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Post by rainbow » Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:01 am

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Post by macdoc » Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:49 pm

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Post by macdoc » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:48 pm

What a different life ... enjoyed this read
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Sheep and herders travel along a country road in Molise, southern Italy, in late May. They are headed to a high pasture near the town of Roccamandolfi, part of the biannual transhumance journey. (Cindi Emond/CBC)
An ancient practice at peril
Seasonal droving of livestock, known as transhumance, has survived in rural Europe and around the world. As it gains newfound respect, though, pastoralists say without more support, the practice is at risk.
https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/fe ... ce-at-risk

and I learned a new word..... transhumance :ab:
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Post by Svartalf » Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:06 pm

I admit I'm surprised, in France, herd owners who do it tend to transport the livestock by truck, or even helicopter, rather than make them walk...
sending herds of slow moving beasts all over the public roads would be the fastest way to be hated by enough people that an anti transhumance lobby might very well become strong enough to have the practice banned.
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Post by rainbow » Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:22 pm

Svartalf wrote:
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I admit I'm surprised, in France, herd owners who do it tend to transport the livestock by truck, or even helicopter, rather than make them walk...
sending herds of slow moving beasts all over the public roads would be the fastest way to be hated by enough people that an anti transhumance lobby might very well become strong enough to have the practice banned.
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Post by Svartalf » Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:49 pm

dammit, no goat or heifer for ewe, we mainlanders prefer hot bitches to farm animals
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Post by macdoc » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:58 am

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An easy way for dairy farmers to reduce their climate impact
by Lorena Anderson, University of California - Merced

Research reveals an easy way for dairy farmers to reduce their climate impact
Study collaborators held a demonstration of how biochar is created. Credit: Juan Rodriguez
Adding even a small amount of biochar—a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter—to a dairy's manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows.
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-easy-dair ... mpact.html
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:36 am

A charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter eh!
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Post by rainbow » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:22 pm

macdoc wrote:
Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:58 am
wow
An easy way for dairy farmers to reduce their climate impact
by Lorena Anderson, University of California - Merced

Research reveals an easy way for dairy farmers to reduce their climate impact
Study collaborators held a demonstration of how biochar is created. Credit: Juan Rodriguez
Adding even a small amount of biochar—a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter—to a dairy's manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows.
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-easy-dair ... mpact.html
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Post by Svartalf » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:40 pm

if eating charcoal helps you be less gassy, why would charcoal in the mix not help with diminishing methane emissions?
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Post by rainbow » Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:47 pm

Svartalf wrote:
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if eating charcoal helps you be less gassy, why would charcoal in the mix not help with diminishing methane emissions?
:prof: The adsorption of gasses on activated carbon is a reversible one. :prof:
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Post by Svartalf » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:36 pm

Mommy, what was that?
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Post by macdoc » Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:17 pm

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The entire glacier captures light from the sky and bounces it around
We took this in a flight over A Denali glacier which we landed on.

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Post by rasetsu » Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:38 pm

According to a recent study, a new small-molecule compound that regulates the firing of serotonergic neurons has a fast-acting antidepressant effect. The results pave the way for the development of a new class of treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and other difficult-to-treat mood disorders. MDD is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting hundreds of millions of individuals globally.

The majority of today’s antidepressants target the serotonin transporter (SERT). These drugs, however, are limited. SERT-targeted antidepressants not only take up to 4 weeks to take effect, but they may also have serious side effects, including suicide, and only a percentage of individuals who take them recover from depression following treatment. While ketamine has been considered as an alternative, its potentially addictive properties as well as the danger of schizophrenia have aroused concerns.

As a result, there is a need for new, fast-acting antidepressant targets and compounds without these serious drawbacks. Here, Nan Sun and colleagues present one such solution. Sun and his team designed a fast-onset antidepressant that works by disrupting the interaction between SERT and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS).

The authors found that disassociating SERT from nNOS in the brains of mice reduced intercellular serotonin in a brain region called the dorsal raphe nucleus. This enhanced serotonergic neuron activity in this area and dramatically increased serotonin release into the medial prefrontal cortex. According to the findings, this resulted in a fast-acting antidepressant effect in a mouse model of MDD.

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