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#NASA study tallies carbon emissions from massive Canadian fires
They found that the Canadian fires released more #carbon in five months than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022 (about 480 million and 291 million metric tons, respectively). While the #CarbonDioxide (#CO2) emitted from both #wildfires and #FossilFuel combustion cause extra #warming immediately, there's an important distinction, the scientists noted.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-nasa-tallies-carbon-emissions-massive.html
🔴 🇬🇧 **Middle-class British people are talking more alike than ever**
"_Specifically, our research found British people from the corporate world, higher education, and neighbouring fields adopt more similar speech patterns than they used to in the 1990s. And this might have something to do with the growing importance placed on inclusivity in corporate workplaces._"
🔗 **https://theconversation.com/middle-class-british-people-are-talking-more-alike-than-ever-234305**
#English #Language #Linguistics #MiddleClass #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain @linguistics
🔴 **The algorithmic knowledge gap within and between countries: Implications for combatting misinformation**
"_Varying levels of algorithmic knowledge prompted individuals to respond to misinformation differently; those possessing higher algorithmic knowledge were more inclined to undertake actions to combat misinformation on social media than those lacking algorithmic knowledge._"
Chung, M., & Wihbey, J. (2024). The algorithmic knowledge gap within and between countries: Implications for combatting misinformation. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-155
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deceptive behaviour and success on false belief tasks in large language models
🔴 🇪🇸 **Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis**
"_By integrating genetic, archaeological, and historical data, we unveil the presence of an endogamous and consanguineous community in Northern Iberia. Despite centuries of turbulent regional history, this community experienced limited external gene flow. Our findings indicate that this community remained relatively isolated for at least five centuries._"
Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela et al., Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Sci. Adv.10, eadp8625 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8625.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Science #Genetics #DNA #Palaeogenetics #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Iberia #Medieval #Medievodons #Spain #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @anthropology @medievodons
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"The sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and hope."
#OTD in 1844.
Alexandre Dumas père's near-recent historical adventure story Le Comte de Monte-Cristo begins serialization in the Paris newspaper Journal des débats, and continues through to January 1846. Book publication also begins this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Le+Comte+de+Monte-Cristo&submit_search=Go%21
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New #ebook @gutenberg_org: History of the Protestants of France, from the commencement of the Reformation to the present time by Guillaume Félice https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74322
🔴 🎙️ **What is Data Visualization? From the Expert Behind PolicyViz**
"_In this episode Autumn and Dr. Jonathan Schwabish discuss the importance of strategic thinking in data visualization and the key elements of good data._"
🔗 **https://www.breakingmath.io/podcast/what-is-data-visualization-from-the-expert-behind-policyviz**
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The Neolithic farmers and herders who built a massive stone chamber in southern Spain nearly 6,000 years ago seem to have possessed a good rudimentary grasp of physics, geometry, geology and architectural principles. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02776-w?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=78855c964b-nature-briefing-daily-20240827&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-78855c964b-50179668
🔴 **Prozac entering waterways is changing how fish behave and reproduce, study says**
_“Even at low concentrations, fluoxetine altered the guppies’ body condition and increased the size of their gonopodium, while simultaneously reducing sperm velocity – an essential factor for reproductive success,” study co-author Upama Aich from Monash University in Australia said._
🔗 **https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/prozac-waterways-fish-behaviour-pollution-b2602241.html**
#Prozac #Antidepressants #Ecology #Pollution #Science #News @science
🔴 **Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences**
"_In this contribution, we aim to (a) describe the main determinants of low fertility in high-income countries, (b) assess its potential economic consequences, (c) discuss adjustment mechanisms for individuals and economies, (d) propose a simple economic framework to analyze the long-run economic impacts of low fertility, and (e) draw lessons for economic policymakers to react appropriately. While the economic challenges of low fertility are substantial, a thoughtful and consistent policy response can mitigate most of the adverse consequences._"
Bloom, D.E., Kuhn, M. and Prettner, K. (2024) 'Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and consequences,' Annual Review of Economics. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-081523-013750.
#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #Demography #Fertility #Health #PublicHeath #Depopulation #Economics #Academia #Academic #Academics @economics
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The English words '(to) waste', 'vast', and 'to devastate' are all etymologically related.
They come from the Latin adjective 'vāstus' (desolate) and '(dē)vāstāre' (to lay waste).
More distantly, they're related to Spanish 'gastar' (to spend), German 'wüst' (desolate; chaotic), and Dutch 'woestijn' (desert). The infographic shows how.
Latin 'vāstāre' should have produced forms with a /v/ in Romance. The fact that they start with /g/ instead points to Germanic influences. When a ... 1/
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Your use of AI is directly harming the environment I live in: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/your-use-of-ai-harms-the-environment/
🔴 **"Badass"**
"_It seems to me that the positively-evaluated form of badass has become increasingly common, especially as a term of praise for women._"
🔗 **https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65617**
#USPolitics #USPol #Politics #Word #English #Language #Linguistics @linguistics
@lydiaschoch The viruses are so old that humans will have either minimal or no immunity to them.
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Way in the future, when historians discuss the beginning of the Information Age in textbooks to bored teens, they'll lump all the events of the entire 20th century into a single moment of change, exactly like how we in our times think of the hundred-year fall of the Roman Empire as a single event as well.
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Category 2 Hurricane #Gilma this morning in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Winds reaching 105 mph.
@lydiaschoch Most likely dormant ancient viruses.
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#climatechange + #speculators -- Global #coffee prices have soared to record highs as adverse #weather conditions disrupt #crops, driving up costs for consumers and pushing roasters to add lower-cost #beans to their blends, chart @FT https://www.ft.com/content/f02f2888-2349-47be-b484-22c8bcf38b35?segmentId=114a04fe-353d-37db-f705-204c9a0a157b
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
Toots automatically delete after two weeks.
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Joined Nov 2022
