Zum 10. Mal in Folge war im März die globale Durchschnittstemperatur höher als in allen früheren Vergleichsmonaten. Sie lag 0,1° über dem letzten Rekord und 1,68° über dem vorindustriellen Wert. Jonathan Watts geht im Guardian auf die Befürchtungen von Klimaforschenden ein, das Klimasystem könne sich bereits in einer bisher nicht vorausgesagten Weise verändert haben. Im März hat der Saudi Aramco-Chef unter Applaus von Industrie-Vertretern den Ausstieg aus Öl und Gas als Illusion bezeichnet. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/apr/09/tenth-consecutive-monthly-heat-record-alarms-confounds-climate-scientists

Copernicus Climate Bulletin: https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-bulletins#55c9d9ab-fb45-4667-94b0-084c3423879b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_circle

Some timber circle sites to look into: - Secotan in North Carolina circa 1585 - Poverty Point - Hopewell timber circles (Moorehead Circle and Stubbs Earthworks) in Ohio - Cahokia

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/style/andre-leon-talley-dead.html

Diana Parker has an elaborate style of communicating. Readers better off not to take her words literally.

This is at once imagery and a metaphor, describing how eager Diana is on her task of bringing families over to Sanditon. It’s partly funny because she is herself claimed to be physically weak, yet her spirits are high and tough enough to accomplish her self-assigned tasks passionately.

Miss Diana Parker's request to ask Lady Denham for money for various people that she does not know from a woman she likely does not know very well seems very impolite. Also, considering how little Lady Denham likes to part with her money, Diana's comments would be particularly provoking.

This painting has now been confirmed to be a Vermeer. It is thought be be one of his earliest works.