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Useful Links:
Earth - A Global Map of Wind, Weather and Ocean Conditions - Use the menu at bottom left to toggle different views. For example, you can see where wildfires/smoke are by selecting "Chem - COsc" to see carbon monoxide (CO) surface concentration.
Climate Reanalyzer (University of Maine) - A source for daily updated average global air temps, sea surface temps, sea ice, weather and more.
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center (US) - Information about ENSO and weather predictions.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Global Temperature Rankings Outlook (US) - Tool that is updated each month, concurrent with the release of the monthly global climate report.
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System - Government of Canada
Surging Seas Risk Zone Map - For discovering which areas could be underwater soon.
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Hold on, this is good news. They’ve come up with a cotton-based foam material that’s really good at removing microplastics from complex aquatic environments.
Microplastics are definitely appropriate for /c/collapse, but remediation/mitigation strategies aren’t really, imo…
I always check the comments, but I had incorrectly assumed that “foam” referred to something made from plastics.
Gave myself a good chuckle, both at how silly that would have been, and at how silly of an assumption that was.
My only concern is that they seemingly use the bones of cuttlefish in the foam. (Fig 1a.)
Cuttlefish and squid are consumed by the metric ton as food - is this a less worthwhile usage of the natural materials present in them than providing calories to humans? I’d say it’s just as important, in the grand scope of things.
A valid point.
It did not occur to me that those could be harnessed as byproducts of other processes. That eliminates any concerns I could have had.
"They have to rake the oceans!"