livus

livus, 29 days ago

Nope, you're describing not being young, that's nothing like being actually old. Growing old has a bunch of stages:

• joint pain

• can no longer dance all night

• hangovers last all day

• dentists start talking to you about your gums

But then you get to the phase of

• skin losing elasticity

• liking dinner parties

• marijuana is now a medicine

• developed distinct preferences about stuff like threadcount

And then after that the next phase is more like

• a lot of time worrying about your parents

• all body fat migrates to one or two of its favourite spots

• seriously consider putting everything on lanyards

• your favourite singers are all dead

And so on, you get the picture. That's as far as I've traveled but as far as I can see the phases after that involve things like bladder leakage and losing friends to alzheimers.

livus, 29 days ago

Someone in here will say The Weeknd and cue mass existential crisis.

livus, 29 days ago

How are the ouside parts of your ears and the bridge of your nose tho?

livus, 1 month ago

From the article:

The underrepresentation of Africa and South America in the scientific literature is critical since these regions are considered essential for CDR deployment. The few studies that do exist mostly highlight negative aspects,” says lead author Ruben Prütz, a Visiting Researcher at the Grantham Institute.

Understanding the impacts

The work, which used machine learning to select relevant research and produce an inventory of nearly 400 CDR co-benefits, challenges, and limits, found a similar focus on negative effects across the literature.

These negative side effects included impacts on biodiversity, soil and land use. In addition to specific impacts, there is uncertainty concerning the effectiveness and scalability of some CDR methods.

Some research has highlighted that CO2 removal could delay climate action and may shift the burden of mitigation to other countries. Previous research also suggests CO2 removal may be inconsistent with international law.

However, the authors note that this emphasis on the negative effects may only reflect the current evidence and not CDR’s real-world costs and benefits.

The authors did also find positive effects of CDR. Evidence exists showing positive impacts on soil (through increases in key nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium); yield increases for various crops such as maize, soybeans, and tomatoes; and increases in biodiversity.

The paper emphasises that these are highly dependent on the context and which CDR method is deployed. For instance, there may be big differences between sustainable forest management versus planting thousands of acres of non-native palm trees where there once was rainforest.

The authors argue this underlines the need for further evidence to better understand the size of the impacts of CDR, its side effects, the contexts, and the modes of implementation for affected countries...

livus, 1 month ago

And you can also donate directly to UNHRA since some western countries have defunded it.