Just Because

This is a question I’ve never had a chance to ask anybody before: what’s it like being on a stamp?
It’s a great privilege that the nation will be licking the backs of our heads. It’s an amazing thing – I’m really proud to be part of it. It’s cool. it’s something that I can show my grandkids. (x)

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theremina:

Living Wall

These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.

For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.

The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.

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themaebee:

Doctor Who meme | undernoticed quotes | (1/?) | The God Complex

“I’d forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe”

That line.

#YES #THIS IS SO IMPORTANT #THE DOCTOR NEEDS TO REMEMBER THIS #ESPECIALLY WHEN HE GETS A BIG HEAD ABOUT HOW GREAT HE IS #AND AGAIN #IT WAS RORY WHO SAID IT #RORY IS ALWAYS FINDING WAYS TO HUMBLE THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR KNOWS IT #AND THAT’S WHY HE LOVES RORY #NOT MANY PEOPLE MAKE HIM FEEL HUMBLE #AND IT’S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER LINES LIKE THIS

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that moment when tony asserts himself as earth’s sassiest hero

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“Life is just like playing music. It’s all about putting your fingers in the right place at the right time.” -Arthur Darvill

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sasstiel-sassbutt:

DID HE JUST

QUOTE

MOTHERFUCKING STARKID

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