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Between energy transition and racialised disparities: are we on the right path to energy justice?

EGU Geolog | 15 October, 2024
Navigating the world in a Black or any other non-Caucasian body often means facing systemic disadvantages, marginalization, and discrimination especially in predominantly white spaces. These inequities shape all aspects of life, from accessing healthcare and education to economic opportunities and even access to basic resources like energy. Across the globe, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately affected by environmental and social injustices, including energy poverty. As the world grapples with the dual crises of climate change and several enmeshed forms of inequality, the concept of energy justice has emerged as a crucial part of the conversation due to the need for a fair and inclusive transition to renewable energy.
Categories: Climate; Renewable Energy; Science Communication; climate financing; climate justice; energy transition; just transition; renewable energy;

Navigating Nonprofits: A Summer Internship on Capitol Hill

State of the Planet | 15 October, 2024
Working at a DC-based environmental nonprofit convinced this student to pursue a career in environmental policy....
Categories: Education; Sustainability; education; education news; SDEV Student Spotlight; sustainable development;

Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America

Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region's rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries. Read More......
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A Second Look at Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)!

Geotripper | 14 October, 2024
I had my first look at Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) last night, but my timing sucked, as I didn't locate it until it was close to the horizon and practically lost in the afterglow of the sunset. Tonight I was a bit better prepared, and the co...
Categories: Comet; Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS);

MRGCD Board Approves Abiquiu Storage Deal

Inkstain (John Fleck) | 14 October, 2024
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board this afternoon (Monday Oct. 14, 2024) approved an agreement among the District, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, and the Bureau of Reclamation for temporary storage of District water in Abiquiu Reservoir on the Rio Chama while El Vado Reservoir is out of comission.
Categories: New Mexico; Ribbons of Green; water;

More “artificial intelligence” idiocy

I asked ChatGPT a very simple question:
Categories: Artificial intelligence; LLM;

Eucalyptocrinus decorus Crinoid Fossil Illustration

 Here are some illustrations of the crinoid fossil Eucalyptocrinus decorus (Phillips). The fossil was found in the Clinton beds at Erie County, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Rochester Sha...
Categories: calyx; crinoid; grabau; new york; rochester shale; silurian;

Amplifying Youth Voices in Sustainable Planning

State of the Planet | 14 October, 2024
In this pre-college workshop, students explore the critical role that sustainable development, planning and design play in building community resilience....
Categories: Climate; Education; Sustainability; education; education news; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Pre-College Programs; sustainable development;

Kingsland valley and the shifting streams

Oakland Geology | 14 October, 2024
Kingsland Avenue, in the Maxwell Park neighborhood, is an easy uphill walk that provides the gentle thrill of following a natural feature in the terrain. It curves up a small valley that was once grassland with a wide view, occupied by a seasonal stream. The terrain makes for a most charming arrangement of homes and vistas, ending with a spread of the high hills.
Categories: Oakland geology walks; Oakland streams and water;

Adventures in Time | 14 October, 2024
 Please consider joining Pacific Paleontology and CA State Parks for this fun family fossils walk back in time to the Pliocene Era a few million years into the past.  Free.  https://ranchodeloso.org/events/....
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Europa Clipper launches on its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon

Planetary Society Weblog | 14 October, 2024
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida....
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Visible now! Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Geotripper | 13 October, 2024
 It's not often that I get to see two astronomical phenomena in the same week, but that's what has happened. The other night was an extraordinary display of the aurora borealis in my part of Central California (and most of the rest of the lower 48 s...
Categories: Comet; Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS); Hale-Bopp; Hyakutake; oort cloud;

First Stop: Tofua  

British Royal Naval officer William Bligh and 18 loyalists headed for this volcanic island in Tonga after a mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Read More......
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Aspens putting on a show

Inkstain (John Fleck) | 13 October, 2024
Aspens in the Sandias, putting on a show. Tree Spring Trail FTW.  ...
Categories: New Mexico;

Orthothetes subplanus Brachiopod Illustration

 Here are some illustrations of the brachiopod fossil Orthothetes subplanus (Conrad). The fossil was found in the Clinton beds at Niagara Falls, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Rochester Shale...
Categories: brachiopod; grabau; illustrations; new york; niagara; rochester shale; silurian;

Taking a break - no post this week

Resource Insights | 13 October, 2024
I am taking a break this week and plan to post again on Sunday, October 20....
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Meanders of the Irrawaddy River

River channels old and new wind across a floodplain in Burma (Myanmar), mingling with areas of agriculture and aquaculture. Read More......
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NATURAL DYES: INDIGO

Fossil Huntress | 12 October, 2024
Natural dyes are dyes or colourants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The colours they give us range from muddy to vibrant and have been used to enhance our visual world for many years.The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes fr...
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HAPPY NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY MONTEREY BAY 2024 FROM PACIFIC PALEONTOLOGY!

Adventures in Time | 12 October, 2024
HAPPY NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY MONTEREY BAY 2024 FROM PACIFIC PALEONTOLOGY!...
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Arrives from Afar

A "dirty snowball" from the distant icy cloud encircling our solar system passed by the Sun and Earth in autumn 2024. Read More......
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TIKTAALIK: FOSSIL FISHAPODS

Fossil Huntress | 11 October, 2024
Qikiqtania wakei, a fishapod & relative to tetrapodsYou will likely recall the amazing tetrapodomorpha fossil found on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic in 2004, Tiktaalik roseae. These were advanced forms transitional between fish and...
Categories: arctic; ellesmere; fishopods; fossil; Heidi; Henderson; huntress; neil; northern; paleontology; shubin; tetrapods; tiktaalik;

Some data on alfalfa production

Inkstain (John Fleck) | 11 October, 2024
Update: Data here is from USDA, the "USGS" in the graphs is a typo in the code I used to generate them, which I'm too lazy to fix.
Categories: agriculture; California; New Mexico; water;

Santorini: Beauty – and the Beast

Volcano Cafe | 11 October, 2024
1 million people visit Vesuvius each year. It is a big number which involves a lot of people struggling up the steep and dusty path to the rim. Rather more people visit the more accessible archaeological monument to Vesuvius that is Pompeii: counting...
Categories: Historical volcanoes; 726 eruption; Aegean Sea; Greece; Kolumbo eruption; Large Eruptions; Minoan eruption; Santorini; Thera; Volcano;

Weathering Storms Around the World

From The Prow | 11 October, 2024
The scale and scope of Hurricane Milton's destructive path is overwhelming. Communities along Florida's west and east coasts, as well as Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, are just beginning to assess the damage. This event comes on top of the widespread damage of Hurricane Helene and its mounting death toll across North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Categories: Science and society;

Twinsies!

Planetary Society Weblog | 11 October, 2024
Asteroids that come in pairs, matching volcanic features on Mars and Earth, and the potential space policies of two administrations....
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