Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 / is on Nostr

#Ecology & #Ocean #Scientist now doing Scientific #HPC, #SRE, #DevOps, #PlatformEngineering, and #Supercomputing

I also talk about #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #Linux #PhDLife

Last Notes

2024-12-03 13:39:01

#Tesla Factory In #California #Pollutes So Much It Is Second Only To An Oil Refining Company
Did Elon #Musk ever actually care about the #environment, or was it just a scam to make people like him? https://jalopnik.com/tesla-factory-in-california-pollutes-so-much-it-is-seco-1851708615

2024-10-30 16:47:03

#Google warns #uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon
#Chrome Web Store is now warning that the #uBlockOrigin #adblocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the #ManifestV2 extension specification.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-warns-ublock-origin-and-other-extensions-may-be-disabled-soon/
Come to Mozilla Firefox and leave the ad [company] behind
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2024-09-25 14:26:00

#Cabernet is the most popular red #wine in the #US Can it endure #climatechange?
Rising temperatures are threatening the future of #NapaValley's prized #cabernetsauvignon, forcing #winemakers to adapt to increasingly severe #heatwaves. Some vineyards are experimenting with heat-tolerant #grape varieties to blend with cabernet, while others are investing in cooling technologies.https://www.npr.org/2024/09/09/nx-s1-5002055/wine-cabernet-napa-climate-change

2023-09-10 12:39:06

#Electrifying your# home is about to get a lot cheaper
#Rebates from the #IRA could help low- and middle-income households save thousands on #heatpumps, #weatherstripping, and other efficiency improvements. https://grist.org/buildings/electrifying-your-home-is-about-to-get-a-lot-cheaper/
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2023-08-21 23:37:04

Why #heartattacks are rising in young #adults—and what to watch out for
Research shows that heart attacks are becoming more prevalent among adults younger than 50—and outcomes are worse for women. A study of more than 2,000 young adults admitted for heart attack between 2000 and 2016 in two U.S. hospitals found that 1 in 5 were 40 or younger -- and that proportion of this group has been increasing by 2% each year for last decade. Good news is we know how to prevent them.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/heart-attacks-rising-young-adults-risk-factors
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2023-08-16 23:37:03

#InternetArchive’s #Copyright Battle with Publishers Leads to Lending Restrictions: IA's lending #library will be severely limited to avoid copyright liability. IA & #book publishers have agreed to terms of judgment that leaves one crucial question open for court. Publishers are not against #libraries per se, nor do they object to #ebook lending, but ‘authorized’ libraries typically obtain official license or negotiate specific terms. Internet Archive has no such license. https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archives-copyright-battle-with-publishers-leads-to-lending-restrictions-230813/
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2023-08-15 21:21:12

#ElonMusk’s #X is throttling traffic to #websites he dislikes
The site formerly known as #Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the #NYTimes, #Reuters, #Facebook, #Instagram, #Threads, #Bluesky #Substack, and other sites #Musk commonly attacks, a Washington Post analysis found. Most other sites they tested have zero delay.
https://archive.ph/1CaFc
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2023-08-12 21:21:00

#Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of #sea #ice -- and scientists are scrambling to figure out why
Glaciologist describes the change as "so extreme that something radical has changed in the past two years, but especially this year, relative to all previous years going back at least 45 years." And CNN adds that meanwhile in the #Arctic, "#seaice has been on a consistently downwards trajectory as the #climatecrisis accelerates."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/30/world/antarctic-sea-ice-winter-record-low-climate-intl/index.html #climatechange #globalwarming

2023-08-12 19:35:04

When #DeepSeaMining Come A-Courting
As the #CookIslands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea #mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day. Can the country avoid the mistakes of resource extraction’s past? For Some Islanders, Deep Sea Mining Evokes #Colonialism.https://hakaimagazine.com/features/when-deep-sea-miners-come-a-courting/
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2023-08-12 12:39:03

After slow start, #NOAA predicts rest of #hurricaneseason to be “above normal”
#ElNino is developing slower than anticipated and the #ocean is extremely warm.
The forecasters now expect 14 to 21 named storms, including six to 11 #hurricanes and two to five major hurricanes of category 3, 4, or 5 strength, packing sustained winds of 111 miles an hour or more.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/after-slow-start-noaa-predicts-rest-of-hurricane-season-to-be-above-normal/
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2023-08-11 21:21:03

#Drought Causes 154-Ship Traffic Jam At The #PanamaCanal
The Panama Canal, one of the major shipping routes through which 40% of container goods sold in America travels, currently has a 21-day wait time for ships attempting to make the passage. And the situation will only get worse before it gets better.
https://jalopnik.com/drought-causes-154-ship-traffic-jam-at-the-panama-canal-1850729800 #climatechange #climatecrisis
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2023-08-10 21:21:03

#FirstSolar, the largest #solarpanel maker in the #US, today announced that it will invest $1.1 billion to build a fifth US solar panel production factory.
The planned factory, which will be vertically integrated, is expected to grow First #Solar’s nameplate manufacturing capacity by 3.5 gigawatts (GW) to reach approximately 14 GW in the US and 25 GW globally in 2026. https://electrek.co/2023/07/27/us-largest-solar-panel-maker-2/
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2023-08-10 19:35:03

Rapid loss of #Antarctic #seaice brings grim scenarios into view
Extent of newly exposed ocean is size of Argentina. This abrupt decline looks even more extreme set against long-run patterns. Unlike #Arctic—where in recent decades, maximum sea-ice extent has been gradually shrinking, and the minimum has plummeted—range of #ice cover in Antarctic has been relatively stable during past half-century, ice charts now look just as stormy as notoriously turbulent Southern #Ocean https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/08/02/the-rapid-loss-of-antarctic-sea-ice-brings-grim-scenarios-into-view
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2023-08-08 12:39:03

Mass #extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from #climatechange, studies say
#Ocean stagnation, #ecosystem collapses, and #volcano eruptions all played a role.
This Capitanian #massextinction was once lumped in with the “#GreatDying” of the end-Permian mass extinction, but the lesser-known extinction occurred 8–10 million years earlier. It may not have been great, but it was quite lethal, seeing as many as 62% of species go extinct!
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/studies-reveal-causes-of-a-lesser-known-mass-extinction-about-260-million-years-ago/
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2023-08-08 00:55:03

#Colorado Department of #HigherEducation warns of massive #databreach
You're impacted if:
Attended a public institution of higher education in Colorado between 2007-2020.
Attended a Colorado public #highschool between 2004-2020.
Had a Colorado #K12 #publicschool educator license between 2010-2014.
Obtained a #GED between 2007-2011
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/colorado-department-of-higher-education-warns-of-massive-data-breach/
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2023-08-05 14:04:04

"Having big #UK #meat-eaters cut some of it out of their #diet would be like taking 8 million #cars off the road." The research shows that a big meat-eater's diet produces an average of 10.24 kg of planet-warming #greenhousegas each day. A low meat-eater produces almost half that at 5.37 kg per day. And for #vegan #diets - it's halved again to 2.47 kg a day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66238584 #climatechange #climatercrisis
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2023-08-03 14:04:21

Here's how #extremeheat can impact the grid and #renewables – and what's being done to protect them
#Heatwaves can also impair efficiency of power generation and transmission. Both renewable and conventional #powerplants may operate less efficiently under high temperatures. Likewise, #electricity #transmissionlines can lose efficiency due to higher resistive losses at elevated temperatures. Battery systems, particularly #lithiumion, can suffer in high temperatures as well
https://electrek.co/2023/07/19/extreme-heat-grid-renewables/
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2023-07-27 21:21:04

Why #airconditioning is a #climate antihero
Air-conditioning is becoming less of a “nice to have” and more of an absolute necessity in some parts of the world.
On the other hand, air-conditioning is becoming a monster when it comes to energy demand. We might have to add a whole US #electrical grid’s worth of new energy generation just to power all the air conditioners that will come online in the next few decades.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/27/1076774/air-conditioning-climate-antihero/
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