Environmental Physics

How #Can #We Actively #Restore the #Environment?
Be #Happy applying #Statistics #MachineLearning #STEM #EdChat #EduIT #EdTech ... to back up #EarthSciences!

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Climate #change is #driving a #large #increase in #slow-#moving #intense #rainstorms: https://t.co/QMjJparihL
By the end of the #century, such #storms may be 14 times #more #frequent across #land. The recent #flooding (in #Germany, #Belgium) highlights the #devastating #impacts.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Artificial #intelligence is applied to #assess #disaster #damage #quickly using #images from #satellites and #social #media #platforms: https://t.co/XVHNtXvmyB
Next, #localized #damage will be #quantified as a #result of #cooperation with #emergency-#response #organizations.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Characteristics of #rainfall #data are collected from the #past 20 #years to #estimate #how #storms #affect #populated #regions of the #globe: https://t.co/o4rccsMERq
The #new #database will be #powerful when #coupled with #Earth #system #models used in #climate #simulations.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#High-#tide #floods will #rapidly #increase in the #mid-#2030s due to #climate #change. The #rising #sea #levels at every #US #coast during a #lunar #cycle are in focus of #NASA: https://t.co/G1OVVbqVxm
The floods will sometimes #occur in #clusters #lasting a #month or #longer.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#New #urban #cooling #strategies using #reflective #surfaces show that #limited #resources can be #used in #future to #build #resilient and #sustainable #infrastructure: https://t.co/NYXwteOphU
These strategies #enable the #reduction of the #Urban #Heat #Island (#UHI) #effect.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Electrodes were used to #oxygenate the Lake #Søllerød in a #large, #simple and #inexpensive two #years #long #trial: https://t.co/xkdGYteAWk
The #new #methane-free #method uses the #bacteria at the #lake #bottom #releasing #electrons and #immobilizing #phosphorus in #sediment.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Microbes, #plants and #sediment within #wetlands #remove #nitrates from #water #affecting #local #fish #populations and #impacting #drinking water. #Constructed #wetlands are clearly more #cost-#effective than #field #management: https://t.co/yr1Y6PVQvZ

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Methane is a much more #potent #greenhouse #gas than #CO2. The "methane #paradox" seems to be #solved through the #discovery of #aerobic #CH4 #synthesis: https://t.co/Nr69XfRf29
Possibly, #anaerobical AND aerobic methane #syntheses #occur in #oceans as they do in the #biosphere.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Soft #plastics #lack adequate #recycling #methods and only a #small #part of such #waste is sent to recycling. Recycling #robot could help #solve soft plastic waste #crisis using #artificial #intelligence and #computer #vision instead of #manual sorting: https://t.co/6PYw64Jp15

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Microplastics are a #complex #suite of #contaminants #affecting #wildlife #significantly: https://t.co/0XhmKZ1iS1
#Authors conclude: a #new #framework for #risk #assessment capturing the #multi-#dimensionality and the #chemical #cocktail of #microplastic #pollution is #required.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Satellite #data from #space is used to #track the #movement of #tiny #pieces of #plastic in the #ocean: https://t.co/gZcvJ3oFL5
#Global #microplastic #concentrations peak in the #North #Atlantic and #Pacific during #summer in the #Northern #Hemisphere varying by #season.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

Instead of #plastics taking 400 years to #decompose, the pulp and #bamboo fibers can be used to #produce #SingleUse #containers: https://t.co/pD9yvXmYIW
About 3 tons of pulp is produced as a #byproduct of #extraction for every 10 #tons of #sugarcane: https://t.co/cESFwycHqt

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

A #sustainable #circular #plastic #economy is #required for #effective #global #chemicals #management to #avoid #poisoning. A #database is compiled to avoid a negative #impact on the #health of #consumers and #workers and on #polluted #ecosystems: https://t.co/y2hAdqMK3K

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Citizen #science meets a #research #grant #approved to study the #environmental #impact of #litter and answer the question "#What #types of litter can be found #where?": https://t.co/pBnau3bb24
This #knowledge is used to do #targeted #cleaning or #prevention #campaigns.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

If #concentrations of #greenhouse #gas increase and those of #aerosol decrease, the delay in #seasonal #rainfall will extend in the future: https://t.co/2BHxt2zYmQ
The #rainy #season could be further delayed by the end of the #century that is critical for #monsoon #regions.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Immediate #emissions #reductions are required, at least 10% per year: https://t.co/MaOfcsWBwg
#Extraction and use of #fossil #fuels must be stopped and treated #internationally. #Negative #emission #technologies and their large-scale #deployment are risky and unproven.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#HighIncome #countries must also increase #climate #financing of #LowIncome countries: https://t.co/3A23JZojGJ
to #reduce #emissions there and at home. #Climate #investments relate to environmentally and socially appropriate #negative #emissions, not to #carbon #offsets.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Products and #travel are neither "climate neutral" nor "climate positive", they possess a #carbon #footprint. #Marketing claiming the contrary is #misleading; it must be stopped. #Everyone #contributes more to #climate #solutions by #reduction in #consuming and #traveling.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Interchangeable treatment of #CO2 vs. #reality:
1. emissions of #fossil #carbon cannot be compensated by #storage of #carbon in #plants and #soils,
2. emissions from #luxury #consumption must be reduced, and
3. #emissions #today are not equal to #CO2 #removal #tomorrow.

[Environmental Physics @lednolex]

#Planting #trees in the #tropics only is not a win-win #solution for #CO2 #capture and meeting the #needs of #nature and local communities: https://t.co/eMu5MnzfJL
There are #threats to #biodiversity, the #rights, #cultures, and #food #security #local #communities.