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The short-lived experiment with rubber tires on railways (2013)(ianvisits.co.uk)
30 points by montalbano 3y ago|49 comments
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Genetically Modified Trees Are Taking Root to Capture Carbon(smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by montalbano 3y ago|0 comments
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by montalbano 3y ago
Lots of people have been working on this for a long time. But it's a very hard problem. See for example + https://www.salk.edu/harnessing-plants-initiative/ + https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/w
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UK auction secures no offshore windfarms(theguardian.com)
2 points by montalbano 3y ago|1 comments
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Bacteria that ‘eats’ methane could slow global heating, study finds(theguardian.com)
2 points by montalbano 3y ago|0 comments
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by montalbano 3y ago
A better wording for the title: Reduction of sulfur emissions from ships has reduced masking of global warming The word 'cause' in current title seems wrong.
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World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms(reuters.com)
3 points by montalbano 3y ago|0 comments
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Circles rolling on circles (2014)(plus.maths.org)
57 points by montalbano 3y ago|22 comments
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by montalbano 3y ago
This is newsworthy because the bacteria can function at lower temperatures (15 C) than previous bacteria discovered.
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by montalbano 3y ago
Haldane's four stages of acceptance: 1. This is worthless nonsense. 2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view. 3. This is true, but quite unimportant. 4. I always said so. Stages 1 and 2 are approximately denial, stage
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by montalbano 3y ago
Quite a lot of people are researching this. For a Starting point, have a look at the 'harnessing plants' initiative at the Salk Institute: https://www.salk.edu/harnessing-plants-initiative/
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Digital Twins in the agrifood sector: a force for a sustainable future(eng.cam.ac.uk)
1 points by montalbano 3y ago|0 comments
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Non-Browning Gene-Edited Banana Cleared for Production in the Philippines(tropic.bio)
3 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk Wants Tesla to Make Home Heat Pumps(bloomberg.com)
2 points by montalbano 4y ago|1 comments
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Tomato-free pizza on the menu as chefs choke on the price of fruit and veg(theguardian.com)
2 points by montalbano 4y ago|3 comments
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Venice canals start to run dry as low tide and lack of rain hit(theguardian.com)
5 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep(newscientist.com)
141 points by montalbano 4y ago|81 comments
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British Gas kicks off price war for heat pumps(telegraph.co.uk)
6 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds(theguardian.com)
16 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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Raising the Standards of Retrofit: What is PAS 2035?(retrofitacademy.org)
1 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe(theguardian.com)
32 points by montalbano 4y ago|12 comments
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The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis(theguardian.com)
3 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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New York governor legalizes human composting after death(theguardian.com)
15 points by montalbano 4y ago|2 comments
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Professor Eric Laithwaite: Shaping Things to Come (1972) [video](youtube.com)
1 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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Solar Microgrid Keeps the Lights on in Castañer, Puerto Rico During Hurricane(irecusa.org)
2 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments
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£18B project to link UK to wind and solar farm in Sahara delayed by a year(theguardian.com)
5 points by montalbano 4y ago|8 comments
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by montalbano 4y ago
I think it's more complicated than that. Also from the article: > He is working with FareShare, a charity that distributes surplus food to those in poverty, to get the extra brassicas and potatoes to those who need them. So at lea
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Food waste: green vegetable and potato crop glut after mild UK autumn(theguardian.com)
5 points by montalbano 4y ago|3 comments
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by montalbano 4y ago
The article mentions a £110 million fund which, in part, will be used to help van owners retrofit their vehicles to make them compliant. Perhaps that will help? I can't comment in any more detail as I don't know how much engineeri
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Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim(theguardian.com)
3 points by montalbano 4y ago|0 comments

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