Environmental Disasters! (we saw coming)

[Radwin Bodnic]

The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications

The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.

www.nature.com

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

Earth is wobbling more than it should. Scientists say massive water losses are to blame

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/earths-rotation-soil-moisture

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

The 10% richest are responsible for two thirds of the climate change. I see an easy way to cut climate change down to a third of its current situation while preserving 90% of the world's population...

High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disproportionately contribute to the increase in mean temperature and the frequency of extreme events.

www.nature.com

 

[CANtalk]

Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming​

Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming

A new study observes economic patterns related to climate change in order to find the staggering amount of emissions pumped out by the rich.

futurism.com

Golf Course Living Linked To Higher Parkinson’s Risk?​

Golf Course Living Linked To Higher Parkinson’s Risk?

Incidental exposure to pesticides can elevate the risk of Parkinson’s disease for anyone living near a golf course.

www.psychiatrist.com

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

Damn... it looks pretty bad for the years to come...

 

[florduh]

How many of the 27 Americans who died during yesterday's tornado outbreak were personally murdered by illegal immigrant Elon Musk?

Kentucky NWS faced staff cuts before deadly tornado hit: Reports

Amid storms that killed 27, the NWS office in Jackson, Kentucky, reportedly scrambled to cover overnight forecasts on Friday.

www.newsweek.com

 

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[Radwin Bodnic]

 

[CANtalk]

More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change​

More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change | Cornell Chronicle

More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related studies.

news.cornell.edu

 

[CANtalk]

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’​

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans. Amongst the revelations in the comprehensive evaluation is that plastics in soil ma

www.scimex.org

 

[CANtalk]

Experts see a ‘low information’ reversal of U.S. climate leadership​

Experts see a ‘low information’ reversal of U.S. climate leadership — Harvard Gazette

Salata Institute panelists warn that damage from executive orders and cuts to research funding won’t be easily overcome.

news.harvard.edu