#carbonmonoxide — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carbonmonoxide, aggregated by home.social.
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#SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction
Tom Perkins
Thu 23 Jul 2026Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.
"Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-originArchived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution
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#SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction
Tom Perkins
Thu 23 Jul 2026Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.
"Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-originArchived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution
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The scale, which runs from 0 to 500, was designed by the #EPA & measures the density of five different #pollutants in the #air: ground-level #ozone, #particulates, #CarbonMonoxide, #NitrogenDioxide & #SulfurDioxide.
Several spots in northeastern Minnesota, closest to the fires recorded had AQI readings well into the “hazardous” range on Wednesday.
#wildfires #PublicHealth #AirQuality #pollution #air #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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The scale, which runs from 0 to 500, was designed by the #EPA & measures the density of five different #pollutants in the #air: ground-level #ozone, #particulates, #CarbonMonoxide, #NitrogenDioxide & #SulfurDioxide.
Several spots in northeastern Minnesota, closest to the fires recorded had AQI readings well into the “hazardous” range on Wednesday.
#wildfires #PublicHealth #AirQuality #pollution #air #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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Donald Trump's hair-raising day as he pardons more criminals and makes startling admission
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/trump-pardons-reading-100-bill-37386076
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Man who killed neighbour with a potato found dead in his flat during livestream
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Man who killed neighbour with a potato found dead in his flat during livestream
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UGI Utilities warns of rising carbon monoxide emergencies. Know the signs, install detectors, and protect your family from this silent killer. Stay safe and be vigilant. #SafetyFirst #CarbonMonoxide
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Suspected Gas Leak Claims Dozens of Lives in Nigerian Mine
Over 30 miners died in Plateau State, Nigeria on February 18 due to a suspected gas leak. This raises concerns about safety in Nigerian mines.
#NigeriaMineGasLeak, #PlateauState, #MiningSafety, #CarbonMonoxide, #NigerianNews
https://newsletter.tf/nigeria-mine-gas-leak-kills-30-miners-plateau-state-february-18/
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At least 30 miners died in Nigeria on February 18 due to a suspected gas leak, a higher number than many previous incidents.
#NigeriaMineGasLeak, #PlateauState, #MiningSafety, #CarbonMonoxide, #NigerianNews
https://newsletter.tf/nigeria-mine-gas-leak-kills-30-miners-plateau-state-february-18/
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Carbon Monoxide Dangers Rise After Snowstorms
After snowstorms, blocked vents can cause dangerous carbon monoxide gas to build up in homes. Learn how to stay safe.
#CarbonMonoxide, #SnowSafety, #HomeSafety, #WinterDangers, #PublicHealth
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Heavy snow can block the vents for your home's heating systems. This can cause a dangerous gas called carbon monoxide to build up inside. Please check your vents and make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working.
#CarbonMonoxide, #SnowSafety, #HomeSafety, #WinterDangers, #PublicHealth
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Hidden #tree #bark #microbes munch on important #climate gases
Knowing these vast #microbiomes' preferences might help customize #reforestation plans
The #treebark microbes feast on #hydrogen, #methane and #carbonmonoxide. Methane is a #greenhousegas 28 times more potent than #carbondioxide over a 100-yr. Carbon monoxide — which is lethal to humans — and hydrogen enhance #globalwarming indirectly, by helping methane persist longer in atmosphere.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tree-bark-microbes-climate-gases
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Hidden #tree #bark #microbes munch on important #climate gases
Knowing these vast #microbiomes' preferences might help customize #reforestation plans
The #treebark microbes feast on #hydrogen, #methane and #carbonmonoxide. Methane is a #greenhousegas 28 times more potent than #carbondioxide over a 100-yr. Carbon monoxide — which is lethal to humans — and hydrogen enhance #globalwarming indirectly, by helping methane persist longer in atmosphere.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tree-bark-microbes-climate-gases
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OK, have #seeed #adafruit #iot sensor code ready. Here is my #CO #CarbonMonoxide test setup.
Out of plastic bag Co is 0. when I exhale into bag co is 7 ppm
mission accomplished. Will publish code, because this is nowhere to be found on the vast internet.
This is a setup with wio-terminal and seeed multichannel gas sensor v2
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OK, have #seeed #adafruit #iot sensor code ready. Here is my #CO #CarbonMonoxide test setup.
Out of plastic bag Co is 0. when I exhale into bag co is 7 ppm
mission accomplished. Will publish code, because this is nowhere to be found on the vast internet.
This is a setup with wio-terminal and seeed multichannel gas sensor v2
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Winter turns deadly as space heaters and braziers cause 14 deaths across North India due to suffocation and toxic fumes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/14-dead-delhi-bihar-kashmir-space-heaters-silent-killers-winter-onyh5juw?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WinterHorror #SpaceHeaterDeaths #SilentKiller #CarbonMonoxide
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M&S 'carbon monoxide leak': 11 hospitalised in 'major incident' in Charlton
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ms-carbon-monoxide-leak-11-36411698
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My carbon monoxide alarm was going off, red light flashing on the and green light on the right. It was pointed on very recently that it should have been replaced. What does it mean? Is it still accurate? Thanks in advance 😊
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My carbon monoxide alarm was going off, red light flashing on the and green light on the right. It was pointed on very recently that it should have been replaced. What does it mean? Is it still accurate? Thanks in advance 😊
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Wanting oceans and clear skies around the nearest twin-sun pair to Earth imposes some rather alien but spectacular results: red skies, black seas, -200 degree temperatures, and more...
Read the whole story at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2025/10/02/black-seas-red-sky-three-suns-worldbuilding-ez-aquarii/
This post's featured image is a red-shifted version of Ivan Aivazovsky's "The Black Sea".
#worldbuilding #oceans #atmospheres #exoticoceans #exoticatmospheres #alienlife #scifi #sciencefiction #alienoceans #seas #methane #carbonmonoxide #twinsuns
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Wanting oceans and clear skies around the nearest twin-sun pair to Earth imposes some rather alien but spectacular results: red skies, black seas, -200 degree temperatures, and more...
Read the whole story at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2025/10/02/black-seas-red-sky-three-suns-worldbuilding-ez-aquarii/
This post's featured image is a red-shifted version of Ivan Aivazovsky's "The Black Sea".
#worldbuilding #oceans #atmospheres #exoticoceans #exoticatmospheres #alienlife #scifi #sciencefiction #alienoceans #seas #methane #carbonmonoxide #twinsuns
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We are headed into the season of the Nobel Prize. Announcements of awards will begin on October 6, with the Physics Prize being announced on the 7th. This year, I decided to have some fun in the “fediverse” and try to tease some nuggets out of the wisdom of the crowd.
While crowds are, in fact, not always wise, it is nonetheless fun to use some of the tools of the open social web to prompt […]
https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2025/09/23/fediversing-the-2025-physics-prize/
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Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets #CarbonMonoxide Poisoning https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-experiments-show-fast-acting-antidote-targets-carbon-monoxide/
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Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets #CarbonMonoxide Poisoning https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-experiments-show-fast-acting-antidote-targets-carbon-monoxide/
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"An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria.
Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it through urine, researchers report in the Aug. 12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-monoxide-antidote-bacteria
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"An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria.
Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it through urine, researchers report in the Aug. 12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-monoxide-antidote-bacteria
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New Protein Therapy Shows Promise as Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
#HackerNews #NewProteinTherapy #Antidote #CarbonMonoxide #Poisoning #HealthInnovation #MedicalResearch
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New Protein Therapy Shows Promise as Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
#HackerNews #NewProteinTherapy #Antidote #CarbonMonoxide #Poisoning #HealthInnovation #MedicalResearch
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The Surprising Roles of Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide in Your Brain
#BrainGases #Neuroscience #CarbonDioxide #CarbonMonoxide #Gasotransmitters #NeuralHealth #BrainRegulation #CerebralBloodFlow #NeuroProtection #BiologicalGases #BrainScience #Neurobiology #GasSignaling #HealthAndScience #BrainFunction
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Okay, hive mind…I need a little help! We need to replace our hardwired Nest Protects (smart smoke & CO detectors) in September because Google, in their infinite wisdom 🙄, decided to discontinue this truly top notch product just months before ours turn 10 and stop working. Aaargh!
Does anyone have a hardwired smoke/CO detector — smart or otherwise — that they would recommend?
#SmokeDetector #CarbonMonoxide #HomeSafety #FireSafety #NestProtect
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Why a new #zero-carbon #UK #steel plant offers hope and a headache | Steel industry | The Guardian
The problem with making steel using a #BlastFurnace is that it requires very high temperatures and #CokingCoal to #reduce the #Oxygen content as it is made to bond to #Carbon instead. This produces #CarbonMonoxide and then #CarbonDioxide.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/28/zero-carbon-uk-steel-plant-dri-green
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PSA: Do you have a carbon monoxide detector in your home? Do you have more than one (think redundancy)? Does it have a fresh battery (or lifetime battery)? Have you tested the alarm function recently?
If you have appliances that may create carbon monoxide, or an attached garage, now is a good time to check all of the above.
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Exploration Mysteries - A 16th-Century Arctic Expedition Ends in Disaster
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https://explorersweb.com/exploration-mysteries-a-16th-century-arctic-expedition-ends-in-disaster/ <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.2307/634766 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/britain-sets-the-bar-for-heroic-naval-failure-hmvmlh8wk <-- shared media article
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[a little bit of a Boy's Own post for sure...]
#mapping #spatial #tudor #history #exploration #english #explorers #Willoughby #arctic #HughWilloughby #marine #NortheastPassage #Lapland #Russia #disaster #poisoning #carbonmonoxide #expedition #risk #hazard #overwintering #disaster #mystery #ice #snow #mappinghistory #navigation #charting #survey #marinesurvey #16C -
Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After #Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since #Texas Winter Storm
==Little has changed since the 2021 Texas winter storm. Power outages following Beryl’s July landfall led to two deaths and roughly 400 Texans hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.
#News #Safety #Weather #CarbonMonoxide #Health #Utilities #Power #Hurricanes
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-hurricane-beryl-carbon-monoxide-poisonings
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Carbon monoxide poisoning cases are soaring across the region in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. The Houston Health Department is reporting 116 carbon monoxide-related visits to hospital emergency rooms between midnight of Monday, July 8, and mid-morning of Thursday.
#HealthScience #MedicineWellness #News #CarbonMonoxide #Gasoline #HurricaneBeryl
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
