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Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by tochatihu, Oct 22, 2015.

  1. bisco

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    somewhat related, with amazing video:
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    Few sunken wooden ships in salt water last long. Shipworms are a mollusc and if your ship sinks where they live, buh-bye.

    Wood at sea is not a novel food source, as driftwood has been supplied for 100's millions years.

    Resist the urge to speculate that Antarctic region lacks shipworms because it does not supply driftwood. Resist.
     
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    Shackleton’s sunken ship “Endurance”, recently found in the sea off Antarctica, appears to be in a very good state of preservation.
     
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    As linked by @bisco . Endurance turns out to be a fitting name.

    Probably has never been a ship named Teredo. That's just asking for it.
     
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    Pig heart lasts 2 months longer than its original owner:

    US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months | AP News

    There are other ways to describe this new medical procedure of course. I have had involvement with this topic, by word editing not gene editing. Several porcine genes making proteins that human immune systems react to, need to be suppressed. There are also some viruses needing to be dealt with. Pigs are grown in a very complicated way, and are actually partially humanized chimeras.

    The few I saw were said to be worth USD$1 million each. Bacon for $9/lb? Big deal.
     
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    Hummm, you have met a horned helmeted, metal brasier, woman's liberation advocate:
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    I did not have to read the article. Modern agriculture including fertilizer predicted the outcome. But Brazil is different.

    Just clear cut the jungle and grow sugar cane until the land is exhausted ... <MEGA SIGH>

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    I think sugar cane area in Brazil peaked about 2015. They are now leaning into soy and corn. And leather which I fear will lead to bob posting another unforgettable image.

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    PNAS article also had useful info on agric leakage of nitrogen and phosphorus.
     
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    I've applied at a place where the mouse chimera strains were described as priceless.

    If it is the article I read about, the new research also takes into account the land being used for better carbon balance purposes.
     
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    While one can xenotransplant porcine organs, I guess we should not eat their meat. Seems canniballistic.
     
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    Hunters (let us generously call them so) install lead (Pb) into uncollected targets. That lead kills up the food chain as well established (at least for vultures) in N Amer. And now, here;s Europe:

    The impact of lead poisoning from ammunition sources on raptor populations in Europe - ScienceDirect

    It is a fine thing, perhaps, that ammosexuals have broad freedoms to disperse these toxins. Freedoms! But other members of food chains there be, lacking choice and votes and Constitutional Amendments in their favor. So, they die.

    I've linked another paywalled article, so see my previous comment.
     
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    there is the excess deer population, bows and arrows
     
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    If it's any consolation, lead-free ammo is much much more popular than in days of old.
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    Don't let the DEC catch ya out of season.
     
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