The timing of this is interesting. It could be simply about *helping* users understand the issues/topics/news. It could also be designed to help journalists and publishers generate more traffic, thus motivating them to post. Alternatively, it could also be about offsetting the coming trouble that platform will have with Section 230. This move could potentially influence legal proceedings by showing that Twitter helps publishers and is not the defacto publisher. Out of all the social networks (including Snap) I think Twitter is the least viable.

The data garnered from this will significantly help with the long-term understanding (and modelling) of the human impact on climate. Something similar happened post Sep 11, 2001 when flights were grounded for a time. The data that yielded helped researchers model impacts of pollution. One of the few silver linings.......

I have visited the region on countless occasions over the last decade, staying on various islands on the reef, in Port Douglas and Cairns. Its a complicated subject matter locally. Some say that it is struggling. Others, especially those reliant upon the reef for a living say that its better than it used to be and criticise the surveys as being based on flyovers from too high up. However, visually, to my mind we do seem to be seeing more damage, at least around the cities and shipping lanes, compared to my first visits. We now don't visit the reef itself. Lots of other things to do in Far North Queensland. Great weather too (most of the time).

This will certainly appeal to a small percent of HNWI's able to afford the trip of a lifetime. However, to me it is significantly scarier and less attractive than going into space.