Andrew
@andrew-ecoathome.bsky.social
Full-time science nerd, carer of fur babies, homebody and gardener. Environmental and wine sciences graduate. Australian resident seeking global perspectives. Habla conmigo en español, ou em português, atau dalam bahasa indonesia.
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"We have hoarded an amazing assemblage of materials, molecules, mixtures, complexes, and elements that now pose a number of significant challenges we must recognize and manage," writes Peter Licence. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"We have hoarded an amazing assemblage of materials, molecules, mixtures, complexes, and elements that now pose a number of significant challenges we must recognize and manage," writes Peter Licence. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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Cigüeñas y gaviotas transportan cientos de kilos de plásticos desde los vertederos a los humedales de Andalucía.
Viene derivado de la mala gestion de los vertederos, con consecuencias negativas sobre los humedales y por tanto sobre el propio ciclo del agua.
theconversation.com/ciguenas-y-g...
Viene derivado de la mala gestion de los vertederos, con consecuencias negativas sobre los humedales y por tanto sobre el propio ciclo del agua.
theconversation.com/ciguenas-y-g...
Cigüeñas y gaviotas transportan cientos de kilos de plásticos desde los vertederos a los humedales de Andalucía
Las aves ingieren plásticos en los vertederos que luego devuelven al medio en los enclaves donde descansan.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Cigüeñas y gaviotas transportan cientos de kilos de plásticos desde los vertederos a los humedales de Andalucía.
Viene derivado de la mala gestion de los vertederos, con consecuencias negativas sobre los humedales y por tanto sobre el propio ciclo del agua.
theconversation.com/ciguenas-y-g...
Viene derivado de la mala gestion de los vertederos, con consecuencias negativas sobre los humedales y por tanto sobre el propio ciclo del agua.
theconversation.com/ciguenas-y-g...
Promising idea for stopping food waste: metabarcoding, a kind of genetic test which could return positive/negative results for thousands of species of plant pathogenic fungi at once. phys.org/news/2025-11... #foodwaste #food #dna #genetics #science #sustainability #microbiology #fungi #agriculture
Using metabarcoding to detect rot-causing fungi in apples
Rot development during fruit storage is a problem. Now, metabarcoding may become a tool for detecting fungi that can cause diseases in apples.
phys.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Promising idea for stopping food waste: metabarcoding, a kind of genetic test which could return positive/negative results for thousands of species of plant pathogenic fungi at once. phys.org/news/2025-11... #foodwaste #food #dna #genetics #science #sustainability #microbiology #fungi #agriculture
Could this idea solve the environmental impacts of AI? The "swarm inference" model, which uses spare processing power from people's personal devices instead of needing huge new data centres. www.theregister.com/2025/11/02/f... #ai #it #sustainability #water #climatechange #climate #innovation
Fortytwo has the answer to everything: decentralized AI
: No datacenters required
www.theregister.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Could this idea solve the environmental impacts of AI? The "swarm inference" model, which uses spare processing power from people's personal devices instead of needing huge new data centres. www.theregister.com/2025/11/02/f... #ai #it #sustainability #water #climatechange #climate #innovation
Australians who followed yesterday's Melbourne Cup might like to be aware of the animal cruelty that's too common in horse racing. 174+ animal deaths for 2025, according to this article from last week. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #australia #auspol #animals #animalwelfare #nuptothecup
At least 174 racehorses died from racing or training injuries in past 12 months in Australia, report finds
That’s the highest number recorded by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses since they began tracking deaths 10 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Australians who followed yesterday's Melbourne Cup might like to be aware of the animal cruelty that's too common in horse racing. 174+ animal deaths for 2025, according to this article from last week. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #australia #auspol #animals #animalwelfare #nuptothecup
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Seed dispersal as a backup system to resprouting & seeding during post-fire regeneration
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... @annbot.bsky.social
by @jmgncosta.bsky.social et al
Great to see a paper that makes such strong use of the BROT DB (www.uv.es/jgpausas/bro...)! @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social
🧪🌍🔥🌿🪴 opendata
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... @annbot.bsky.social
by @jmgncosta.bsky.social et al
Great to see a paper that makes such strong use of the BROT DB (www.uv.es/jgpausas/bro...)! @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Seed dispersal as a backup system to resprouting & seeding during post-fire regeneration
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... @annbot.bsky.social
by @jmgncosta.bsky.social et al
Great to see a paper that makes such strong use of the BROT DB (www.uv.es/jgpausas/bro...)! @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social
🧪🌍🔥🌿🪴 opendata
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... @annbot.bsky.social
by @jmgncosta.bsky.social et al
Great to see a paper that makes such strong use of the BROT DB (www.uv.es/jgpausas/bro...)! @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social
🧪🌍🔥🌿🪴 opendata
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Abejas existen desde hace más de 100 millones de años, coexistieron con los dinosaurios y sobrevivieron a su extinción. Un fósil hallado en Birmania revela una especie primitiva atrapada en ámbar, mostrando que ya polinizaban plantas con flores en el Cretácico
www.laopinioncoruna.es/medio-ambien...
www.laopinioncoruna.es/medio-ambien...
La increíble historia de las abejas: ya existían con los dinosaurios
Estos insectos aparecieron en el supercontinente Gondwana y ayudaron a propagar las flores por todo el planeta
www.laopinioncoruna.es
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Abejas existen desde hace más de 100 millones de años, coexistieron con los dinosaurios y sobrevivieron a su extinción. Un fósil hallado en Birmania revela una especie primitiva atrapada en ámbar, mostrando que ya polinizaban plantas con flores en el Cretácico
www.laopinioncoruna.es/medio-ambien...
www.laopinioncoruna.es/medio-ambien...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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New paper: Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
We provide a comprehensive assessment of the economic benefits and costs of global methane emissions abatement, anchored on the Global Methane Pledge. We use an integrated assessment model to estimate...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New paper: Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Some good advice for not being fooled by AI generated slop (especially when tragedy is being exploited). apnews.com/article/hurr... #disaster #ai #slop #aislop #sora #openai #socialmedia #hurricane #hurricanemelissa #climate #artificialintelligence #jamaica #deepfake #criticalthinking #staysafe #it
Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites
AI-generated videos claiming to show Hurricane Melissa have been circulating on social media, causing confusion.
apnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Some good advice for not being fooled by AI generated slop (especially when tragedy is being exploited). apnews.com/article/hurr... #disaster #ai #slop #aislop #sora #openai #socialmedia #hurricane #hurricanemelissa #climate #artificialintelligence #jamaica #deepfake #criticalthinking #staysafe #it
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Really excellent @h2020protect.bsky.social + @oceaniceeu.bsky.social paper by @climateclara.bsky.social + coauthors.
Went to the top of the To Read list this morning. Worth a good dive into.
Went to the top of the To Read list this morning. Worth a good dive into.
Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to an analysis of the effect of ocean warming in Nature. This could result in up to 10 m of global sea-level rise. go.nature.com/47Ag4k1 🌊 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Really excellent @h2020protect.bsky.social + @oceaniceeu.bsky.social paper by @climateclara.bsky.social + coauthors.
Went to the top of the To Read list this morning. Worth a good dive into.
Went to the top of the To Read list this morning. Worth a good dive into.
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Less than a decade ago, reactions for adding, deleting, and swapping single atoms in complex organic molecules were almost unheard of. Now there’s a growing community of researchers working on them. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk... #chemsky 🧪
Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry?
Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made
cen.acs.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Less than a decade ago, reactions for adding, deleting, and swapping single atoms in complex organic molecules were almost unheard of. Now there’s a growing community of researchers working on them. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk... #chemsky 🧪
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Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
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As AI systems develop stronger reasoning abilities, they tend to display less cooperative and more self-interested behavior, which may impact group dynamics and human-AI collaboration. doi.org/g98mqn
As AI grows smarter, it may also become increasingly selfish
New research from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science shows that the smarter the artificial intelligence system, the more selfish it will act.
techxplore.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
As AI systems develop stronger reasoning abilities, they tend to display less cooperative and more self-interested behavior, which may impact group dynamics and human-AI collaboration. doi.org/g98mqn
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Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
Chimps Can Rethink Their Beliefs—Just Like Humans
Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
Not called for. The "uncertain" effects can be quantified in sunlight exposure hours, temperature (heat degree days) and red to far red light ratio. Not to mention protection from heatwaves. #wine #winescience #viticulture #solar #renewableenergy #climatesolutions #agrivoltaics #agronomy #innovation
Côtes-du-Rhône Bans Photovoltaics in Vineyards, Citing 'Destruction of the Landscape, Uncertain Viticultural Effects'
magazine.wein.plus/news/cotes-d...
magazine.wein.plus/news/cotes-d...
Côtes-du-Rhône Bans Photovoltaics in the Vineyard
The Côtes-du-Rhône appellation prohibits photovoltaic systems in its vineyards. The viticultural benefit is uncertain, but the landscape would be destroyed. #weinplus #wein #weinplus #wine #winelovers
magazine.wein.plus
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Not called for. The "uncertain" effects can be quantified in sunlight exposure hours, temperature (heat degree days) and red to far red light ratio. Not to mention protection from heatwaves. #wine #winescience #viticulture #solar #renewableenergy #climatesolutions #agrivoltaics #agronomy #innovation
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Sora is showing us how broken deepfake detection is
Sora is showing us how broken deepfake detection is
We’re living in a world of fake realities.
www.theverge.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sora is showing us how broken deepfake detection is
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We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
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Two boys sit on a kvevri (qvevri) among numerous other kvevris, eating grapes near Telavi in the Kakheti region of Georgia, circa 1970s.
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Two boys sit on a kvevri (qvevri) among numerous other kvevris, eating grapes near Telavi in the Kakheti region of Georgia, circa 1970s.
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Wow! Fungal mycelium may be eligible as a substrate for building memristors, a kind of computer chip. Article links to open access paper. phys.org/news/2025-10... #sustainability #circulareconomy #rareearths #fungi #mycology #microbiology #tech #computers #materialsscience #electronics #mushrooms
Mushrooms show promise as memory chips for future computers
Fungal networks may be a promising alternative to tiny metal devices used in processing and storing digital memories and other computer data, according to a new study.
phys.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Wow! Fungal mycelium may be eligible as a substrate for building memristors, a kind of computer chip. Article links to open access paper. phys.org/news/2025-10... #sustainability #circulareconomy #rareearths #fungi #mycology #microbiology #tech #computers #materialsscience #electronics #mushrooms
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Wowza! Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility #battery market
#renewables #solar #wind #energy #auspol @pvmagazine
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
#renewables #solar #wind #energy #auspol @pvmagazine
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market
Australia has overtaken the United Kingdom to rank behind China and the United States in utility-scale battery capacity, with 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at or nearing financial close.
www.pv-magazine.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wowza! Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility #battery market
#renewables #solar #wind #energy #auspol @pvmagazine
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
#renewables #solar #wind #energy #auspol @pvmagazine
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Using coal to make industrial chemicals releases even more greenhouse gas than burning coal for energy. Despite this, the practice is on the rise. cen.acs.org/business/pet... #chemsky 🧪
Coal is set to surge as a chemical raw material
Report identifies 47 plants, many in China, with potential for a huge release of greenhouse gases
cen.acs.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Using coal to make industrial chemicals releases even more greenhouse gas than burning coal for energy. Despite this, the practice is on the rise. cen.acs.org/business/pet... #chemsky 🧪
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🧪🧵 Future change to #ThwaitesGlacier, Antarctica constitutes the largest uncertainty in #sea-level rise forecasts. The Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration recently issued a briefing document summarising some key findings - thwaitesglacier.org/findings
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🧪🧵 Future change to #ThwaitesGlacier, Antarctica constitutes the largest uncertainty in #sea-level rise forecasts. The Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration recently issued a briefing document summarising some key findings - thwaitesglacier.org/findings