Hippy Steve · @exador23
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TIL - Sewer sludge (euphemistically called by many cities) can be turned into via .

If the pyrolysis happens at >600C for >10 minutes, the resulting biochar will be free of , , pathogens, and pharmaceuticals - all of which could continue to be a problem when you just sewer sludge.

And... the is retained in the biochar, meaning it'll be a fertilizer in addition to the other biochar benefits.

pyreg.com/biochar-from-sewage-

#biosolids #biochar #pyrolysis #microPlastics #pfas #compost #phosphorous

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Roy Grubb · @roygrubb
65 followers · 331 posts · Server mastodon.green

Recycling lake sediments for crop production: A sustainable solution for closing the phosphorus cycle phys.org/news/2023-04-recyclin

#phosphorous #agriculture

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Hippy Steve · @exador23
60 followers · 853 posts · Server m.ai6yr.org

4. Biochar reduces the very serious problem we have with nutrient run off. and are important limited resources that currently leach out with each rain creating oxygen-deprived in streams, rivers, and the ocean along with toxic algae and seaweed blooms like the big one currently headed for Florida. Nutrients are held in biochar so they don’t wash away and less frequent applications are needed - saving farmers $$.

#nitrogen #phosphorous #deadzones

Last updated 2 years ago

Hippy Steve · @exador23
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How is outlawing the mention of "" working out for you ?

A Giant Blob of Seaweed is Heading to Florida

The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by summer to create a rotting, stinking, scourge.

nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/seaw

#climatechange #florida #phosphogeddon #phosphorous #nitrogen

Last updated 2 years ago

Ariadne · @ariadne
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"Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom
Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis"

but the most worrying part of this story should be this:

"They say we have become profligate in the use of phosphates we put on our fields. Fertiliser washed from them – and discharges of phosphorus-rich effluent – have triggered large-scale contamination of water and created harmful algal blooms. Some of the world’s biggest bodies of freshwater are now afflicted, including Russia’s Lake Baikal, Lake Victoria in Africa and North America’s Lake Erie. Blooms at Erie have led to poisoning of local drinking water in recent years.

Just as they do on land, phosphates help aquatic plants to grow,” said Haygarth, who is the co-author of Phosphorus: Past and Future. “And that is now having calamitous consequences in rivers, lakes and seas.”Choked by blooms, many of these bodies of water have become dead zones, where few creatures survive and which are expanding. One dead zone now forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer, for example.

Such crises also create other environmental problems. “Climate change means we will get more algal blooms per unit of phosphate pollution because of the warmer conditions,” said Prof Bryan Spears of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Midlothian. more
“The problem is that when that algae dies, it can decay to produce methane. So a rise in blooms will mean more methane will be pumped into the atmosphere – and methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere. It is a cause for real concern.”

theguardian.com/environment/20

#climate #ClimateCrisis #phosphorous #pollution #methane #algae #algalbloom #habitatloss #habitatdestruction

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CellBioNews · @cellbionews
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:ns_flag: Fred Campaigne · @cabinguy
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We (excluding politicians 😠 ) understand the value of our wetlands. Small ⚡isolated ⚡ wetlands are low areas that trap water and slowly drain and dry.
Large amounts of agricultural and pollutants are also trapped‼️ these areas are the first to be filled-in by developers. 🇨🇦 scientists have developed the math that describes this filtering. Now let the politicians/developers argue the math is wrong.
phys.org/news/2023-02-small-is

#wetlandsaregold #nitrogen #phosphorous #universityofwaterloo

Last updated 2 years ago

IT News · @itnewsbot
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The world’s farms are hooked on phosphorus, and that’s a problem - Enlarge (credit: Brian Brown/Getty Images)

Disrupting Earth’s ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1912117

#science #phosphorous #environment #agriculture #climatechange

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Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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Howard Smith MD, AM · @Drhowardsmith
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Injectable Light-Activated Gel Squelches Prosthetic Joint Infections
One promising approach to infections about prosthetic joints is now announced by Chinese bioengineers.

youtu.be/f3bX9VoCMoY

#hydrogel #silver #phosphorous #joint #prothesis #infection #staph

Last updated 2 years ago

NN · @newsnut
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Simple Diet Changes Can Increase Energy
We love the outdoors and remember when we couldn’t wait to throw on some shorts and go shoot some hoops or ride a bike around the neighborhood but now, we just don’t have the energy. Long work days, stress and the daily grind just seem t
i11.ca/simple-diet-changes-can

#diet #exercise #food #wellness #chicken #copper #dairyproducts #eggs #fish #iodine #Leanmeat #lowfat #nuts #phosphorous #seeds #wholegrains #yogurt #zinc

Last updated 2 years ago

ITSEC News · @itsecbot
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Microsoft Warns of Cyberattacks on Trump, Biden Election Campaigns - Just months before the U.S. presidential election, hackers from Russia, China and Iran are ramping... threatpost.com/microsoft-cyber .s.presidentialelection .s.electionsecurity -stateattacks .s.elections

#strontium #microsoft #government #phosphorous #donaldtrump #cyberattack #websecurity #spearphishing #phishingattack #charmingkitten #electionmeddling #nation #u

Last updated 4 years ago

Tarnkappe.info · @tarnkappeinfo
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