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"A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia"
#Indonesia #Satellites #Environment

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia
“The whale sharks are a good omen for the fishers because they know when the whale sharks come, that means that lots of small fish or anchovies are around,” says Edy Setyawan, the lead conservation scientist of the Elasmobranch Institute Indonesia. It is the relationship between whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and fishers in Indonesia that […]

X launches Custom Timelines, a Grok-powered feature letting users pin any of over 75 topics to their home tab, in early access to Premium subscribers on iOS (Nikita Bier/@nikitabier)
https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2046736181002645520

Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) on X
Ladies and gentlemen, today we're launching one of our biggest changes to 𝕏 Introducing Custom Timelines This feature allows you to pin a specific topic to your home tab. With support for over 75 topics, you can dive deep into your favorite niche on X. It's powered by Grok's

WBD's board determines that Paramount's latest offer of $31/share is a "Company Superior Proposal", triggering a four-day period in which Netflix can counter (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Wow look at the dark patch of red background behind the thin spindles — the Bravia 9 struggles — and that’s their most PREMIUM model! Their prototype is killing it.
Screenshot from Vincent Teoh’s HDTVTest channel on the (annual?) invitation tour of Sony HQ in Japan for tech press and YouTubers https://youtu.be/BVcTeXdZjV4

#resist #protest #broligarchy #oligarchy

"How chemicals from our laptops and TVs have ended up in the brains of dolphins and porpoises"
#Oceans #Environment #Technology

E-waste chemicals found in the brains of dolphins and porpoises
A new study has warned that liquid crystal monomers from electronic devices are accumulating in the organs of endangered marine species.

"Portugal tops EU leaderboard as over 80% of electricity in January came from renewables"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Portugal

Portugal tops latest EU leaderboard for renewable energy - report
Portugal’s electricity production last month was largely led by hydro and wind power, according to a new report.

"Plastic washing at recycling plants can spike phthalates in wastewater, study suggests"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

Plastic washing at recycling plants can spike phthalates in wastewater, study suggests
Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're processed into new products, according to a new study by an Iowa State University research group. Researchers from Iowa State's Polymer and Food Protection Consortium tested common industrial plastic-washing practices and found that some methods left the wash water with high levels of two types of phthalates—a class of widely used additives linked to cancer risks and hormone…

"Dutch buildings could host 36 GW of façade solar capacity"
#Netherlands #SolarPower #Energy

Dutch buildings could host 36 GW of façade solar capacity
A new report from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) estimates that building façades could offer up to 36 GW of technical solar PV potential, representing a significant but largely untapped resource. However, high costs, regulatory complexity, and lower performance compared to rooftop systems limit widespread adoption, currently making façade PV a niche solution for specific building types.