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Mark Osborne
@marksmusings.bsky.social
Climate curious and science based problem solver in next gen sequencing, nanotech, green energy & carbon removal. GSOH!?!

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A fun, festive feast for the eyes with a marvelous mind muddle of swivelling seasonal snowflakes.

Enjoy!
December 24, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Maybe In Between Days was the draw to a research career in fluorescence...

Raising a glass of fluorescent G&T to an unforgetable era!
December 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Iodine clock from an old #Salter's chemistry camp @sussexuni.bsky.social.

H2O2 + 2 I− + 2 H+ → I2 + 2H2O
2S2O3(2−) + I2 → S4O6(2−) + 2I−

Starch indicator turns black with I2 when all thiosulphate consumed & excess peroxide continues oxidising I-. Timing set by more/less acid H+ catalyst.

#Boom
November 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Risks of runaway feel very real with recent rainfall extremes across the globe.

Freshwater forcing from increased precipitation can slow the AMOC, with major domino effects if it shuts down.

The AMOC amok is like the double-pendulum on a path to a tipping point...

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November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Bringing a splash colour to the first post!

Timelapse from the first CO2 drawdown of the Carbon Lock Project process.

Shows the pH drop of the sorbent produced in the CLock process, as CO2 absorption and dissolution to carbonic acid leads to neutralisation.

#naturepositive #climatesolutions
November 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM