I was told I had stage 4 #bowelcancer So good to be with the News at Six team again.
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Another great @BBCRosAtkins report, this time on Downing Street Christmas-gate.
The story of the No. 10 Christmas Party last December. In 4 mins. Produced Michael Cox.
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The first study of its kind finds that wearing masks that filter out aerosols really cuts the spread of #Covid
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Sir David Attenborough in 'act now' warning on #climate - he’s sounding more exasperated than I’ve heard before
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First close up of Pluto revealed - no craters which means it's a young surface and may be active now http://t.co/L9O9k3Yjqa.
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Whoa - just as face covering will reportedly be relaxed here, the US is giving the public high-grade masks of a standard that until yesterday were denied to our own health and care workers. #COVID19
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Wow, they did it - @Philae2014 is now sitting on a comet. Harpoons fired. Incredible atmosphere. People quite can't believe it - nor can I.
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Entering an underworld of wildlife crime - the full story of our investigation into baby chimp trading #chimpanzee
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Years ago a TV editor told me "never show shots of home insulation again, they're too dull". Well, they're back and more important than ever. Great report by @BBCJustinR with @ChiefExecCCC and @janrosenow
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Momentous space news: #Voyager 1 has become the first human object to leave the solar system, new research has just concluded.
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Living in Plastic - catch our full report on the horror and the hope in Indonesia's battle with plastic waste. On @BBCWorld this weekend. Today 1510 GMT, tomorrow .0810, 1910, 2110 Great team @RobertMagee5 Kate Stephens and Dessi Ariyanti #plastic
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Is there a giant but unseen planet orbiting out on the edge of our solar system? Computer simulations say yes
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So many vivid memories from 2018 but I found this Indonesian fishing village drowning in #plastic one of the most shocking #plasticpollution
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New evidence that ancient tsunamis once swept across Mars - which means oceans must have existed there @BBCAmos
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