Climate change

[lenny]

Replacing 25% of trips under 5 miles with e-bikes would be like taking 338,000 cars off the road

Replacing 25% of trips under 5 miles with e-bikes would be like taking 338,000 cars off the road

This e-bike impact calculator offers a data-driven approach to assess the potential in reducing emissions and improving city mobility.

momentummag.com

 

[StuartsProjects]

Guys, take note of whats being happening across the pond.

Trump is in charge, so climate change no longer exists.

 

[thelarkbox]

Im wondering if we should rethink the whole 1776 business in the light of recent events..
They had a stab at a version of democracy and seem to have decided against it and appear to now want a king again?? and some sort of presence back in europe for some reason.

Well we have king and he is pretty harmless by all accounts (thumbs up).
And since they are already dismantling their government. We can take that over for them electronically, all we need do is flood the US with fastfood paper placemats picturing a map of the world and the UK named 'New Washington' and slip rupert murdoch a brown envelope to seal the deal.

Then Megan and henry can feud with daddy for the throne and take up 20-30yrs of media coverage to give us a rest..

 

[lenny]

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.

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Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-order-usda-websites-climate-crisis

 

[lenny]

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones
Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/22/technofossils-how-plastic-bags-and-chicken-bones-will-become-our-eternal-legacy

 

[lenny]

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate

Countries have promised to reduce their fossil fuel subsidies to fight climate change, but that’s harder to do than it sounds, as an energy law expert explains.

theconversation.com

 

[lenny]

Glaciers Worldwide are Melting Faster Causing Sea Levels to Rise More

Glaciers Worldwide are Melting Faster Causing Sea Levels to Rise More

Anthropogenic climate change is creating a vicious circle where rising temperatures are causing glaciers to melt at an increasing rate. In addition to contributing to rising sea levels, coastal flooding, and extreme weather, the loss of polar ice and glaciers is causing Earth’s oceans to absorb...

www.universetoday.com

 

[lenny]

Could the Next Ice Age Arrive Sooner Than We Think?

Could the Next Ice Age Arrive Sooner Than We Think?

Understanding Earth's climatic cycles can feel like solving an intricate puzzle.

weather-fox.com

Octopuses Rewrite Their RNA to Beat the Cold
Study identifies first example of adaptation produced by RNA editing

https://www.science.org/content/article/octopuses-rewrite-their-rna-beat-cold

 

[lenny]

Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime

Exclusive: Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime | TechCrunch

Modern Synthesis’s fibers can be manipulated in ways that simple plant fibers cannot.

techcrunch.com

 

[lenny]

Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-carbon-capture-renewables.html

 

[lenny]

'Fog harvesting' could yield water for drinking and agriculture in the world's driest regions

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fog-harvesting-yield-agriculture-world.html

 

[lenny]

Trump Stalls U.S. Wind Power Industry With Permit Freeze
For now, wind energy developers are left in a state of paralysis.

https://www.agweb.com/markets/pro-farmer-analysis/trump-stalls-u-s-wind-power-industry-permit-freeze

 

[lenny]

It’s not drought, it’s pillage: data centers take the water

It’s not drought, it’s pillage: data centers take the water

gerrymcgovern.com

 

[lenny]

Hydrogen Electrolysis Cost Projections from Major Organizations Low by 60% to 300%

Hydrogen Electrolysis Cost Projections from Major Organizations Low by 60% to 300% - CleanTechnica

Future cost projections for green hydrogen from BNEF, CSIRO, IEA and the Hydrogen Council have been inching toward reality but are still far too low.

cleantechnica.com

 

[lenny]

Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-porous-plastic-sheets-cool-space.html

 

[lenny]

New analysis shows that spring is the fastest-warming season in the United Kingdom largely down to climate change.

Spring is "fastest-warming" season in the UK

Data shows that spring has warmed by 1.8C in the UK since 1970 and this warming is having an impact on nature.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Ireland has urban-rural divide in attitudes to climate change, new survey shows
"Ms Mahony noted just 58% of respondents to the CSO’s surveys based in the rural border region — counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo — rate climate change as being a very important issue, compared to 75% of residents of the Dublin urban area. "

Ireland has urban-rural divide in attitudes to climate change, new survey shows

CSO data also shows massive rise in energy bills for Irish households since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[lenny]

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs
New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs

An MIT-led study confirms the Antarctic ozone layer is healing as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances.

news.mit.edu

 

[lenny]

Why Vermont farmers are using urine on their crops
"Records suggest that urine was used to help grow crops back in ancient China and ancient Rome. Today, scientists are finding that it can more than double the yield of crops like kale and spinach compared to no fertiliser, and improve yields even in low fertility soils."

Why Vermont farmers are using urine on their crops

Urine was used as fertiliser in ancient Rome and China. Now farmers in Vermont are bringing this practice back to boost harvests and grow crops in a more sustainable way.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

This is what a crab sees in its final moments before a cuttlefish strikes

This is what a crab sees in its final moments before a cuttlefish strikes - The Times of India

Marine ecologists led by Matteo Santon documented the Broadclub cuttlefish's remarkable hunting strategies in the wild, including imitating corals and

timesofindia.indiatimes.com