Antarctic krill are eating microplastics. What does this mean for the food chain? 🤔
#microplastics #antarctickrill #foodchain #pollution #climatechange #awareness
https://blog.rapusia.org/animals/2364/microplastics-in-antarctic-krill-from-antarctic-region/
#microplastics #antarctickrill #foodchain #pollution #climatechange #awareness
The planet's food chain is becoming more toxic than the planet's governments.
Just rejoice at that.
#oilpollution
#plasticpollution
#foodchain
#corrupt
#governments
#oilpollution #plasticpollution #foodchain #corrupt #governments
#Japan will soon release #Fukushima #radioactive water into the #ocean. How worried should we be?
Some have cast doubt on the #IAEA’s findings, with China recently arguing that the group’s assessment “is not proof of the legality and legitimacy” of Fukushima’s wastewater release.
By Jessie Yeung, Mayumi Maruyama and Emiko Jozuka, July 5, 2023
"Robert H. Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of #Hawaii at Manoa, is among a group of international scientists working with the #PacificIslandForum to assess the wastewater release plan – including visits to the Fukushima site, and meetings with TEPCO, Japanese authorities and the IAEA. After reviewing the details of the plan, Richmond called it 'ill-advised' and premature.
"One concern is that diluting the wastewater might not be enough to reduce its impact on marine life. #Pollutants like tritium can pass through various levels of the #FoodChain – including plants, animals, and bacteria – and be '#bioaccumulated,' meaning they will build up in the marine #ecosystem, he said.
"He added that the world’s oceans are already under stress from #ClimateChange, ocean #acidification, #overfishing and #pollution. The last thing it needs is to be treated like a 'dumping ground,' he said.
"And the potential risks won’t just affect the #AsiaPacific region. One 2012 study found evidence that bluefin #tuna had transported #radionuclides – radioactive isotopes like the ones in #nuclear #wastewater – from Fukushima across the Pacific to California."
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/04/asia/japan-fukushima-wastewater-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html
#NoDumping #FukushimaWater #TEPCOLies #PacificOcean #WaterIsLife #Corporatism #Corruption #JapanGovernment
#japan #fukushima #radioactive #ocean #iaea #hawaii #pacificislandforum #pollutants #foodchain #bioaccumulated #ecosystem #ClimateChange #acidification #overfishing #pollution #AsiaPacific #tuna #radionuclides #nuclear #WasteWater #nodumping #FukushimaWater #tepcolies #pacificocean #waterislife #corporatism #corruption #japangovernment
"A single owl family can kill 8,000 rodents each year."
"But there are also particular conservation problems for owls. As predators, often of rodents, owls are susceptible to the accumulation of persistent pesticides (notably anticoagulant rodenticides such as brodifacoum) that we use to control rats and mice around our houses or more extensively for rodent plagues in crops."
"In Australia, we are profligate in our use of such chemicals and lax in our regulation of them. Secondary poisoning of owls is thus common. One study from Western Australia detected anticoagulant rodenticides in 72% of boobook owls found dead or moribund."
"During recent Australian mouse plagues, the New South Wales government sought an emergency permit to make available large quantities of the rodenticide bromadiolone. This poison is known to have cumulative impacts across food chains, particularly to predators such as owls. Its proposed use was ultimately quashed by the Commonwealth regulatory agency, largely because of such concerns."
https://theconversation.com/spooky-stealthy-night-hunters-revealing-the-wonderful-otherworld-of-owls-209498
#pesticides #regulation #anticoagulant #rodenticides #brodifacoum #FoodChain #owls #birds
#pesticides #regulation #anticoagulant #rodenticides #brodifacoum #foodchain #owls #birds
Wind Is A Major Driver Of Antarctic Deep Water Formation And The Planet's Ocean Circulation
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https://phys.org/news/2023-06-major-driver-antarctic-deep-formation.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019774 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #weather #climate #oceancirculation #ocean #currents #circulation #antarctica #antarctic #marine #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #SouthernOcean #AntarcticBottomWater #AABW #nutrients #foodchain #wind #ocean #overturning #heat #hydrography #climatechange #impacts #winds #sealevel #SLR #sealevelrise #coast #coastal #polar #polarwinds #seaice #salinity #carbon #temperature #research
#gis #spatial #mapping #weather #climate #oceancirculation #ocean #currents #Circulation #antarctica #antarctic #marine #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #southernocean #antarcticbottomwater #aabw #nutrients #foodchain #wind #overturning #heat #hydrography #climatechange #impacts #winds #sealevel #slr #sealevelrise #coast #coastal #polar #polarwinds #seaice #salinity #carbon #temperature #research
#SeismicBlasting is deadly for #MarineLife and can impact all levels of the #FoodChain from its very foundations, killing #zooplankton more than a kilometre away, to deafening #whales.
Send an email asking #NOPSEMA to reject the proposal using our form and prefilled submission.
- Australian Marine Conservation Society
2/2
#saveourseas #nopsema #whales #zooplankton #foodchain #marinelife #seismicblasting
What can a person do to reduce plastic bottle pollution?
#plasticPollution #consumerism
#BusinessAsUsual #economy #ThrowAwayEconomy
#marineLife #PlasticParticles #FoodChain
#plasticpollution #consumerism #businessasusual #economy #throwawayeconomy #marinelife #plasticparticles #foodchain
RT @isabelle_senand: Conférence sur les #Sustainability guidelines, et l'article 210a, organisée par @EUAgri @EU_Competition. @LeenaWhittaker7 @EuroCommerce revient sur les engagements des retailers🇪🇺 en matière de durabilité. "Le retail ne peut pas se permettre de ne pas coopérer avec la #FoodChain" https://t.co/KTdyHSk1jk
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUAgri/status/1668201476680818693
Phytoplankton May Be Abundant Under Antarctic Sea Ice, Study Suggests [remote sensing]
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2022/phytoplankton-may-be-abundant-under-antarctic-sea-ice-study-suggests <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.942799 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #antarctic #eruption #remotesensing #ESA #gischat #satellite #nasa #icesat2 #earthobservation #oceanic #foodchain #phytoplankton #food #foodsource #marine #bloom #blooms #model #modeling #ice #icemass #sunlight #floats #datacollection #scubadiving #diving #elevation #DEM #water #cloud #cloudformation #climatechange #climate #energy
#NASA
#gis #spatial #mapping #antarctic #eruption #remotesensing #Esa #gischat #satellite #NASA #icesat2 #earthobservation #oceanic #foodchain #phytoplankton #Food #foodsource #marine #bloom #blooms #model #modeling #ice #icemass #sunlight #floats #datacollection #scubadiving #diving #elevation #dem #water #cloud #cloudformation #climatechange #climate #energy
Australian Volcano Near Antarctica Captured On Satellite Spewing Lava
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/30/big-ben-volcano-heard-island-near-antarctica-spewing-lava-captured-satellite-spewing-lava <-- shared media article
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https://blog.csiro.au/volcanic-heard-island/ <-- blog post on the island’s influence on the local oceanic food chain via iron and phytoplankton
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #volcanic #volcano #HeardIsland #BigBen #antarctic #eruption #remotesensing #ESA #gischat #satellite #copernicus #sentinel #earthobservation #oceanic #foodchain #phytoplankton #food #emissions #iron #research #australia
@ESA
#gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #volcanic #volcano #heardisland #BigBen #antarctic #eruption #Esa #gischat #satellite #Copernicus #sentinel #earthobservation #oceanic #foodchain #phytoplankton #Food #emissions #iron #research #Australia
Happy #EarthDay! To celebrate, here’s our video about the Food Web, and how it’s a better model for ecosystems than the food chain. We made it for our friend the @RvingNaturalist’s channel, and she has a lot more videos there about nature and ecology that you should check out! https://youtu.be/OxKvcA4NpaQ
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #FoodWeb #FoodChain
#EarthDay #etymology #video #wordnerd #linguistics #language #words #historicallinguistics #lingcomm #foodweb #foodchain
There is.
via #bioaccumulation
As #heavymetal moves upward the food chain and guess who sits atop said #foodchain
(thats why my ol bio #teacher always proclaimed:
"humans are -strictly speaking- toxic waste... not to be buried under any circumstances )
ncbi.nlm.nih gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511997/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/5/811
:Alcea_Smile:
#bioaccumulation #heavymetal #foodchain #teacher
Journey to the Microcosmos
Can Bacteria Eat Plastic?
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=okqDQIF7XY4
#JourneyToTheMicrocosmos #bacteria #decompose #digesting #enzyme #foodChain #plastic #toxin
#journeytothemicrocosmos #bacteria #decompose #digesting #enzyme #foodchain #plastic #toxin
Deep Ocean Currents Around Antarctica Headed For Collapse, Study Finds
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https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/deep-ocean-currents-around-antarctica-headed-collapse-study-finds <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05762-w <-- shared paper
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https://vimeo.com/810755521 <-- shared overview video
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #marine #antarctica #ocean #currents #overturning #model #modeling #ecosystems #nutrients #circulation #coldwater #remotesensing #climatechange #warming #collapse #fisheries #foodchain #current #oceancurrents #spatotemporal
#gis #spatial #mapping #water #marine #antarctica #ocean #currents #overturning #model #modeling #ecosystems #nutrients #Circulation #coldwater #remotesensing #climatechange #warming #collapse #fisheries #foodchain #current #oceancurrents #spatotemporal
Skyrocketing grocery bills. It’s not COVID. It’s not supply chain issues. It’s billionaires getting richer. This is fact. Data doesn’t lie, and their profits are setting records.
https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-prices-billionaires
#Billionaires #Economics #Groceries #Poverty #ClassWar #FoodChain #Food
#food #foodchain #classwar #poverty #groceries #economics #billionaires
RT @patrickpagani1: Pleasure to exchange with @employers_EESC on key topics for farmers/agri-coops. Need for: #Competitiveness#RealityCheck of 🇪🇺polices, strategic role #foodsecurity, ensure better distribution value #foodchain.Thanks @StefanoMalliaEU for the invitation @COPACOGECA
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/employers_EESC/status/1638549557846982656
#competitiveness #FoodSecurity #foodchain
There's no way to save the #Westcoast community pod from #extinction . Their #fate is a #StarkWarning of the need to #protect the world’s remaining orcas.
“We see #orcas as hugely robust, powerful #creatures at the top of the ocean’s #FoodChain w| nothing that can harm them but that’s far from the truth. The whole #species is facing #HugePressures now. If our #apex #predator is #UnderThreat - #WakeUpCall for what’s happening in the rest of the #ocean
https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/and-then-there-were-two-fears-for-scotlands-at-risk-orcas
#westcoast #extinction #fate #starkwarning #protect #orcas #creatures #foodchain #species #hugepressures #apex #predator #underthreat #wakeupcall #ocean #scotland #wildlife
With a half-life of 29 years, "Everyone is exposed to small amounts of Sr-90, since it is widely dispersed in the environment and the food chain. #Strontium-90 was widely dispersed in the 1950s and 1960s in from the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons.
"Strontium-90 is also found in waste from #nuclear reactors. The accident at the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant introduced a large amount of Sr-90 into the environment. Strontium-90 was also released during the 2011 Japanese nuclear incident at the #Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
"Strontium-90 can be inhaled, but ingestion in food and water is the greatest health concern. Once in the body, Sr-90 acts like calcium and is readily incorporated into bones and teeth, where it can cause #cancers of the bone, bone marrow, and soft tissues around the bone. Because Sr-90 acts like calcium, milk monitoring will be important after a large release."
#FukushimaWater #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #StopTEPCO #NoNukes #NoWar #TEPCOLies #OpTEPCO #PacificOcean #FukushimaAnniversary #FoodChain #Bioaccumulation
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-strontium-90
#strontium #nuclear #chernobyl #fukushima #cancers #FukushimaWater #nodumping #waterislife #StopTEPCO #nonukes #nowar #tepcolies #optepco #pacificocean #fukushimaanniversary #foodchain #bioaccumulation
Climate Change Will Force Farmers To Reshuffle What Is Grown Where
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https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/11/10/climate-change-will-force-farmers-to-reshuffle-what-is-grown-where <-- shared post
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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12608 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping # #climatechange #water #climate #future #food #change #society #model #modeling #agriculture #gischat #spatialanalysis #spatialdata #global #food #foodsecurity #watersecurity #foodchain #cereal #crop #crops #agricultureandfarming #planning #prediction #yields #latitude #people #community
#gis #spatial #mapping #climatechange #water #climate #future #Food #change #society #model #modeling #agriculture #gischat #spatialanalysis #spatialdata #global #FoodSecurity #watersecurity #foodchain #cereal #crop #crops #agricultureandfarming #planning #prediction #Yields #latitude #people #community
4 days left!📢
If you are working in the #FoodSafety sector, check out this #EUfunding opportunity for a study on the medicinal treatment of #equines and their exclusion from the #foodchain
💶Budget: € 250 000
🗓️Apply by 10 February 2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_HaDEA/status/1622879032726507522
#foodsafety #EUfunding #equines #foodchain