Fusion Breakthrough? Well...
The latest breathless news about fusion misses the point that the single shot that took weeks to prepare would have to be repeated 100,000 to a million times faster, with an increase in efficiency of 1000-10,000 times higher, and a cost a millionth cheaper.
Still "decades away" from even a commercially viable demonstration.
Meanwhile, wind and solar generation is skyrocketing.
Many freshwater fish species have declined by 76 percent in less than 50 years
The global assessment, described as the first of its kind, found that populations of migratory #freshwater #fish have #declined by 76 % between 1970 and 2016—a higher rate of decline than both marine and terrestrial migratory species.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/migratory-freshwater-fish-decline-globally/
New Mastodonian here!
I joined for:
#environment
#climatecrisis
#biodiversity
#bioengineering
#datascience
#guitar
#coffee
#beer
I work at:
#IISD Experimental Lakes Area
on #freshwater
I'm here for fun and learning... No toxic politics please!
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