Keneilwe

Wits BSc(Hons)-Chemistry student.🏛

Aspiring Geochemist.👩‍🔬🧪

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Soils serves as a sink for carbon, lessening the effects of climate change. Interestingly, microbes in soil store the most significant amount of carbon due to their efficient carbon use.
#geochemchat

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Microorganisms are key to storing carbon in soils, shows new study @nature https://t.co/F6NE45KZam https://t.co/A9kICTFheA

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Volcanic plumes release enough electric discharges to break up nitrogen molecules which then combine with oxygen to form nitrate. But marine chemist Jeffrey Bada says the early earth had low O2 content that ammonia was formed instead.
#geochemchat

[Science News @ScienceNews]

Millions of years ago, giant volcanic eruptions in what’s now Turkey and Peru deposited millions of metric tons of nitrate on the surrounding land. https://t.co/zaPcXDtvFo

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

New innovation💡 An adsorbent to remove microplastics in wastewater within an hour.
#geochemchat

[Marc Schaus @marc_schaus]

ICYMI - Australian researchers have developed an adsorbent that uses nanomaterials they can mix into water to attract/remove microplastics up to 1,000x smaller than those detectable in current wastewater plants 
 https://t.co/2M7mAjHmuc

[Sphesihle Mzobe @Obsidian211]

#geochemchat

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@Mercy_Stala Lab grown meat? This is a totally new topic for me. Interesting.
Though if it's leading to this much climate change I don't think it's worth it. #geochemchat

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

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I have so many questions on this. How will this affect the genetic make-up of the babies born? Human evolution?

[Medical Xpress @medical_xpress]

Study finds #pandemic #stress has reshaped the placenta of expectant moms @ChildrensHealth @SciReports https://t.co/Gs3cmAm4xt https://t.co/sQrqleleRR

[JGR Oceans @JGROceans]

The #Arctic is experiencing the consequences of rapid climate change. To date sea ice loss has increased marine primary production but what will the future bring? Models may provide some insight into the drivers of changing Arctic marine ecosystems.

https://t.co/gXM4hWTvvX

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@Mercy_Stala The difference between bioindicator and biomoniter is beautiful explained.🙌

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@Mercy_Stala What articles did you read up on? Would be nice to also see a different view!😀

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Hematophagous nature of ticks results in them being bioindicators and monitors. A novel PFA bioindicator. #geochemchat

[Wits Honours Geochemistry @Witsgeochem]

What makes ticks useful bioindicators? Read more here #geochemchat

https://t.co/srJlYx437c

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Plastic pollution continues to pose threats to marine organisms and other organisms that feed on them as microplastics infiltrate food chains through ice algae.
#geochemchat

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics, reports new research @AWI_Media @EnvSciTech https://t.co/O7sIFkAaLd

[Bilgehan Nas @bilgehannas]

NEW PAPER!
IF: 7.34
Fate and removal of pesticides in solid and liquid phases of metropolitan, urban and rural-scale wastewater treatment plants
https://t.co/VoIj3lBte2

[Phophi Makhado @Phophi_geochem]

#geochemchat
An article assessing the risk of trace elements such as Cd, Zn, etc in agricultural soil, particularly for the production of saffron, as well as the potential risk to human health
https://t.co/9xonrwvWwk

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@Ethan_Porter001 Microbiology meets geochemistry! I'm already interested on their sampling procedure. But I am sure the #microbiologists have techniques in place to essily get bacteria from the environment without changing any factors that may affect the results. #geochemchat

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@TinyikoNovela Very!🙌

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

@NjabuloNzimakw @Witsgeochem @EnvSciTech It's so crazy that they get them from the parents! This will eventually lead to population decrease. We need to stop polluting, especially our oceans, with plastic. Better yet? Many bio-friendly and biodegradable substitutes have been invented. Let's put them to use.

[Environmental Science & Technology Journals @EnvSciTech]

Northern fulmar fledglings from the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard have high burdens of plastic in their stomachs. Read the full story in ES&T: https://t.co/bKeCDs0Vd9

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Could aquatic biomass be the major source of carbon in the Arctic, thus leading to it warming up? #geochemchat

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

Aquatic organisms discovered to be the major source of POM in Arctic rivers, suggesting the need to evaluate and understand the modern carbon cycle. https://t.co/AS6CTlgzlC #geochemchat

[Keneilwe @Be_Keneilwe]

#geochemchat

[Wits Honours Geochemistry @Witsgeochem]

New study showing that lead exposure in brown bears is linked to the consumption of meat hunted using lead ammunition #geochemchat

https://t.co/DXEZ8vsRtd