Kate DericksonThe case for doing less in our peer reviews - my new editorial in Society and Space is up. I argue that we should move away from a model of reviewing that aims to “fix” papers
J M Klinger
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Geographer & Prof. Mineral supply chains from the holes in the ground to orbital debris and many things in between.
Not sure what to think about a number of 2024 #conferences scheduled for #Hawa'ii, esp. for professional assns such as the #AAG and #4S that are attuned to the issues of #climate change and #coloniality.
What about #ghg emissions of traveling? Or the issue of #overtourism and the contribution of #academic #tourism to increasing local #housing #food and #transportation costs?
Is there something I'm not seeing here that actually serves the interests of #Native Hawai'ians?
Here to learn.
Mark‘We have got to get to the point that we can understand #complexity, and harness it, and not reject it.’
#commons #conservation #environment
https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth?utm_source=pocket_mylist
It's not well-advertised, but my #book #RareEarth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes is freely downloadable for exactly zero dollars.
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501714610/rare-earth-frontiers/#bookTabs=1
Publicly-funded #research should be freely available to the #public Full stop.
#opensource #openaccess #mining #moon #Brazil #China #outerspace #environment #CriticalRawMaterials
Rare Earth Frontiers by Julie Michelle Klinger | eBook | Cornell University Press
Rare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems.
DW en #español, sobre #tierrasraras:
https://www.dw.com/es/tierras-raras-en-suecia-se-acabó-la-dependencia-europea-de-asia/a-64414490
Según Klinger, "actualmente no existe una política, ni en la UE ni en ningún otro lugar, que proteja a los materiales extraídos, en nombre del cambio climático, de otros sectores menos respetuosos con el clima. Tampoco la empresa estatal sueca LKAB, o cualquier otra empresa minera, está obligada a vender su producción solo a empresas del sector de tecnologías de energías renovables".
NASA JPL PicturesHigh Latitude Dunes
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a dune field on a crater floor in Terra Cimmeria. Dunes at high latitudes - near the polar caps - are affected by seasonal frost and ice.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Instrument: Thermal Emission Imaging System
Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
Tags: Mars
More: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23035
#space #NASA #JPL #photography #astronomy #astrodon
Recently I noted this in an #oped in #LaTercera in #Chile
"Si se observa profundamente el desarrollo histórico del sector de las #tierrasraras, como lo he hecho en mis investigaciones, se verá que gran parte del descubrimiento y la innovación inicial fueron impulsados por la industria de la #guerra. Cuando el propósito ha sido construir máquinas de muerte, no sorprende que no se haya priorizado la #mineria #responsable."
Increasingly I think that we have to take on the question of whether #RareEarth and other #CriticalRawMaterials will be used to fight #climate change by building #renewable energy infrastructure, including #green #transport, or if these materials will continue to be captured by #military and #fossilfuel interests. Our applications shape our #extraction practices.
I was honored to speak at #CongresoFuturo in #Chile last week on the role of #mining in making the hardware of our everyday lives, our greatest #dreams and #nightmares.
Here is a recent #ScienceNews article on the #RareEarth mine in #California. My two cents are about how the #industry can become more #sustainable. Incremental fixes make a big difference in industrial operations, but for the kind of change we need in light of the #climate emergency, more robust policy mandates and subsidies are needed.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rare-earth-mining-renewable-energy-future
#rareearthelements #renewable #energy transition #geography
