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Whither the Storks of Alsace ?

Euro Desk Paris • 19 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Storks in Alsace, France may be changing their migratory patterns due to various factors like climate change and human influence.
  2. The presence of storks in a region can be influenced by micro-climates and environmental conditions that affect their behavior.
  3. Understanding the impact of changing climates on migratory birds like storks is crucial for conservation efforts and wildlife management.

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God's Spies by Thomas Neuburger • 25 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🌍 World Politics Climate
  1. Julius Caesar's death shows the delicate balance between democracy and dictatorship in leadership roles.
  2. A significant percentage of US parents are financially supporting their adult children, with variations in support based on generational groups.
  3. Climate Reanalyzer is a useful site for climate data and graphics, highlighting concerning trends like continuous record-breaking high ocean temperatures.

Décroissance, how much does it cost?

The ZIPster • 44 implied HN points • 26 May 23
🎭️ Culture Climate
  1. Exploring de-growth as an alternative to armageddon in addressing climate change
  2. The importance of language learning and challenges faced in balancing priorities
  3. Observations on lack of awareness about climate issues in certain regions and the need for cultural shifts towards reducing emissions

Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #66

Creative Destruction • 22 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
🎭️ Culture Climate
  1. Aggressively tackle climate breakdown with mass mobilization after severe shock.
  2. Systemic transformation needed for beautifying the world to boost sustainability and social justice.
  3. Shift from collective outrage to cooperation and shared hope for societal change.

WindBorne Systems

next big thing • 34 implied HN points • 22 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. Accurate weather data is crucial for making informed decisions and mitigating costs associated with severe weather events.
  2. Improvements in weather technology are needed due to gaps in weather observations globally.
  3. WindBorne Systems received a $6M Seed round investment led by Footwork for their work in providing detailed weather observations to improve forecasting and reduce carbon emissions.
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French Whopper

The ZIPster • 35 implied HN points • 17 Mar 23
🍲 Food & Drink Climate
  1. Enjoying new food experiences can lead to unexpected delights like Burger King's veggie burger
  2. Learning a new language involves dedication and consistency, not just intellect
  3. Creating visual connections can help in memorizing new words or concepts

Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #69

Creative Destruction • 17 implied HN points • 28 Feb 24
🎭️ Culture Climate
  1. Reality collapse warning: AI-generated content blurs reality, causing disconnect.
  2. Rituals as an antidote: Genuine, physical rituals offer stability and depth in a tech-driven world.
  3. Climate humor for change: Using humor and relatable language to communicate climate issues can inspire action and bring people together.

Let's talk 'The Ministry for the Future'

storyvoyager • 6 implied HN points • 24 Jan 25
📚 Literature Climate
  1. The book 'The Ministry for the Future' discusses climate disasters and their potential to spark change. It shows how devastating events can inspire action from communities.
  2. It raises questions about the morality of climate solutions. Some characters question whether extreme measures are needed to save the planet, making us think about what is right or wrong.
  3. The story suggests that seeing nature as separate from humans is a big problem for climate solutions. We need to rethink our relationship with nature to address the ongoing ecological crisis.

In This Best of All Possible Worlds

The Unabashed Observer • 1 HN point • 05 Apr 24
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Modern life is filled with miracles we often overlook, like the exponential growth in computing power and the decreasing cost of technology.
  2. Access to a variety of fresh produce throughout the year at affordable prices showcases the advancements in global supply chains and the decrease in food costs over time.
  3. Advancements in medicine, transportation, and overall quality of life have led to longer and healthier lives for many, showcasing the progress humanity has made over the centuries.

New Week #115

New World Same Humans • 18 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. Alphabet is working on a versatile household robot brain called PaLM-E.
  2. Denmark is developing a project to store CO2 underground and tackle global heating.
  3. Generative AI technology like ChatGPT is revolutionizing the economy and transforming knowledge work.

My climate fiction reading list for 2024

storyvoyager • 9 implied HN points • 07 Jan 24
📚 Literature Climate
  1. The importance of aiming to hold global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and the urgent need for global action to achieve this goal.
  2. The impact of climate change on younger generations' mental health and the importance of taking action to address climate anxiety.
  3. The value of reading and educating oneself about climate change to inspire hope and contribute to a better future for the planet.

The Easiest Path For Companies To Reach Net Zero

Warming Up to Climate Tech • 2 HN points • 01 Jun 23
💼 Business Climate
  1. Bend helps companies calculate and confront their carbon emissions by integrating climate data with financial operations.
  2. Bend automates carbon accounting, making it accessible and cost-effective for businesses of all sizes.
  3. Bend's ultimate goal is to empower businesses to make informed purchase decisions by providing visibility into the environmental impact of their spending.

🧐 Was I Right?

UnfairNation by Ehsan Zaffar • 6 implied HN points • 31 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. 2023 saw artificial intelligence going mainstream with various applications.
  2. In 2023, the narrative on climate change didn't shift despite record-setting events.
  3. Income inequality heightened in 2023 with the rich getting richer while low-income earners and the middle class suffered.

Human Island - Part II

storyvoyager • 9 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
⚔ Fiction Climate
  1. A grieving mother copes with loss through a documentary about a sacrificial ritual
  2. Japanese climate refugees thrive in a new location by adapting and reviving traditions
  3. A powerful narrative of sacrifice and unexpected twists in a ritual ceremony

Tippets #186

Tippets by Taps • 6 implied HN points • 13 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. AI can be a friend too, like in the story with Jacob and Grace
  2. Mars once had a wet-dry cycle, suggesting conditions for life
  3. Walking is good for you, even just 4,000 steps a day

Issue 11: Nuclear sandboxes

The Works in Progress Newsletter • 7 implied HN points • 23 May 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Olivine weathering can be used to absorb carbon from the sea and reverse climate change.
  2. Nuclear power is safer and essentially zero-carbon, but regulations make it unaffordable.
  3. Transit-oriented development around metropolitan areas could provide a solution to housing shortages.

Rabbit Holes 🕳 #33

Creative Destruction • 5 implied HN points • 17 May 23
🎭️ Culture Climate
  1. Irritation can be a useful tool for reflection and insight, even if it feels annoying and inadequate.
  2. Quantitative aesthetics, focusing on numbers and stats, can overlook important aspects of life and inquiry.
  3. The decline in food diversity due to mass scaling and globalization poses risks to our food systems and resilience.

The Regenerative Toolkit

Save Our Happy Place • 3 implied HN points • 08 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Climate
  1. The Regenerative Toolkit workshop focuses on building personal and community resilience through practices like mindset, narrative, and community participation.
  2. Join the workshop during NYC Climate Week to gain skills for regenerative living and reconnect with your purpose in the climate movement.
  3. The Intuitive Body retreat offers mindful eating, embodied movement, and ecotherapy to de-condition cultural beliefs and explore personal transformation.

BOLD Women, BOLD Climate Leadership

Save Our Happy Place • 4 implied HN points • 06 Mar 23
🎭️ Culture Climate
  1. Women play a significant role in leading climate action and bringing about positive change.
  2. Gender plays a crucial role in how individuals experience and address climate change.
  3. BOLD initiatives like virtual summits provide platforms for women to lead discussions on important climate topics.

Climate and AI

Climateer • 2 HN points • 02 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. AI may not have a significant impact on climate change outcomes in the near future, as energy usage for AI is relatively small globally.
  2. Speculations about AI helping reduce emissions are often vague and may not be primarily driven by AI enhancements, but rather other barriers like regulatory issues.
  3. In the long term, the impact of AI on climate change is uncertain, as AI could eventually lead to substantial efficiency improvements, but it's hard to predict the exact outcomes.

🌎Investing in algae and climate with Unruly Capital.

paxtier • 2 implied HN points • 08 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Investing in algae and climate can have positive impacts on the environment and economy.
  2. Unruly Capital specializes in funding climate and deep-tech start-ups, aiming to support innovation and sustainable solutions.
  3. Communicating complex ideas, supporting diversity, and seeking advice are crucial for success in the climate tech industry.

So what makes a city more walkable?

intellectualinting • 1 HN point • 21 Feb 24
🏝 Travel Climate
  1. Walkability in a city is about the ability for a random citizen to live happily without a car or reliance on private transport services.
  2. Factors like density, localized distribution of resources, proper infrastructure, public transportation, connectedness, and climate/play a vital role in determining a city's walkability.
  3. The idea of walkability may differ among individuals, with personal preferences affected by lifestyle, wealth, and cultural norms.

Welcoming Grace Penders to Equal Ventures

Equal Ventures • 0 implied HN points • 17 Feb 24
💼 Business Climate
  1. Grace Penders joins Equal Ventures as the new Climate Product Owner, bringing impressive expertise and passion for the sector.
  2. Grace's personal qualities, like a knack for finding unrevealed insights and a team-first mentality, stood out in her candidacy for the role.
  3. Equal Ventures focuses on building enduring partnerships with founders, and Grace's addition is expected to further strengthen these relationships.

Top 5 Impact DAO Categories Explained

Crypto Good • 0 implied HN points • 20 Feb 23
🔮 Crypto Climate
  1. Impact DAOs fall into 5 main categories: Enabler, Climate, Social Impact, DeSci, and Network State DAOs.
  2. Enabler DAOs provide support like funding and training
  3. Climate DAOs focus on areas like agriculture and carbon credits to combat climate change

Part II. The quest to figure out the origin of rain: weather in digital worlds

Climate Water Project • 0 implied HN points • 08 Aug 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Air behaves like a fluid and follows laws of fluid dynamics, crucial for weather forecasting and climate modeling.
  2. Adding the water cycle to simulations was complex due to phase changes of water, but approximations were used to model convection and rain interaction with land.
  3. Research shows that land plays a significant role in precipitation recycling, affecting rain patterns globally, and maps have been created to illustrate this relationship.

The Big Lie That Climate Propagandists Don’t Want You To Talk About

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 26 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate
  1. The big lie climate propagandists push is the carbon accounting framework, which targets specific emissions sources and ignores larger contributors like deforestation.
  2. Forest clear-cutting emits significant carbon dioxide plumes that are often overlooked in carbon accounting, impacting the rise in atmospheric carbon.
  3. Challenging the carbon accounting framework challenges the very foundation of climate propaganda, revealing the flaws in current climate narratives and highlighting the need for accountability.

Disputable Science

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Natural phenomena like desertification can often be explained by factors such as land stewardship and natural variability rather than solely climate change.
  2. Environmental crises like extinction and overfishing may be more effectively managed by focusing on creating toxin-free habitats and sustainable growing systems.
  3. Human activities like poor water management and forest practices significantly contribute to natural disasters like floods and wildfires.

Industrialized Bio-Sequestration

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 08 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate
  1. Topsoil carbon is a major contributor to the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide.
  2. Fossil fuels directly contribute 12% of atmospheric carbon dioxide, despite a drop in use during economic lockdowns.
  3. Capturing waste output from smokestacks and using it for plant growth can help mitigate carbon emissions.

Democracy the illusion of choice

(hector egbert) • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 23
🌍 World Politics Climate
  1. Democracy in the Western world may not offer true choice, with politicians influenced by monied interests.
  2. Communism, once seen as a solution, led to fanaticism and unrealistic ideals.
  3. The modern world is evolving into a technocratic autocracy disguised as democracy, with technologies like CBDC enhancing control.

The Bottleneck and You

The Snap Forward • 0 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate
  1. Geography matters in determining relative safety in the face of climate and ecological upheavals.
  2. Brittleness of systems and locations is a key factor to consider in assessing risk and safety.
  3. Safer places are becoming increasingly valuable and in demand, leading to a shortage and rising costs in those areas.

How Impact Investing Applies to Venture Capital

Digital Native • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 23
💼 Business Climate
  1. Impact investing intersects with venture capital through startups driving social change at scale.
  2. Education needs innovation to bridge the gap between traditional teaching methods and the fast-changing digital world.
  3. Climate change demands urgent solutions, and startups are key in driving sustainability and innovation across all sectors of business.

Equal's 2023 Research POV

Equal Ventures • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jan 23
💼 Business Climate
  1. Retail sector is shifting focus from growth to fundamentals due to choppy economic conditions in 2023. Brands outsourcing non-core competencies like brick & mortar retail.
  2. Supply chain disruptions persist in 2023. Opportunities in restructuring manufacturing supply chains, filling labor gaps, and managing freight market downturn.
  3. Insurance sector sees focus on profitability, capital efficiency, and product differentiation. Trends in specialty lines, embedded solutions, and broker digitization.

Tim Cook says AI is the key to fighting climate change, Stability AI CEO resigns and more

aiproinsights • 0 implied HN points • 24 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Climate
  1. Tim Cook highlights AI as crucial in addressing climate change by aiding companies to lower emissions and become carbon neutral.
  2. Stability AI CEO resigns amidst investor pressure and internal strife, now focusing on addressing power concentration in AI.
  3. Boom Supersonic, a startup pursuing the world's fastest airliner, completes its first flight, called "Baby Boom".