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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark<br>--<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic</span><span class="invisible">-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.2</span><span class="invisible">17</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/excavation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excavation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sunstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunstone</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denmark</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/island" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>island</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bornholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bornholm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sacrificed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sacrificed</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/field" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>field</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/volcanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcanic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eruption</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/volcaniceruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcaniceruption</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ash</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sulfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sulfur</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crop</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cropyields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cropyields</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/failed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failed</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/harvest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harvest</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/famine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>famine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/icecore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icecore</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reconstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reconstruction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Vasag%C3%A5rd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vasagård</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Vasagard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vasagard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ritual</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spiritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiritual</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reconstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reconstruction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>Hundreds of defunct <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> plunge through Earth’s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> yearly, and the count is rising.</p><p>The dying satellites, it turns out, don’t just wink out into the ether. Each one leaves a bit of itself behind.</p><p>The satellites’ fiery death throes, along with a steep rise in the number of rocket launches, are adding a glut of ozone-destroying and climate-altering pollutants to the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a>.</p><p>For instance, aluminum oxides are catalysts for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ozone</span></a> depletion.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/satellite-space-junk-havoc-stratosphere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/satell</span><span class="invisible">ite-space-junk-havoc-stratosphere</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>What Happens When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> Loses Eyes on# Earth? We’re About to Find Out.<br>Three long-running <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> will soon be switched off, forcing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet.<br>When three orbiters — Terra, Aqua and Aura — are powered down, much data they’ve been collecting will end with them, newer satellites won’t pick up all of the slack. Main area we’re losing eyes on is the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a>, the all-important home of the ozone layer. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/climate/nasa-satellites-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE0._qCe.Alncsy5pIYuv&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/03/climate</span><span class="invisible">/nasa-satellites-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE0._qCe.Alncsy5pIYuv&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a>-based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radical</span></a> emerges from stealth - and will use $4.5 million in fresh investment to accelerate its effort to build autonomous solar-powered airplanes that can fly in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a> for months at a time and carry payloads for imaging, remote sensing and communications. The startup's founders are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimeAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeAir</span></a> veterans. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/radical-raises-funds-solar-airplanes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2024/radical-rais</span><span class="invisible">es-funds-solar-airplanes/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>’s Mount <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ruang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ruang</span></a> has erupted at least 3X this wk, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.</p><p>On Wed evening, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/volcano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcano</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eruption</span></a> shot <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ash</span></a> nearly 70k ft high, possibly spewing aerosols into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a>, the atmosphere’s second layer.
<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/volcano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcano</span></a> is part of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, in the Sangihe Islands archipelago. That puts it ~60 miles NNE of Manado, the province’s capital.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/04/17/indonesia-volcano-eruption-ruang/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/weather/202</span><span class="invisible">4/04/17/indonesia-volcano-eruption-ruang/</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p>Halo Space, a Spanish venture with global aspirations, is showing off the design created by famed automotive designer Frank Stephenson for its balloon-borne stratospheric tour capsule. Prototype capsules have already gone through five flight tests, but will Halo get off the ground, financially speaking? <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2024/04/12/halo-space-reveals-design-for-stratospheric-tour-capsule/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2024/04/12/halo-</span><span class="invisible">space-reveals-design-for-stratospheric-tour-capsule/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stratosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourism</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>About that ozone hole.. </p><p>Doesn't seem to be healing very fast - not due to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CFCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFCs</span></a> necessarily but a quirk of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> system means a colder <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stratosphere</span></a> - which is delaying things. <br>Really good piece from my colleagues at DMI on it (in danish but DeepL works really well for translation): <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OzoneHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzoneHole</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OzoneLayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzoneLayer</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Ozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ozone</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.dmi.dk/nyheder/2024/ozonhullets-lange-helingsproces" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dmi.dk/nyheder/2024/ozonhullet</span><span class="invisible">s-lange-helingsproces</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As we know, when damaged or redundant <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> re-enter the Earth's atmosphere they burn up... now studies have found that around 10% of aerosol particles in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/stratosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratosphere</span></a> contain aluminium and/or other metals derived from satellites that burned up on re-entry.</p><p>As the population of orbiting objects continues to grow, so does the number returning to earth &amp; burning up; this issue will only expand.</p><p>The Q. is (like previous environmental degradation): what will be the impact of such change(s)</p>