https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/le-satellite-biomass-livre-de-premieres-images-saisissantes-publiees-par-l-esa.N2234507
#populaires #science #espace #intermédiaire #radar #Pband #Biomass #niche #SAR #biosphère #LivingPlanet #tendance #Biomass
Akis Karagiannis has written an excellent synopsis of the #LivingPlanet Symposium #earthobservation
https://www.spectralreflectance.space/p/reflections-from-the-2025-living
"Several sessions that were supposed to feature NASA researchers ended up half-empty. One session had eight scheduled speakers; only three presented."
American science and technology is not going to be able to come back from this.
Well, this report confirms that we do a really good job in destroying world's life. The decline of populations is mind-staggering.
#nature #wwf #livingplanet #ecosystems
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Hawaii and other tourist hot spots have banned some UV filters found in sunscreen, in part thanks to a fateful snack run for Oreos that put one ecotoxicologist on the trail of unsuspected coral killer in the ocean. Twenty years later, his search continues amid a cacophony of misinformation about sun protection.
As people debate the costs, timeline, difficulties and challenges of keeping our planet habitable, it helps to have a reminder of what our (realistic) alternatives are (we don't have any).
`For the team of researchers, these results are pretty clear. “Hence, we suggest that GCRs (Galactic Cosmic Rays) and SEP (Solar Energetic Particle) events from the young Sun represent the most effective energy sources for the prebiotic formation of biologically important organic compounds from weakly reducing atmospheres.”`
https://www.universetoday.com/161212/solar-flares-could-have-helped-life-get-started-on-earth/
#originsOfLife #life #origins #livingPlanet #birth #solarFlares #radiation #cosmicRays #energy #particles #bombardment #ions #gasPhase #stars #Sun