@tuscundi.bsky.social
1/ Transformative Adaptation applied to rural areas.
2/ Mitigation of the impacts of financial activities.
Interests : History / Geography / Development / Climate & Risk / ... (And everything else as well)
2/ Mitigation of the impacts of financial activities.
Interests : History / Geography / Development / Climate & Risk / ... (And everything else as well)
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They put solar panels over some French vineyards, resulting in:
➡️ Yield increase of 20-60%
➡️ Irrigation reduced 20-70%
➡️ Frost mortality reduced 25-50%
Hard to find a downside here.
HT @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
➡️ Yield increase of 20-60%
➡️ Irrigation reduced 20-70%
➡️ Frost mortality reduced 25-50%
Hard to find a downside here.
HT @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:36 PM
They put solar panels over some French vineyards, resulting in:
➡️ Yield increase of 20-60%
➡️ Irrigation reduced 20-70%
➡️ Frost mortality reduced 25-50%
Hard to find a downside here.
HT @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
➡️ Yield increase of 20-60%
➡️ Irrigation reduced 20-70%
➡️ Frost mortality reduced 25-50%
Hard to find a downside here.
HT @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
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And here is a reminder from #TheGlobalJigsaw about life in Idlib province, on air last year:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
December 2, 2024 at 7:49 AM
And here is a reminder from #TheGlobalJigsaw about life in Idlib province, on air last year:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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A look by #TheGlobalJigsaw into some of the actors in the #Sudan war, the largest ongoing humanitarian crisis:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Sudan: A year of war
Sudan faces the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 7:57 AM
A look by #TheGlobalJigsaw into some of the actors in the #Sudan war, the largest ongoing humanitarian crisis:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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Important new study shows that current climate models underestimate the human-caused slowing of the #AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation), because they neglect freshwater influx from Greenland melt and other sources. /1 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century - Nature Geoscience
Fresh meltwater entering the Labrador and Irminger seas has resulted in a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since the 1950s, according to a combination of modelling approaches...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Important new study shows that current climate models underestimate the human-caused slowing of the #AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation), because they neglect freshwater influx from Greenland melt and other sources. /1 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Climate models have underestimated this: Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice. Via New Scientist /1
www.newscientist.com/article/2456...
www.newscientist.com/article/2456...
Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice
A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current will shut down and cause climate chaos
www.newscientist.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Climate models have underestimated this: Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice. Via New Scientist /1
www.newscientist.com/article/2456...
www.newscientist.com/article/2456...
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Australie : mortalité record dans une partie de la Grande Barrière de corail
Australie : mortalité record dans une partie de la Grande Barrière de corail
Réalisée sur douze récifs, une étude révèle une mortalité allant jusqu’à 72 % en raison d’un blanchissement massif cet été et de deux cyclones.
www.lemonde.fr
November 19, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Australie : mortalité record dans une partie de la Grande Barrière de corail
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Finally, in-depth reporting on what is actually happening in Stilfontein. Excellent piece, providing context & an explanation of what's happening now. First in a series.
Not surprising it comes from Kimon de Greef & Ihsaan Haffejee, via @groundupnews.bsky.social
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Not surprising it comes from Kimon de Greef & Ihsaan Haffejee, via @groundupnews.bsky.social
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels
groundup.org.za
November 19, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Finally, in-depth reporting on what is actually happening in Stilfontein. Excellent piece, providing context & an explanation of what's happening now. First in a series.
Not surprising it comes from Kimon de Greef & Ihsaan Haffejee, via @groundupnews.bsky.social
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Not surprising it comes from Kimon de Greef & Ihsaan Haffejee, via @groundupnews.bsky.social
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
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Great news 5 UK research projects, looking at soil health, land use & agriculture responses to net zero, have received funding by UK Research & Innovation & government partners. BTO will look at biodiversity consequences of each scenario. www.ukri.org/news/uk-inje...
UK injects £14.5 million in land use and net zero research
Five UK research projects have each received a share of £14.5 million under phase two of the Transforming Land Use for Net Zero, Nature and People programme.
www.ukri.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Great news 5 UK research projects, looking at soil health, land use & agriculture responses to net zero, have received funding by UK Research & Innovation & government partners. BTO will look at biodiversity consequences of each scenario. www.ukri.org/news/uk-inje...