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"Global heating will increase risk of parasite outbreaks, say South West Water owners"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

This online map provides information about bathing water locations and their quality for both the latest 2023 season and previous seasons.
The map symbols are colored to reflect the quality status achieved in the most recent season.
The data is presented at two levels:
country (less detailed scales) and bathing water (more detailed scales).
In addition to the 27 EU Member States, the bathing water viewer includes also the data for Albania and Switzerland

State of bathing waters in 2023
We all want to know the quality of 'our' local bathing area, beach or lake, and whether it conforms to EU standards. Below you will find a map viewer that will allow you to view on-line the quality of the bathing water in the around 22 000 coastal beaches and freshwater bathing waters across Europe.

P.T. Barnum approves this grift 👍
‘Anti-Woke’ Water Makes a Splash at Conservative Conference
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-woke-water-makes-a-splash-at-turning-point-usa-conference?ref=home

Anti-Woke Water Makes A Splash at Turning Point USA Conference
“It’s not just refreshing, it’s rebellious, and it’s unapologetic to drink this in public.”

There is an inate Florida-Alberta Desantis-Smith -Stupidity-Consequence parallel happening here but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
#climatechange #climateEmergency #rightwing

This online map provides information about bathing water locations and their quality for both the latest 2023 season and previous seasons.
The map symbols are colored to reflect the quality status achieved in the most recent season.
The data is presented at two levels:
country (less detailed scales) and bathing water (more detailed scales).
In addition to the 27 EU Member States, the bathing water viewer includes also the data for Albania and Switzerland

State of bathing waters in 2023
We all want to know the quality of 'our' local bathing area, beach or lake, and whether it conforms to EU standards. Below you will find a map viewer that will allow you to view on-line the quality of the bathing water in the around 22 000 coastal beaches and freshwater bathing waters across Europe.

What came to my mind yesterday: On those 9h hike, I talked to almost no one.
I didn't listen to music or anything else beyond just ... nature. The wind, myself breathing, my steps, the water, ...
And it never felt boring.
You might call it a full day meditation.
#hiking #meditation

So, the ‘burb with the water park shooting is where Eldest Spawn’s Dad lived until he died last month. White flight landing zone.
I sometimes wonder if places like that carry the bile that propelled so many people there just comes out in other ways.

This is an important story for permacultue people. "The notches in the pattern are geographically disparate and murky, but they underscore one point: what oil was to the 20th century, food and water will be to the 21st – precious, geopolitically powerful and contested". https://www.

Please introduce a public option into the water industry.

Most migrants likely wouldn’t say they’re fleeing climate change.
They’re escaping war, economic uncertainty, social instability and the like.
But climate change multiplies those threats.
It’s not a coincidence that 95% of conflict refugees in 2020 came from global-warming hot spots.
A 2021 study by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found the movement of low-income farmers from Mexico to the U.S. not only tripled during times of drought but …

It’s far cheaper to help migrants before they leave home
As global temperatures rise, so will the frequency of heat waves, droughts, floods, pandemics, natural disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over resources.

"Mapped: 48 Spanish beaches so polluted activists have given them ‘black flags’"
#Spain #Water #Pollution #Environment

Mapped: 48 Spanish beaches so polluted activists have given them 'black flags'
The beaches are suffering from water and plastic pollution, as well as overtourism and development, activists say

Most migrants likely wouldn’t say they’re fleeing climate change.
They’re escaping war, economic uncertainty, social instability and the like.
But climate change multiplies those threats.
It’s not a coincidence that 95% of conflict refugees in 2020 came from global-warming hot spots.
A 2021 study by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found the movement of low-income farmers from Mexico to the U.S. not only tripled during times of drought but …

It’s far cheaper to help migrants before they leave home
As global temperatures rise, so will the frequency of heat waves, droughts, floods, pandemics, natural disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over resources.

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

Dog park time!
Our favorite dog park in Matthews has added gravel around the water bowl area, so now it’s not muddy!
We have the large dog side all to ourselves this afternoon.
Life is good in the summertime as North Carolina classroom teachers!

From #HannaHumenchuk #Ukraine @webdesigneranna@facebook.com
Унікальне видовище! Неймовірна краса! Квітнуть чарівні водяні лілії-німфеї на озері Тельбін у Березняках Києва.
A unique sight! Incredible beauty! Charming water nymphaea lilies bloom on Lake Telbin in Berezniaky, Kyiv.
…

Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague's bag over months (Gloria Oladipo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/18/vermont-republican-water-bag
http://www.memeorandum.com/240618/p41#a240618p41

 
…"#NASA announced even more evidence of plumes erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa. We're becoming increasingly sure that there's a vast ocean of #water beneath Europa's icy crust. But does that ocean have a life?"…

Analysis of water injection heat recovery potential of abandoned oil wells to geothermal wells in northern Shaanxi
Yu Huagui, Liu Shi, Pang Yanyan, Wang Peng, Gao Qian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11483

Analysis of water injection heat recovery potential of abandoned oil wells to geothermal wells in northern Shaanxi
The Chang 2 bottom water reservoir area in the western part of northern Shaanxi is one of the core oil-producing areas in the Ordos Basin.One of the main reservoirs is the Chang 2 reservoir of the Triassic Yanchang Formation, which has good physical conditions, active edge and bottom water, and high geothermal gradient. In this paper, the reservoir numerical simulation software CMG is used to simulate the water intake and heat recovery in the target study area, and the heat recovery rate and he…

Yesterday I went for a second walk, just to nip up to the top of Whiteside (700m). I knew I was over-doing it. But it'll be fine, right? I've done this sort of thing many times.
Well, this morning I can confirm that I'm not as young as I used to be. I can barely stand up. Putting a brave face on it so my wife won't ground me. But a gentle walk around the lake today, I think.
#walking

I've long been fond of the phrase, "the bottom falling out of the bucket" as a reference in #Zen to a kind of irreversible awakening experience. It's used in the 12th c. *Blue Cliff Record.* This story appears to be from a century later, but it's nice (from Paul Reps' *Zen Flesh, Zen Bones*):

What use is Durbin?
I mean, is he just, like, decorative?
And by the way a simple majority of Senators can bypass those rules he points helplessly at.
https://www.newsweek.com/dick-durbin-samuel-alito-subpoena-calls-1913814

I mentioned this on a Unix mail list, and Doug McIlroy replied.
https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112615649865163136

Had je eerder moeten bedenken, VVD-ers.

Analysis of water injection heat recovery potential of abandoned oil wells to geothermal wells in northern Shaanxi
Yu Huagui, Liu Shi, Pang Yanyan, Wang Peng, Gao Qian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11483

Analysis of water injection heat recovery potential of abandoned oil wells to geothermal wells in northern Shaanxi
The Chang 2 bottom water reservoir area in the western part of northern Shaanxi is one of the core oil-producing areas in the Ordos Basin.One of the main reservoirs is the Chang 2 reservoir of the Triassic Yanchang Formation, which has good physical conditions, active edge and bottom water, and high geothermal gradient. In this paper, the reservoir numerical simulation software CMG is used to simulate the water intake and heat recovery in the target study area, and the heat recovery rate and he…

Wel #vangaslos maar de pomp pompt nog geen warmte, de cv-kant lijkt wel het water rond te pompen, maar warm is dat niet. Morgen bellen en melen.

One cup of coffee requires as much water as 4200 GPT prompts.
It's up to you whether you think that's worth it, but let's not pretend that we are currently stripping the planet bare for the sake of AI development. Almost everything else we do has a much bigger ecological impact.
Of course, it's still worth keeping an eye on, and it might explode in the future, but right now, environmental impact is not the biggest problem with AI.

The gentle walk around the lake today was breathtaking, and my knee was grumbling but OK, too.
This was our picnic spot, on Low Ling Crag.
#outdoors #walking #LakeDistrict

Filling the pool on a hot summer day never fails to bring the rain.

Back at it. The conductor immediately recognized my Pacifica Taco Bell sticker and was very happy about that.
#Amtrak #CoastStarlight #Tågskryt

🪐 An outlandish molecule may be lurking inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-outlandish-molecule-lurking-uranus-neptune.html

An outlandish molecule may be lurking inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields
Skoltech scientists and their Chinese colleagues have determined the conditions that enable the existence of a very peculiar ion. Dubbed aquodiium, it can be conceptualized as an ordinary neutral molecule of water with two additional protons stuck to it, resulting in a net double positive charge.

Entirely too hot, entirely too early. Humidex of 93°F (34°C) before 10:00 AM. Broke it off after wilting at 5 km. Walked a bit further because I was in a previously unexplored section of the greenway and was curious to see what was around the next bend. Then decided to run another 5 km, even if I suffered.
Not geese today, but vultures. A worse omen, for sure. “Just how bad is my fitness?”, I wondered. 🪦 #Running

#CarrieRichards #DanielleCorley
Season 7 Episode 18 "Hot Water"
#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx

Well this is a lovely spot, just 8 minutes walk from where we are staying.
#outdoors #LakeDistrict

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Local grafting heterogeneities control water intrusion and extrusion in nanopores
Hydrophobic nanoporous materials can be intruded by water only by exerting an external action, typically increasing pressure. For some materials, water extrudes when the pressure is lowered again. Controlling intrusion/extrusion hysteresis is central in a number of technological applications, including materials for energy applications and for high performance liquid chromatography, and experimental techniques, as liquid porosimetry, but is still far from being understood. In this work, we cons…

Phase-resolving the absorption signatures of water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS
Joost P. Wardenier, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Xianyu Tan, Shang-Min Tsai, Jacob L. Bean, Jayne L. Birkby, Matteo Brogi, Jean-Michel D\'esert, Siddharth Gandhi, Elspeth K. H. Lee, Colette I. Levens, Lorenzo Pino, Peter C. B. Smith

Phase-resolving the absorption signatures of water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS
Ultra-hot Jupiters are among the best targets for atmospheric characterization at high spectral resolution. Resolving their transmission spectra as a function of orbital phase offers a unique window into the 3D nature of these objects. In this work, we present three transits of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b observed with Gemini-S/IGRINS. For the first time, we measure the phase-dependent absorption signals of CO and H$_{\text{2}}$O in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, and we find that they are …

Enabling robots to follow abstract instructions and complete complex dynamic tasks
Ruaridh Mon-Williams, Gen Li, Ran Long, Wenqian Du, Chris Lucas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11231

Enabling robots to follow abstract instructions and complete complex dynamic tasks
Completing complex tasks in unpredictable settings like home kitchens challenges robotic systems. These challenges include interpreting high-level human commands, such as "make me a hot beverage" and performing actions like pouring a precise amount of water into a moving mug. To address these challenges, we present a novel framework that combines Large Language Models (LLMs), a curated Knowledge Base, and Integrated Force and Visual Feedback (IFVF). Our approach interprets abstract instructions…

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$^6$Li-loaded liquid scintillators produced by direct dissolution of compounds in diisopropylnaphthalene (DIPN)
The paper describes preparation of $^6$Li-loaded liquid scintillators by methods involving direct dissolution of $^6$Li salts in the commercial diisopropylnaphthalene (DIPN) solvent, without the formation of water-in-oil emulsions. Methods include incorporation of $^6$Li that, unlike previously reported formulations, does not require additions of water or a strong acid such as hydrochloric acid (HCl). Results of the conducted experiments show that dissolution of aromatic and aliphatic $^6$Li sa…

Hey guys - this is the first photo I found worth sharing from my Saturday hike
Reviewing my #photos, I realized that it was a great day - yet with the clouds and very ambient light, a lot of photos look really flat due to the lack of good shadows
Well I'll spend a bit more in post-processing then but there will be 1-2 good photos ... and in the ideal case .. I might even come up w…

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Measurement of $γ$-rays generated by neutron interaction with ${}^{16}$O at 30 MeV and 250 MeV
Deep understanding of $γ$-ray production from the fast neutron reaction in water is crucial for various physics studies at large-scale water Cherenkov detectors. We performed test experiments using quasi-mono energetic neutron beams ($E_n = 30$ and 250~MeV) at Osaka University's Research Center for Nuclear Physics to measure $γ$-rays originating from the neutron-oxygen reaction with a high-purity germanium detector. Multiple $γ$-ray peaks which are expected to be from excited nuclei after th…

"Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk"
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Pollution

#Fotovorschlag "Am Fluss" / "by the river" -- I hope a frozen river/stream counts as well!
Early this year we had some really cold days and I was really eager how much this #waterfall was frozen. So I went up the stream /

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.15250 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXi…

Local grafting heterogeneities control water intrusion and extrusion in nanopores
Hydrophobic nanoporous materials can be intruded by water only by exerting an external action, typically increasing pressure. For some materials, water extrudes when the pressure is lowered again. Controlling intrusion/extrusion hysteresis is central in a number of technological applications, including materials for energy applications and for high performance liquid chromatography, and experimental techniques, as liquid porosimetry, but is still far from being understood. In this work, we cons…

Phase-resolving the absorption signatures of water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS
Joost P. Wardenier, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Xianyu Tan, Shang-Min Tsai, Jacob L. Bean, Jayne L. Birkby, Matteo Brogi, Jean-Michel D\'esert, Siddharth Gandhi, Elspeth K. H. Lee, Colette I. Levens, Lorenzo Pino, Peter C. B. Smith

Phase-resolving the absorption signatures of water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS
Ultra-hot Jupiters are among the best targets for atmospheric characterization at high spectral resolution. Resolving their transmission spectra as a function of orbital phase offers a unique window into the 3D nature of these objects. In this work, we present three transits of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b observed with Gemini-S/IGRINS. For the first time, we measure the phase-dependent absorption signals of CO and H$_{\text{2}}$O in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, and we find that they are …

EPA chief vows to take on Republican-led states over pollution rules rollback
Republican-led states attacking protections shielding disadvantaged communities from industrial pollution will be confronted by the Biden administration,
the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned.
Michael Regan, administrator of the EPA, denied abandoning those who face the brunt of air and water contamination in the US.
Regan said that Biden has
“gone further t…

Phase-resolving the absorption signatures of water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS
Joost P. Wardenier, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Xianyu Tan, Shang-Min Tsai, Jacob L. Bean, Jayne L. Birkby, Matteo Brogi, Jean-Michel D\'esert, Siddharth Gandhi, Elspeth K. H. Lee, Colette I. Levens, Lorenzo Pino, Peter C. B. Smith

 
Dark #landscape study in #blackandwhite presents a brilliant hazy #Moon above a black ridge of #trees, reflected below in white shimmers on water. Mostly #black composition. Strong #MoonPhoto retooted from #photog Markus (@…). Striking #image, Markus.
🔗 #Monochrome #KronoMoonPhoto #MoonOverMastodon #dark #moody #reflection #atmospheric #nature #photography

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06219 has been replaced.
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Mind the gap: Distinguishing disc substructures and their impact on the composition of the inner disc
Improved observational technologies have enabled the resolution of substructures and the measurement of chemical abundances in protoplanetary discs. Understanding the chemical composition of the inner disc allows us to infer the building blocks available for planet formation. Recently, the depletion of water in the inner disc has been suggested to be linked to the presence of substructures like gaps and rings further out in the disc. We investigate this hypothesis further by running 1D semi-ana…

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Dynamic control of active droplets using light-responsive chiral liquid crystal environment
Microscopic active droplets are of interest since they can be used to transport matter from one point to another. The challenge is to control the trajectory. In this work, we demonstrate an approach to control the direction of active droplet propulsion by a photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystal environment. The active droplet represents a water dispersion of bacterial B. subtilis microswimmers. When placed in a cholesteric, a surfactant-stabilized active droplet distorts the local director…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06219 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Mind the gap: Distinguishing disc substructures and their impact on the composition of the inner disc
Improved observational technologies have enabled the resolution of substructures and the measurement of chemical abundances in protoplanetary discs. Understanding the chemical composition of the inner disc allows us to infer the building blocks available for planet formation. Recently, the depletion of water in the inner disc has been suggested to be linked to the presence of substructures like gaps and rings further out in the disc. We investigate this hypothesis further by running 1D semi-ana…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12116 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXi…

Dynamic control of active droplets using light-responsive chiral liquid crystal environment
Microscopic active droplets are of interest since they can be used to transport matter from one point to another. The challenge is to control the trajectory. In this work, we demonstrate an approach to control the direction of active droplet propulsion by a photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystal environment. The active droplet represents a water dispersion of bacterial B. subtilis microswimmers. When placed in a cholesteric, a surfactant-stabilized active droplet distorts the local director…