Journal of Plant Ecology【🎉Latest accepted article】
Effects of waste amendments on soil nutrients and plant growth: role of plant species and #Phosphorus_solubilizingBacteria
#AgriculturalWaste | #IndustrialWaste | #SoilPhosphorus | #SoilSilicon | #PlantDiversity
DoomsdaysCWWorld’s first #sustainable #battery lasts 6,000 cycles, could offer 30-year life
The batteries transport electrons using three physical processes, thanks to an ultraporous carbon layer inside the cell.
by Georgina Jedikovska, Updated: Apr 11, 2025 11:02 AM EST
"#Ukrainian startup #SorbiForce has made a major breakthrough by transforming agricultural waste into a metal-free organic battery prototype in an attempt to combat the environmental impact of conventional batteries.
"Apart from #AgriculturalWaste, the Arizona-based energy storage company claims they used nothing but carbon, water, and salt to develop what they say is the world’s first truly sustainable battery.
"The team, led by material scientist Serhii Kaminskyi, SorbiForce’s CEO and co-founder, came up with the idea after realizing agriculture generates up to 2.1 billion tons of waste each year.
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"However, what’s perhaps most striking is that at the end of a cell’s life, as much as 95 percent of the battery can be broken down into organic materials, while the rest of the components can later be reused.
"Additionally, Drolet remarks that, unlike #LithiumIon (Li-ion) batteries, which often become #toxic plastic waste or pose safety hazards when recycled, SorbiForce cells pose no risk of explosion, thermal runaway or toxic leaks thanks to their metal-free chemistry and #ClosedLoop design, even if cut in half."
Read more:
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-metal-free-battery-6000-cycles
Shine My CrownKristine Haukongo: Meet The Woman Growing Mushrooms to Build Homes https://shinemycrown.com/kristine-haukongo-meet-the-woman-growing-mushrooms-to-build-homes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SustainableHousing #MushroomFarming #AgriculturalWaste #EcoInnovation #Namibia
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTechXplore: Waste-based perovskite solar cell achieves 21.39% energy efficiency. “A team of materials scientists and solar engineers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, working with a colleague from Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, has developed a perovskite solar cell using a biomass-based polymer. In their paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, the group […]
WorlddefensereportLockheed Martin Approves Use of Synthetic Fuel in F-35 Lightning II
https://defensemirror.com/news/38630/Lockheed_Martin_Approves_Use_of_Synthetic_Fuel_in_F_35_Lightning_II
@LockheedMartin
#F35 #syntheticfuel #jetfuel #fossilfuel #coal #naturalgas #oil #agriculturalwaste #SyntheticAviationTurbineFuel #SATF
defensedailyLockheed Martin Approves Use of Synthetic Fuel in F-35 Lightning II
https://defensemirror.com/news/38630/Lockheed_Martin_Approves_Use_of_Synthetic_Fuel_in_F_35_Lightning_II
@LockheedMartin
#F35 #syntheticfuel #jetfuel #fossilfuel #coal #naturalgas #oil #agriculturalwaste #SyntheticAviationTurbineFuel #SATF
Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024
PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
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"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/
#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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Technische Universität MünchenLearn more about the HopfON founding team, which aims to make the #constructionindustry more #sustainable by producing recyclable, climate-friendly #buildingmaterials from hop waste: http://go.tum.de/754800
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Phys.orgReferenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-agricultural-material-air.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1648735119740370950#m
Converting #agriculturalwaste into a material that cleans the air https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06170 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-agricultural-material-air.html
