CDEIGENT Fellow
Ecology & Sustainability science researcher at
@UA_Universidad
SAND | Infrastructure | Mining transitions | Biodiversity
Wild food forager
The assembly and analysis of a 37-year satellite database covering almost 400 mining districts in 49 countries shows that a rise in river mineral mining has substantially increased riverine sediment load in tropical rivers worldwide.
Bigger vehicles can be safer in crashes, but far more dangerous for pedestrians.
And the average size of cars and trucks in the U.S. continues to grow. Some current models – like that of the Toyota Rav4 – are a third larger than they were only 15 years ago.
That’s led to a 77% increase in pedestrian fatalities since 2010.
#urbanplanning #transportation
https://theconversation.com/ever-larger-cars-and-trucks-are-causing-a-safety-crisis-on-us-streets-heres-how-communities-can-fight-back-206382
Sand mining and oil and gas drilling are key threats to the survival of the dunes sagebrush lizard, functionally extinct in 47% of its range and listed as vulnerable in @IUCNRedList
And yet! Republicans are claiming it should not be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because it could disrupt one of the most lucrative oil- and gas-producing regions
#DontLookUp Just Don’t Look At All
Heading to Sevilla for a short research visit & seminar at Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) with my dearest friend Laetitia Navarro and the bag full of empanadillas
seminar on Thu 20 Apr at 13:00
Listen to this episode from Economics for Rebels on Spotify. As of 2020, the physical mass of all the world’s man-made structures exceeded that of all the world’s living things. And there’s raw materials – sand and construction minerals - at the heart of these structures, but we rarely notice them, or think about where they come from. In this episode we speak with Dr Aurora Torres, one of the leading experts in the sustainability implications of society’s hunger for sand and construction minerals, and explore the ecological economics of the sand supply networks that underpin most of contemporary society. Edited by Aidan Knox.
De vuelta de navidades, esta semana con seminario en la
@UA_Universidad presentando mi línea de investigación #SANDLINKS #SANDBIO #sandsustainability ⏳
🗓️Jueves 12:30 CET
https://meet.google.com/pit-ugqv-kub
The Conversation U.S.
