Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

Critical raw materials like lithium, cobalt & nickel are crucial for the green & digital transition.

We need them for wind turbines, electric cars, batteries & electronics.

Our new measures show how circular economy boosts their security of supply:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_1661

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1636334263145574402

"Vennel occurs in street-names throughout much of Scotland, including the Glasgow Vennel in Irvine, the Boat Vennel in Ayr, Friars Vennel in Dumfries, Northgate Vennel in Peebles and The Vennel in Edinburgh. The word derives from French venelle, meaning 'little street', and is found in Scots texts from the fifteenth century onwards."

#edinburgh #photography

A #Comet and Two Dippers
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230207.html

#APOD #CometZTF

A newly discovered #exoplanet could be worth searching for signs of #life.

Despite its close distance to the central #star, the planet Wolf 1069 b receives only about 65% of the incident radiant power of what Earth receives from the sun.

These special conditions make #planets around red dwarf stars like Wolf 1069 potentially friendly to life.

#astronomy #exoplanets
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-astronomers-rare-earth-mass-rocky-planet.html

Paper by Kossakowski et al. (2023):
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245322

I’m having trouble understanding the reason for these massive tech layoffs. Twitter—sure. Meta? OK, bad bet on “metaverse” and social network in decline. But what has suddenly changed for Google and Microsoft?

One possible explanation here: https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/

And this morning the Shed is lost in the mists, against a landscape of unbroken snow...

The fact that Jacinda Ardern is standing down, instead of doing everything she can to remain in power, is yet another example of how different she is to the mostly awful people we have as “leaders” in everything from our governments to the little organisations we work for.

Couldn't resist. I MacGyvered my SLR to get a better view of #AR3190. This was one of the better snaps. Other, smaller sunspots even came into view.

EU-backed scientists and researchers are working tirelessly to study climate change🌍

Their work is feeding into @IPCC_CH, helping to improve the effectiveness of both national and international #climateaction.

Read more➡: https://europa.eu/!3hjJbJ

#HorizonEU #EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1616439141335719941