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Author Archives: borderslynn
C02 and Agricultural Practices
Since Neolithic times, when humans became farmers, we have sought ways to change land use to fit our needs. We have terraced hillsides to grow food, we have developed irrigation and switched routes of rivers to benefit land where water … Continue reading
Living Things and the Carbon Dilemma
Since Joseph Black discovered carbon dioxide and chemists began to understand its importance, we have harnessed it for many advantageous applications which assist humans in their endeavours. The medical world has grown thanks to our understanding of how living things … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged breathing, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate warming, CO2, greenhouse gases, industrialization, respiration
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CO2, the Gas of Life
A Scot, Joseph Black discovered Carbon Dioxide in 1755 The Discovery of Carbon Dioxide In Black’s early years at Glasgow, he probably started his work on the chemistry of “magnesia alba“. He submitted his work later for his MD thesis in Edinburgh including the discovery of what … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, carbon cycle, chemistry, CO2, fertilizer, gas of life, Joseph Black, life on earth, oxygen cycle, photosynthesis, pollution
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Another Endocrine Disruptor: Perchlorate
Continuing with my previous theme of fire and toxins, and also looking at another endocrine disrupter, we find this one was invented by chemists during World War Two, as part of rocket propulsion experiments by military weapons makers. Indeed, the … Continue reading
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Tagged endocrine disruptor, explosives, fireworks, matches, perchlorate, rocket fuel toxins
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Plastic Factory Fires: Killer Phthalates
And one YouTube dramatic coverage of a 2013 fire at a Recycling Centre in Sheffield. It is helpful to read this article, written over twenty years ago, which describes how different plastics burn. The Firefighters who attend a plastics factory … Continue reading
Let’s Have “extended producer responsibility”!
Renewable industry manufacturers, whether they be start-ups or high fliers, are rubbing their hands with anticipation of financial wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Governments can sell their concepts to citizens as climate change solutions, winning votes and ensuring election. What … Continue reading
No Landfill for Lithium, Thank you!
If anything is not economic to recycle, we have always dumped it in landfill with a pretence we had no choice. All landfill activity is known to be a last resort, but landfills are growing around the globe despite that. … Continue reading
‘Socioeconomic Divisions have Worsened’
9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict Republished on September 11th, 2021 September 10, 2021 11.47am BST Author Paul RogersProfessor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Disclosure statement Paul Rogers is … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, climate change, Covid, famine, inequality, one percent, people vs people, poverty, profit before people, war on terror, weak vs strong
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Taking Responsibility to Do No Harm
As we mine the resources we say we need to build stuff to ‘combat climate change’ we have, to date, mined irresponsibly. We have farmed irresponsibly and once we humans learned metallurgy, we began to mine irresponsibly. In fact, as … Continue reading
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