We can’t talk about regenerative ag without talking about pesticides
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New Zealand: Fight for the Wild documentary series
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Galápagos rock formation Darwin’s Arch collapses from erosion
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End of wind power waste? Vestas unveils blade recycling technology.
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In the Klamath Basin, pretty much everybody’s feeling the pain
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Perranporth Beach, in Cornwall, is famed for being the "Lego beach". The truth is more complicated.
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Carbon markets stand to reward ‘no-till’ farmers. But most are still tilling the soil.
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'Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature
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Is recycling worth it anymore? The truth is complicated.
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Carbon emissions and large neural network training
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Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy
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England’s largest seagrass planting programme gets underway
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Regenerative farming is fast becoming the higher standard for consumers seeking to protect their health and the planet
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Drought in Mexico reaches critical levels as lakes dry up
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A summary of the book "Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop" by Jack Devanney
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When Texas’ natural gas supplies froze up, prices soared, and now Minnesota’s customers are looking at an $800 million bill
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Ireland’s strategy to be a world leader in sustainable food by 2030
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Proof by underpants
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IKEA plans to accelerate its investment in renewable energy by spending an extra €4bn by the end of the decade to build wind and solar farms
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Marin to be first big Bay Area water agency to push ahead with water restrictions
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‘A poor man’s rainforest’: Why we need to stop treating soil like dirt
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Charm delivers Stripe's carbon removal purchase ahead-of-schedule
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Forests cover 70% of Sweden, but many argue the model of replacing old-growth forests with monoculture plantations is bad for biodiversity
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Banking on bird shit
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A Finger Lakes power plant plans to ramp up energy-intensive Bitcoin mining
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The global campaign to make environmental destruction an international crime
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Collapse possible at Manatee County (FL) wastewater reservoir
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Why I’m switching to raised beds for my survival garden
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A live stream of an eagle's nest
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In Colorado, the looming liability of oil and gas cleanup
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Welcome to Pollinator Park
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The Amazon Rainforest now emits more greenhouse gases than it absorbs
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The greenest countries in the world – Denmark places first out of 180 countries analysed by Yale University
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The plan to revive the mammoth steppe to fight climate change
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LAVO hydrogen battery system
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Earth Optimism, a free, open-to-all event
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Farms, feathers, and fins share water in California
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Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought
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Building electronics that can survive under Greenland's ice sheet – meet the Cryoegg, designed to follow the melting going on beneath the ice sheet
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Greta Thunberg has mocked climate change deniers by citing research that claims human penises are getting smaller because of increased pollution
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Conservationists are creating ‘superhighways’ for insects in the UK
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TVO cleared for fuel loading at Olkiluoto Unit 3
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Steven Donziger has been under house arrest for over 580 days, awaiting trial on a misdemeanor charge. It’s all, he says, because he beat a multinational energy corporation in court.
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The climate crisis is worse than you can imagine. Here’s what happens if you try.
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Climate anxiety is an overwhelmingly White phenomenon
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What really happened during the Texas power grid outage?
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Living in the End Times: We know apocalypse is coming but act as if we don't. How do we change that?
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Iceland volcanic eruption under way in Fagradalsfjall near Reykjavik – no-fly zone established and public advised to stay away from area as red cloud lights up night sky
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IAmA chemical engineer who works with spent nuclear fuel. AMA!
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion! Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent...
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion!
Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent nuclear fuel from a variety of research and experimental reactors underwater. Our specialty is highly-enriched aluminum-clad fuel, but we have a diverse array of unusual fuels from around the world. A good overview of fuel types can be found here.
My primary responsibility is ensuring the basin water is kept highly pure to minimize corrosion to the fuel, as well as ensure it is free of radionuclides to the extent practicable. I’m happy to answer any questions I can about nuclear fuel, nuclear power, radioactive waste, etc.
More links:
Corrosion of Al-clad fuel
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There are signs the world might be running out of natural rubber. Disease, climate change and plunging global prices have put the world's rubber supplies into jeopardy.
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