My partner makes a valid point that we need a proper term for "child rapist"
#paedophile literally means "lover of children" which strikes me as a million miles from the truth
#audiophile #bibliophile #technophile #hydrophilic none of these words express intent of rape to the best of my knowledge
Ripple Bugs
Ripple bugs are a type of water strider capable of moving at a blazing fast 120 body lengths per second across the water surface. In addition to their speed, ripple bugs are incredibly agile and are active almost constantly. Researchers believe they’ve found the insect’s secret: feather-like hydrophilic fans that spread on contact with the water. These fans help the insects push off the water and steer, but they require no effort to open and close. They’ve even adapted the technique to bio-inspired robots and seen improvements in speed, agility, and efficiency. (Video credit: Science; research credit: V. Ortega-Jimenez et al.)
#biology #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #hydrophilic #physics #rippleBugs #science #waterStriders
#terraPreta #permaCulture #permaCultura #permaKultur #fediTips
Some additional notes and observations
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#carbonActivado tanslates in german into #AktivKohle, that's the stuff you find in high quality filters, including filters for #fishTank's, #aquarium's and filres for drinking water as they have the capabilty to filter out all kind of chemicals from air and water. That's the same effect that carbon creates by storing chemical elements in it's space and structure in the soil for #plants and #microorganisms.
Creating carbon from wood by explosively cooling it down throwing it into water, transforming it into "active carbon" resolves the arduous task of creating carbon in an anaerobic setup, an interesting point because we could come up with some kind of #rocketStove with a continious feeding process, seperating glowing carbon from the rest, letting it somehow roll into a water recipient while using the heat created to warm up our houses in the winter. As of now not solved in this idea is what to do with the water steam that is produced, or even to think about some secondery use for that steam. These "ideas/considerations" are actually the result of:
* There is no waste, only primary materials
* Every element in a system has to fulfill at least two goals
What we couldn't find out into deep till now is a the issue that apparently carbon can be #hydrophobe or #hydrophilic and which process makes it hydrophillic. We guess that this is in part an important detail as the carbon harbors not only chemical elements but also is a kind of apartment building for microorganisms and their are probably different apartments for aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms.
Perhaps in the case of your soil some hydrophobic carbon could be even the better option.
Our question about the kind of soil, in part depending of the region you are from, is due to the observations that carbon to create terra preta is very usefull for old leached soils like those of the #Amazon basin, #SouthAmerica and #Africa in particular, as well as probably for example the sandy soils of #Brandenburg and #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or regions of Spain, while the benefits in soils like Hessen, Western Germany in general and most likely the whole of central europe aren't that extraordinary, even tho they are most likely always beneficial.
With respect to the profile @permaculture, that is a friendica forum page for the fediVerse.
"Our setup" includes the forum page server https://tupambae.org/ as well as the friendica server https://tupambae.com/ harboring also the forum page profiles @permaculture for english and french and @permakultur for german. If you subsribe to a #forumPage and mention that profile in a inicial post (toot) that post will be reshared by that profile page and send to all it's subscribers!
The dot com server is for single profiles and harbors for example a friendica profile @[email protected]. That profile, besides being a standard account in the fediverse actually mirrors publicacions of this mastodon profile over here, in part examplifying the permaculture principal:
* Every element in a system as to be covered at least by two elements/aspects.
At the same time by using #friendica we have the benefits of all the extras that a fediVerse server software brings to the table for profiles and projects like:
* #imageGallery
* #calendar
* #personalNotes and #privateMessage
* #directory for to sort publications
* no character limite
* enhanced text editing tools like #bbCode and #markdown
* #postPreview
simultanios cross publications:
* by email
* to other platforms like #diaspora, #bluesky and #tumblr
In other words, a friendica server for the fediVerse is not only a perfect choice for "Fachbereichsprofile" of a #university like
@unikassel, something like https://social.uni-kassel.de, it's also extremely usefull for projects and larger articles.
Please keep us updated in particular about this very interesting project of yours, actually the best would be as answers in this very thread, so we can save your content in our setup and spread it into the #fediVerse.
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#Microplastics could trigger cloud formation and affect the #weather new study suggests
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist
Published Nov 15, 2023
"The authors of Wednesday’s study found microplastics affect #CloudFormation, and clouds are of huge importance to the weather we experience.
"Clouds produce precipitation in the form of rain, snow and everything in between. They also block sunlight, and less solar radiation means cooler temperatures.
"In order for a cloud to form, water vapor – a gas – needs to turn into water droplets – a liquid. Then, many water droplets need to come together to become a cloud.
"Water droplets form when water vapor interacts with tiny solid particles in the atmosphere, like #dust, #ash or #salt from the ocean. According to the study, microplastics can now be added to that list.
"These particles are #hydrophilic, which means they are attracted to water. Once the first water droplets cling to microplastics and other tiny particles, more water droplets are pulled together and clouds form.
"The process is akin to how a single spark can eventually set an entire field ablaze: One tiny particle in the atmosphere can set into motion a process that becomes something much bigger.
"According to the study’s authors, further research must be completed to fully understand the extent to which microplastics influence cloud formation.
"Could a greater concentration of microplastics lead to more clouds? Will an increase in clouds lead to more precipitation or larger swaths of cooler conditions? These questions remain unanswered."
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