Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Interview of an Author who is an Expert on the Many Facets of Mining and Mineral Extraction, Focusing on Lithium

"Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos”, Nov 13, 2025, Daniel Denvir interviews Thea Riofrancos about her book on resource extraction. She investigated and wrote about the upcoming rounds of mineral extraction (rare earths particularly Lithium) associated with high-tech equipment and electric cars and trucks, duration of audio 2:34:14, The Dig a podcast series from Jacobin Magazine, at < https://thedigradio.com/podcast/extraction-w-thea-riofrancos/ >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Monday, August 25, 2025

Trump and the Right-wing Attack on Science, Climate Science in this Instance

1). “Trump terminates satellite data considered crucial to storm forecasting”, Jun 27, 2025, Chelsea Harvey, E&E News, at < https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-terminates-satellite-data-considered-crucial-to-storm-forecasting/ >.

2). “Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated: U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts”, Jun 26, 2025, Michael Lowry, Eye on the Tropics, at < https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool >.

3). “Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose”, Aug 4, 2025, Rebecca Hersher, NPR, Morning Edition, audio report 3 minutes long, text version posted at site, at < https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened >.

4). “Trump orders NASA to kill 2 satellites that can function for many more years - the reason will shock all”, Aug 6, 2025, Shreya Biswas, The Economic Times (English Edition), at < https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/trumps-shocking-order-to-terminate-vital-carbon-emission-satellitestrump-orders-nasa-to-kill-2-satellites-that-can-function-for-many-more-years-the-reason-will-shock-all-science-news-nasa-news/articleshow/123122943.cms >.

5). “The perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry”, Aug 13, 2025, Andrew Freedman, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/climate/nasa-satellites-trump-budget-cuts-weather >.

6). “Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites”, Aug 20, 2025, Andrew Freedman, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/weather/noaa-satellites-climate-trump?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en >. 

7). “White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research: The agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be 'eliminated as a line office,' according to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget”. April 11, 2025, Daniel Cusick, Chelsea Harvey & Scott Waldman, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408 >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Monday, June 9, 2025

Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition But it’s here, and will destroy American science

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=165298772&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY1Mjk4NzcyLCJpYXQiOjE3NDk0NjU0NzEsImV4cCI6MTc1MjA1NzQ3MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.2kQrHX5J4tO1QfaIpZuTf0LpFbZq-Ye9Lj6uVYqzDhc

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel

 https://www.science.org/content/article/hidden-hydrogen-earth-may-hold-vast-stores-renewable-carbon-free-fuel

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Saturday, December 31, 2022

How the Human Brain Is Wired for Romance ~~ Alan Lightman

https://portside.org/2022-12-09/how-human-brain-wired-romance

Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~