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Reply to comment by [deleted] in COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge. Looking at unvaccinated women, you still have an increased death rate, and increased neonatal mortality. If you are vaccinated and boosted, especially with a mRNA vaccine, those levels drop by 81%. by Wagamaga
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DaDutchBoyLT1 t1_j69ir68 wrote
Reply to comment by tjcanno in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
A basic understanding of material science.
verstohlen t1_j69il6d wrote
Reply to comment by CompromisedCEO in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Mercury and plastics in fish, and the Fukishima incident, Japan dumping radioactive water into the ocean have me questioning my decision to eat a tuna sandwich for lunch.
scaleofthought t1_j69iivp wrote
Reply to comment by tjcanno in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
... do you really need a 55 page scientific study that you'll never read to logically explain that UV light doesn't make plastic magically vanish?
Or uh.... Can we just assume within reason that plastic just doesn't disappear because the weather was good, and rather UV light makes plastic brittle, causing it to break down into micro plastics?
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[deleted] t1_j69i4uw wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge. Looking at unvaccinated women, you still have an increased death rate, and increased neonatal mortality. If you are vaccinated and boosted, especially with a mRNA vaccine, those levels drop by 81%. by Wagamaga
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MusicIsTheWay t1_j69htjo wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Degradation of plastics does not equate to plastics actually being removed.
resumethrowaway222 t1_j69hqeq wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
We gotta break down that ozone layer to clear the plastic out of our oceans faster!
Own-Deal5242 t1_j69hawt wrote
Reply to Neanderthals collected dozens of skulls of large mammals in a cave in central Spain, in what researchers say is a unique example of complex “symbolic” behaviour. Remnants of ancient bison and other large mammals might have been kept as hunting trophies. by the_phet
The first Predator's visit.....
gerundive t1_j69h22l wrote
Reply to comment by jsudarskyvt in Thresholds for Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Pond Formation Will Be Reached Sooner than Previously Thought Even Under Moderate Warming Scenarios, New Research Shows by 9273629397759992
Predictions around climate change which are happening to a greater extent and faster than predicted receive more attention.
gerundive t1_j69gdej wrote
Reply to comment by K1lgoreTr0ut in Thresholds for Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Pond Formation Will Be Reached Sooner than Previously Thought Even Under Moderate Warming Scenarios, New Research Shows by 9273629397759992
> Scientists in this field tend to use conservative estimates to avoid being accused of alarmism.
Surely scientists in this field give probabilities for low, medium and high risk scenarios?
jlp29548 t1_j69g8pb wrote
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Reply to COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge. Looking at unvaccinated women, you still have an increased death rate, and increased neonatal mortality. If you are vaccinated and boosted, especially with a mRNA vaccine, those levels drop by 81%. by Wagamaga
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kaybee915 t1_j69fi2d wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
They disappear? Did big plastic pay for this science?
CompromisedCEO t1_j69fg9g wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Nah, they just end up on the ocean floor or in your blood stream.
giuliomagnifico OP t1_j69fals wrote
Reply to comment by Stardust_Staubsauger in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
>Potentially, there may be good news in this research, says Niemann. "In part, the plastic breaks down into substances that can be completely broken down by bacteria. But for another part, the plastic remains in the water as invisible nanoparticles."
Although
> We need to continue investigating the fate of the remaining plastic. Also, we need to investigate what all this micro and nano plastic does to marine life. Even more important”, Niemann stresses, “is to stop plastic littering all together, as this thickens the ocean’s plastic soup.
DamonFields t1_j69etcq wrote
Reply to Daughters of mothers with healthier lifestyles have fewer depressive symptoms, study finds by chrisdh79
It's almost like healthy lifestyles make for healthy humans.
tjcanno t1_j69elm9 wrote
Reply to comment by Hot-Specialist-6824 in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Please cite scientific studies that back those claims up. Not just arm waving scaremongering.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge. Looking at unvaccinated women, you still have an increased death rate, and increased neonatal mortality. If you are vaccinated and boosted, especially with a mRNA vaccine, those levels drop by 81%. by Wagamaga
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Reply to comment by slo1111 in COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge. Looking at unvaccinated women, you still have an increased death rate, and increased neonatal mortality. If you are vaccinated and boosted, especially with a mRNA vaccine, those levels drop by 81%. by Wagamaga
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Hot-Specialist-6824 t1_j69dzbs wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Disappear from the surface is the key phrase. Most of it's still there, just in micro particles which still get eaten by sea life, still enter the food chain, still poison and kill.
Taxoro t1_j69j2ao wrote
Reply to comment by Hot-Specialist-6824 in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
>Floating microplastic is broken down into ever smaller, invisible nanoplastic particles that spread across the entire water column, but also to compounds that can then be completely broken down by bacteria.