Between fires, floods, contamination from fossil fuel production, and insensitive development, humans have been working hard at reducing biological diversity. This article demonstrates how we simply can't tell what living animal or plant may be needed in the future. https://www.ecowatch.com/mushrooms-used-for-bioremediation-to-clean-pesticides-from-oregon-wate-1881853729.html? Mushrooms Used for Bioremediation to Clean Pesticides From Oregon Waterways Laura Beans Jan. 23, 2014 … Continue reading Another reason to support biological diversity
Month: October 2019
How scientists are beginning to get thru to U.S. doubters about the reality of climate change
The change in thinking is still not fast enough or focused enough on action. Moreover, a good percentage of our legislators rely so heavily on fossil fuel-related contributions, that it's difficult to see the likelihood of meaningful change at the federal level https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-01/americans-are-finally-worried-about-climate-change? How Scientists Finally Got Americans to Worry About the Climate Public opinion … Continue reading How scientists are beginning to get thru to U.S. doubters about the reality of climate change
Monthly rents in Manhattan
This is why people buy apartments here if they can't find a rent-stabilized or other controlled rent place to live. The mortgage, because of the effect of inflation, eventually becomes almost affordable and your monthly maintenance fees are far less than paying rent. Once you find such a place, you basically stay there until you … Continue reading Monthly rents in Manhattan
iOS 13 release not going smoothly — fourth update since September 18th
A nicely comprehensive article explaining why iOS 13 has needed four updates already and what each one does. Worth reading unless you want to simply update each time one is released. Frankly, for most people that's best as the problems with releases will ordinarily not affect usual operations and the releases may indeed provide protection. … Continue reading iOS 13 release not going smoothly — fourth update since September 18th
Wind power scaled up
This is simply extraordinary. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/01/worlds-largest-wind-turbines-to-be-built-off-yorkshire-coast? World's largest wind turbines to be built off Yorkshire coast Biggest offshore windfarm in North Sea will generate electricity for 4.5m homes Jillian Ambrose Tue 1 Oct 2019 12.51 EDT Last modified on Tue 1 Oct 2019 13.58 EDT An artist’s impression of the windfarm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea. … Continue reading Wind power scaled up
Apple Watch 5 terrific at what it does
As an older person, my risk of falling is far greater than it was when I was younger. Moreover, the consequences can be very severe. Apple Watch 4 and 5 have built in fall detection that contacts emergency services and your specified contacts if you don't respond when contacted. That's terrific peace of mind. My … Continue reading Apple Watch 5 terrific at what it does
Another feedback loop from microbes in heated soil
Physical objects are not as unchangeable as we've always thought partially because many contain life albeit of a very small size. Microbes, being alive, change their behavior when living in a hotter environment, and not favorably. https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/09/as-soils-warm-microbes-pump-more-carbon-dioxide-to-the-atmosphere/ Audio As soils warm, microbes pump more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere It's a dangerous feedback loop. 01 … Continue reading Another feedback loop from microbes in heated soil
Unsupported claim that red or processed meats don’t have adverse health effects
There will be much gnashing of teeth and (indeed) outrage about a recommendation from scientists with no nutrition background that it's just fine not to cut back on red or processed meats. This is very definitely an outlier opinion and should be ignored for many reasons, several described below. The bottom line continues to be … Continue reading Unsupported claim that red or processed meats don’t have adverse health effects
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