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#News: In #Indonesia, hashtags have become weapons to wield against #humanrights and #environmental activists who face government censorship and criminalisation. Fight #corruption @palmoildetect.bsky.social #WorkersRights 360info.org/hashtags-hurt-hash…

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Hashtags hurt, hashtags heal too - 360

The arrests of activists, the influence of algorithms, and the surge of public  frustration are revealing how social media is actively fueling Indonesia’s ongoing democratic reckoning.
ria.ernunsari@360info.org (360)
#News #HumanRights #environmental #indonesia #corruption #workersrights

#Deforestation is suspected to have adverse impacts on child #health. Investigating this phenomenon in #Cambodia, a recent study sheds light on the devastating impact of #prenatal exposure to deforestation on child health in Cambodia.
#Environmental #Biology #sflorg
sflorg.com/2024/02/en02262401.…

Vanishing Forests and Suffering Children: The Hidden Toll of Deforestation in Cambodia

Researcher reveals the health toll of deforestation in Cambodia as forests vanish and children suffer.
www.sflorg.com
#Health #biology #sflorg #environmental #deforestation #cambodia #prenatal

There is an open database project called @openfoodfacts

It is the largest #food database in the world!

It can be used for anything from checking #Nutritional scores to #environmental impact of the food packaging.

Unfortunately, there are not many #Indian food products in the database.

You can help expand it.

Visit: in.openfoodfacts.org/
or download the apps:
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
apps.apple.com/app/open-food-f…


Open Food Facts - Food scanner - Apps on Google Play

Scan barcodes and to get health and carbon impact
play.google.com
#food #environmental #indian #nutritional @openfoodfacts

#SavingCarbonSinks: Ecuadorian social #movements have bypassed pro-extractivist #politicians with a national #referendum to keep #oil from Block 43 also known as “Yasuní ITT,” a concession in the deepest part of the Amazonian protected Yasuní National #Forest, in the ground. While movements around the world have successfully achieved #mining moratoria, this is an important new strategy for #environmental and #Indigenous #rights activists.

#RightsOfNature #SafeguardTheCommons #YasuniITT

nacla.org/ecuador-yasuni-oil-h…


Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum

Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus.
NACLA
#forest #indigenous #rights #environmental #mining #politicians #oil #savingcarbonsinks #movements #referendum #rightsofnature #safeguardthecommons #yasuniitt

#Sensors in #Science + #Tinkering 4 #Teachers. My new portable, bluetoothed, gas sensor modules, bringing biology, climate change & Air Quality into under served #school systems. My recent work has been developing #experientiallearning for #environmental #Education in #macedonia supported by UNICEF. Can be popped in a plastic bag & used to track rates of #photosynthesis outside in-situ. With a change of sensors we have used these to monitor airborne particle loads, and noxious gases.
A small daisy plant is housed inside a clear vessel. suspended above the plant is a small red sensor module, drawing gases up across the sensor electronics. Beside the clear enclosure are two bright LED floodlights illuminating the plant.
A small palm sized red sensor module sits on a desk. The red plastic case is slightly rough indicating it has been 3d printed. Visible on its sides are 2 access ports for usb cables - for charging and connecting to a computer. Visible on the modules conical top is a small opening with a fan enclosed. This draws air into the unit and pushes it over the sensors.
A graph is displayed on a large android tablet. The information has been sent via bluetooth from the sensor module. The graph has three lines, Red, Magenta and dark Blue. The red line represents humidity, this line is very nearly straight and horizontal. The magenta line represents the air temperature in the enclosure, at the start of the line on the left it is flat, but at the time the lights were turned on it begins to rise. At the time the lights were turned off it begins to slowly fall back but does not return to its original level. The dark blue line represents carbon Dioxide levels. The live representing the CO2 levels also starts of level on the left hand side, and begins to fall, a little after the lights have been turned on. At the time the lights are turned off the CO2 levels begin to slowly rise. The screen also shows buttons to connect the APP to the sensor module, and to save the data as well as email the data for further analysis.
#science #Education #school #tinkering #teachers #environmental #photosynthesis #macedonia #experientiallearning #sensors

Some plants can monitor #environmental #conditions around them and release #seeds at times #optimal for #dispersal.

#Dandelion seeds close up a bit in #wet #weather and don't travel as far as in their more open, #dry weather form. New #research (Seale et al. 2022) shows that dandelions hold on to seeds in wet weather and release them more in dry weather.

Do #plants exhibit #behavior? I would argue, yes.

Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/819…

Explainer: elifesciences.org/articles/819…

Text from Figure 1 from the linked paper, describing the figure: "Moisture induces reversible closure of the dandelion pappus. (a) Image of a dry dandelion infructescence, (b) image of a wet dandelion infructescence, (c) schematic of a dandelion diaspore indicating features, and (d) image of dry dandelion pappus (scale bar: 2 mm). (e) Image of dandelion pappus after 1 hr in moisture chamber with a 20 min humidifier treatment (scale bar: 2 mm). (f) Time course of change in pappus angle between outermost hairs with 10 or 20 min humidifier treatment, n = 10 and n = 12 samples for 10 and 20 min treatments, respectively; error bars are s.e.m."

Environmental morphing enables informed dispersal of the dandelion diaspore

The dandelion diaspore changes its shape depending on the moisture levels in the air, and this morphing enhances the dispersal potential of the seeds regardless of the weather conditions.
Madeleine Seale (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
#Research #plants #Weather #dandelíon #environmental #conditions #seeds #optimal #dispersal #wet #dry #behavior

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