Mastodawn

The record global ocean heat content is coherent with the extreme meteorological events and the never seen levels of pollutants in the atmosphere
#ecological #emergency #emergenciaclimatica #climatechange

Post Growth Institute 5d ago

COP30 was widely described as “the Indigenous COP.” But what does participation really mean?

This special episode of the Relational Science podcast, Post Growth Fellows, WarīNkwī Flores, Kaime Silvestre, and Josephine Ewoma, along with PGI team member Felipe Cortines, reflect on what unfolded in Brazil.

They examine how #Indigenous #leadership, #ecological knowledge, #climate #finance, and #AI governance intersect.

Listen now (transcript included): https://medium.com/postgrowth/the-aftermath-of-cop30-climate-governance-through-a-relational-lens-93148c1e848f?source=friends_link&sk=dd9120977e09b6f832de49902537b646

#postgrowth

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BrunoMcGee Jan 18

@Geotripper I hear ya. A bit of fog now and then is tolerable. But the interminable weeks and weeks of fog of my grad school days - ugh. I suppose fog serves #ecological functions (sigh) for the native #flora of the Central Valley. My perception is that the number of foggy days in the valley has declined over the past decade or so. Perhaps related to the aridification that is occurring across the western US.

Scientific Frontline Jan 17

This report for the Scientific Frontline "What Is" series provides an detailed analysis of the #invasive species phenomenon. It moves beyond simple definitions to explore the complex #ecological mechanics that allow these #organisms to dominate naïve #ecosystems
#WhatIs #Ecology #Environmental #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/wi01162601.html

What Is: Invasive Species

The Biological Siege of the Anthropocene, the Invasive Species problem

A. Sebastian Dietzel 😎🥳Jan 17

Watching "Ocean with David Attenborough" - The industrial bottom trailing fishing industry is just heart breaking.

How does one only buy fish that's not fished in that way?

#ecological #fishing

Scientific Frontline Jan 14

#Cyanobacteria are key #ecological players of global carbon and nitrogen cycles. They are also becoming increasingly important for carbon-neutral biotechnology. They could serve as green cell factories for a light-driven and sustainable production of #chemicals and #fuels
#Biotechnology #Microbiology #MolecularBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/btech01142601.html

Not only toxic but also a nutrient: guanidine as a nitrogen source

A riboswitch as an important tool in sustainable biotechnology

JADe (he, him)Jan 12

China is testing a megawatt airborne wind turbine that flies high above the ground to tap into stronger and more stable winds.

Instead of a massive tower, the system uses a helium-lifted platform to generate power where wind is more consistent. Developers say this could use far less material than traditional turbines and lower electricity costs once scaled.

What makes it more interesting is the use case beyond energy. The platform can be moved and deployed quickly, making it useful for disaster zones after earthquakes or floods to power lights, radios, and critical equipment.

What are your thoughts on this?

From evolving.ai IG

#solarpunk #hopepunk #eolic #wind
#windturbines #FlyingMachine
#renewables #renewableenergy
#China #emergencypreparedness
#sustainabletech #ecological
#EnergyTransition #EnergySky
#Inflatable #disasterpreparedness #EnergyGeneration

Lies Van Rompaey Jan 7

The snails were having a blast munching on a young moringa tree, so yesterday I removed the copper from a broken cable (kept for exactly this purpose) and wound it around the stem.

I tried this a few years ago with another tree and it worked like a charm. Hopefully this simple pesticide free trick will do the job again.

#pests #ecological #gardening

Stefan F. Wirth Jan 4

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@DrPlanktonguy/115554189599941981

When large quantities of brown #algae are repeatedly #washedashore over an extended period, my first question as an acarologist is naturally which interesting, and possibly phoretic, terrestrial #organisms, such as mites, are specifically #adapted to these #conditions. But these algae are a phenomenon with #ecological #repercussions that must be understood. It is particularly interesting, thus, that it is the #phosphorus content that affects #symbiotic #cyanobacteria, which promote algal growth

PatternChaser Jan 4

It's about time someone said this out loud:

The biggest existing threat to world peace is the USA!

The biggest climate-change enemy in the world is ... the USA.

The #Capitalism that encourages and nurtures #ecological disaster comes from the USA.

The money and weapons to enable #Israel's #genocide come from the USA.

It never stops!

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/01/03/us-invasion-venezuela/

The US is a rogue state and must be treated as one

After what Trump has done to Venezuela, unless there is concerted action by the rest of the world, the US will remain a threat to us all

Canary