Date: 29 September 2018 at 09:21:42 AEST
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Subject: Daily Links Sep 29
Post of the Day
Passing the baton: will young people take up the fight to save the planet?
Clare Press
Younger activists may not follow the same path as their elders but they are engaged and taking action in their own way
Today’s Celebration
Boqueron Battle Day – Paraguay
Manman Aloumandia – Haiti
St. Michael’s Day – Spain
Michaelmas – United Kingdom
Manman Aloumandia – Voudon
World Health Day – http://www.who.int/world-health-day/en/
World Heart Day – http://www.world-heart-federation.org/?id=123
National Police Remembrance Day – http://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/our-organisation/ceremonial-events-and-functions/ceremonial-events/national-police
Inventors Day- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventors%27_Day
Save Your Photos Day – https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/save-your-photos-day/
More about Sep 29 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_29
Climate Change
2018 Arctic Summertime Sea Ice Minimum Extent Tied for Sixth Lowest on Record
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2018 lowest extent on Sept. 19 and again on Sept. 23, 2018.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180927122939.htm
Now is the time to answer questions about climate engineering disease impacts
Radical solutions to climate change might save lives, but a commentary in the October 2018 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change calls for caution because geoengineering still lacks a ‘clean bill of health.’
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uom-nit092818.php
Brakes put on climate fund [$]
Australia will freeze its level of funding for a Paris-linked Green Climate Fund that stalled amid a ‘crisis of confidence’.
Will 2018 be the year of climate action? Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewer crisis might tell us
Chris Turney
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis – when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
National
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions climb again amid climate policy vacuum
Climate Analytics says that on current trends, emissions will race way past the Paris agreement target
Victoria
How a wave of nurdles woke up the people of Warrnambool
On November 18 last year, Colleen Hughson received a call telling her that thousands of lentil-sized pieces of plastic were carpeting the tidelines.
Queensland
‘I do what people say can’t be done’: recycling queen Narelle Anderson
Neville Bonner’s great-niece Narelle Anderson is bringing her NSW recycling business to Queensland as part of the state’s first container refund scheme to start on November 1.
The hideous new Aussie spider only a scientist could love
Queensland’s beautiful Cooloola Coast, just north of Noosa, has just been revealed as home to 37 new species of spider, proof of Australia’s still-astonishing biodiversity.
Fears of delays for recycling scheme [$]
The operator of Queensland’s cash-for-containers scheme has brushed aside concerns over whether there will be a shortage of collection sites by November 1.
Morrison set reef grant terms [$]
The terms of Malcolm Turnbull’s $444 million Barrier Reef grant were set by Scott Morrison, who as treasurer insisted the money not go to a Commonwealth agency.
Last straws for Clean Up [$]
A dedicated group of volunteers will act on their love of the Cairns region by ridding the Redlynch and Kewarra Beach areas of unwanted waste.
South Australia
Rat cull boosts penguin numbers but new threat lurks [$]
Volunteers have found 44 little penguins nesting on Granite Island – a strong increase on last year’s census count, giving scientists hope for the colony’s future.
Fines for undersized crabs in fishing rule blitz [$]
Almost 100 undersized blue swimmer crabs have been returned to the water following a blitz on fishing rules.
Western Australia
Boss of troubled wave power company quits amid growing investor discontent
Carnegie Clean Energy’s long-standing CEO Michael Ottaviano resigns amid a tumbling share price and allegations the company has misled the market.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-28/carnegie-clean-energy-ceo-michael-ottaviano-resigns/10317742
Sustainability
Device that integrates solar cell and battery could store electricity outside the grid
Scientists have harnessed the abilities of both a solar cell and a battery in one device — a ‘solar flow battery’ that soaks up sunlight and efficiently stores it as chemical energy for later on-demand use. Their research could make electricity more accessible in remote regions of the world.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180927145525.htm
New, highly stable catalyst may help turn water into fuel
Breaking the bonds between oxygen and hydrogen in water could be a key to the creation of hydrogen in a sustainable manner, but finding an economically viable technique for this has proved difficult. Researchers report a new hydrogen-generating catalyst that clears many of the obstacles — abundance, stability in acid conditions and efficiency.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uoia-nhs092818.php
Perovskite solar cells leap toward commercialization
OIST scientists’ research on perovskite solar cells indicates a promising future towards sustainability.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/oios-psc092718.php
Coal investing is not dead [$]
The robust revival of thermal coal prices has surprised the carbon sceptics and renewables zealots alike.
Passing the baton: will young people take up the fight to save the planet?
Clare Press
Younger activists may not follow the same path as their elders but they are engaged and taking action in their own way
The Empire of Life needs a proper name
Guy Lane
Guy Lane & Andrew Buckwell ascribe a taxonomic classification to Gaia, the living planet.
Nature Conservation
Fewer tourists visiting Rwanda’s gorillas
A doubling in the price of a permit to see Rwanda’s gorillas in their natural habitat has sparked a large decline in tourist numbers to the African country.
Fewer biofuels, more green space: Climate action researcher calls for urgent shift
Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops — corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, for example — is a poor use of land, which is a precious resource in the fight against climate change, says a University of Michigan researcher.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uom-fbm092818.php
How some algae may survive climate change
Green algae stole genes from bacteria to survive in harsh environments
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180928081626.htm
Amazon mangroves store twice as much carbon per acre as region’s famous rainforest
Scientists have determined for the first time that Amazon’s waterlogged coastal mangrove forests, which are being clear cut for cattle pastures and shrimp ponds, store significantly more carbon per acre than the region’s famous rainforest.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180927145314.htm
Killer whales: why more than half world’s orcas are threatened by leftover industrial chemicals
Crispin Halsall
PCBs were phased out three decades ago. But they’re still lingering in the ocean.
Now for something completely different …
Daylight saving time: Don’t change your clocks this weekend
If you were thinking of switching your clocks forward this weekend, think again — daylight saving time will be beginning a little later than you might have thought.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-28/daylight-saving-time-is-not-this-weekend/10315846
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