You have until the end of August to join in with the Slow Ways Crowdfunder to fund the next stage of development and get some benefits in return. Details are here. Where we’re coming from Thanks to thousands of people we’ve already created a Slow Ways national walking network with 140,000km of routes that connect all of Britain’s towns, cities and national landscapes. We’ve proven the idea. Now it’s time to take it to the next level. Where we’re going With your support we’ll help millions of people to find, follow and enjoy great routes that match their diverse interests and needs - making places more enjoyable and inclusive in the process. We'll make the network much bigger and better, add more ways of getting around, enable groups and organisations to share routes for communities and develop website and app to make it all happen. Slow Ways routes will always be publicly available and free for everyone to follow and enjoy. We’ll be introducing memberships for people and group...
The Nunataryuk project explores the changes taking place in areas which have previously had permafrost which has lasted for decades or centuries. From the Grida.no website which I've used for years, comes a really thorough definition of permafrost - a feature which is almost as threatened as coral reefs... Permafrost, defined as sediment or rock that remains at or below 0°C for at least two years, is found on land, along coastlines, and below the seafloor. The thawing of terrestrial permafrost leads to increased coastal erosion and ground instability that stresses infrastructure, posing serious problems for Indigenous communities and other people who live in the Arctic, as well as for industry. The thawing of both terrestrial and submarine permafrost can lead to the release of methane and other greenhouse gases, which can trigger a positive feedback loop that results in further atmospheric warming. Numerical modelling suggests that almost all submarine permafrost is thawing. Map...