Personnaly, I found it very funny to read this specific sentence. Thank you for reminding it to me!

like a sort of evil lemon

Fukushima Contaminated Water Risk Factor: Global Implications | February 12, 2025 | published by Environmental Science & Technology, Vol 59/Issue 7

Synopsis

The disposal of Fukushima’s contaminated water poses profound and potentially catastrophic risks to the environment, possibly exceeding initial expectations.

Abstract

The discharge of Fukushima radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean started in August 2023, posing comprehensive threats to marine ecosystems and human health globally. This study introduces the Fukushima Contaminated Water Risk Factor (FCWRF), which integrates three components─radionuclide diffusion, bioaccumulation, and global seafood trade─to evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of risks based on actual discharge practices. Results suggest that comprehensive risks exceeding 2 orders of magnitude beyond the baseline will be transferred to six continents globally. Furthermore, the spread of such risks is projected to be six times faster than radionuclide diffusion. In the simulation, the results illustrated a small increase in radionuclide activity occurring in most regions of the Pacific Ocean. Nevertheless, the dimensionless FCWRF based on a novel integrated framework bridges the barriers among different fields in the risk assessment of radionuclides, thereby underpinning timely and effective responses from the global community.

I believe when we talk about emission related to the US we shouldn’t take into account only the emissions inside the country, but also those created by the US elsewhere, from its military for example. And this is a problem that dates way back, long before the last couple of elections.

The US military’s carbon footprint is mind-bogglingly big. Here’s how they could cut it | BBC Science Focus

The US military is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any institution on Earth, generating an estimated 636 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent (a standardised measure of greenhouse gas emissions) between 2010 and 2019.

If it were a country, this would make the US military rank 47th globally in emissions, ahead of nations like Sweden and Portugal.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. These figures only include what’s known (…)

But accounting for global military emissions is a tricky business. Because the reporting is voluntary

Maybe. The important thing is to participate in this boycott. After that, it’s ok do all the silly things in the world!

I thought of adding an archive link because the content is not visible for some regions.

The answer to this is a bit nuanced since solarpunk is not a political movement per se. Still, to reply to your question as best as I could say through political approaches like social ecology and anarchy, but I wouldn’t want to restrict it.

For more on this, check out the 2 links in my previous comment.

I only watched a few minutes of this video and stopped because it is too ill informed about solarpunk. Maybe it gets better, but the intro made me think that it is not worth my time.

Solarpunk is on the anticapitalist spectrum. The projects portrayed in this video as solarpunk are most certainly not. They are part of the greenwashing of eco-capitalist approaches.

Edit: If anyone would be interested to understand what solarpunk is and were it stands, andrewism would be a good starting point

So, again, what are they trying to argue here? The only environmentally responsible option is to leave Gaza destroyed?

From the study itself (4. Discussion & 5. Concluding remarks), this is not what I got. On the contrary, it seems to me like they try to make some calculations/estimations/evaluations so that this is something that takes place.

The point of this study, to my understanding, is to calculates some of the aftermath of this ongoing genocide, concerning debris, carbon emissions, time frames, and implications for rebuilding. No?

Is this supposed to sway eco conscious genocide supporters?

This is not the way I understood this article. It seems to me it is one more argument for the case of continuous ethnic cleansing for so many decades.

If we agree that

most frequently, however, the aim of ethnic cleansing is to expel the despised ethnic group through either indirect coercion or direct force, and to ensure that return is impossible,

then by bombing all buildings, homes and infrastructure, they force people to go somewhere else and in the same time restrict them from coming back, since there is nothing to come back to.

So in this study, they actually measure the not coming back for decades part

Edit: I did several edits. I stop now.

Thanks for the input, I had heard that cork harvesting is considered a sustainable production, but hadn’t looked into it at all. If I got this right, it doesn’t hurt the oak cork trees at all.

That said, if I imagine a corporation like coca-cola wanted to shift to corks, I suppose the demand for them would rise due to how many beverages they sale and more oak corks would need to be planted. Wouldn’t this mean disturbing some existing ecosystems, perhaps clear-cutting some areas of other trees to create new monocultures, just to meet demands?

So in a way I can see how sustainable cork harvesting is in a small scale, but I don’t think it would be the same if big corporations are involved. Something like that.

I dunno. Cork comes from tree bark, and I would prefer “we” don’t incentivise corporations to mess more with trees.

Also, what they suggest in the article sounds pretty feasible: cleaning the caps before sealing, as well as changing stuff in the manufacturing procedures.

If you ask me, my favourite solution would be to use our own bottles or flasks and refill them with the beverage of our choice at specific places. I know we are not used to that, but in the same time it’s not that difficult either.

I haven’t read the report itself, just the abstract. There it looks like they ackgnowledge other parameters, but their main focus in this one is around depopulation in Japan.

Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan

Irrespective of human population increase or decrease, biodiversity losses continue among most species studied mainly because of change in agricultural land use, either due to urbanization, disuse and abandonment, or intensification.

Here is a very interesting story about baboons in less than 4 minutes.

Dr Robert Sapolsky and the Keekorok Baboon Troop

I pointed out that propaganda is present not only in China, but in the US as well. I tried to expand the argument, not talk about something else. At least that was my intention.

And what about this thing you said for slrpnk.net is the new lemmy.ml?

Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean. Could you please explain?

Yep, propaganda is a thing and it’s getting worst, but not only for state-controlled media. For example, Propaganda in the United States

is spread by both government and non-government entities. Throughout its history, to the present day, the United States government has issued various forms of propaganda to both domestic and international audiences.

Talking about international audiences, it looks like:

Trump’s Gutting of RFA Hurts Press Freedom – And Helps Its Opponents – Across Asia | The Diplomat

RFA and VOA had been the most accessible alternatives to state media for many people in countries like China and North Korea. Not anymore.

And there is the Lancet Report:

Gaza death toll 40% higher than the official number, Lancet study finds - The Guardian

Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65

The actual report: Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis

I didn’t know the Henry Jackson Society mentioned in this article. By doing a quick search I found this article, and it looks like it is funded by Zionists.

Islamophobia sponsored by Zionist think tanks

If you have info links contradicting it, please share.

Edit: the strikethrough