#seawater — Public Fediverse posts
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Reading daily ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily-ocean-temperatures-from-red-algae/
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Reading daily ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily-ocean-temperatures-from-red-algae/
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Reading daily ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily-ocean-temperatures-from-red-algae/
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Reading daily ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily-ocean-temperatures-from-red-algae/
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Reading daily ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily-ocean-temperatures-from-red-algae/
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 5 in Louisiana as Cases Surge Past Decade Average
https://ground.news/article/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5-in-louisiana-as-cases-surge-past-decade-average_c954c8?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
#Louisiana reports at least 5 deaths from #flesh-eating #bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in #seawater -
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 5 in Louisiana as Cases Surge Past Decade Average
https://ground.news/article/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5-in-louisiana-as-cases-surge-past-decade-average_c954c8?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
#Louisiana reports at least 5 deaths from #flesh-eating #bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in #seawater -
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 5 in Louisiana as Cases Surge Past Decade Average
https://ground.news/article/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5-in-louisiana-as-cases-surge-past-decade-average_c954c8?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
#Louisiana reports at least 5 deaths from #flesh-eating #bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in #seawater -
Seawater Washed Starship’s Flaps Clean — And the Tiles Underneath Are Black
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=seawater-washed-starships-flaps-clean-and-the-tiles-underneath-are-black
<p>SpaceX Starship flight 13 shows white powder on the surface of the heat shield
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Florida State University: FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections. “A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate reconstructions and predictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/florida-state-university-fsu-researcher-creates-seawater-isotope-database-to-improve-climate-reconstructions-projections/ -
Florida State University: FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections. “A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate reconstructions and predictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/florida-state-university-fsu-researcher-creates-seawater-isotope-database-to-improve-climate-reconstructions-projections/ -
Florida State University: FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections. “A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate reconstructions and predictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/florida-state-university-fsu-researcher-creates-seawater-isotope-database-to-improve-climate-reconstructions-projections/ -
Florida State University: FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections. “A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate reconstructions and predictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/florida-state-university-fsu-researcher-creates-seawater-isotope-database-to-improve-climate-reconstructions-projections/ -
Florida State University: FSU researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate reconstructions, projections. “A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate reconstructions and predictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/florida-state-university-fsu-researcher-creates-seawater-isotope-database-to-improve-climate-reconstructions-projections/ -
First Field Test Shows Pumping Seawater Onto Arctic Ice Can Thicken It, But Scale Is the Problem
https://1ban.news/arctic-ice-thickening-seawater-pumping-cambridge-bay/
#1ban #arctic #ice #thickening #seawater #science -
First Field Test Shows Pumping Seawater Onto Arctic Ice Can Thicken It, But Scale Is the Problem
https://1ban.news/arctic-ice-thickening-seawater-pumping-cambridge-bay/
#1ban #arctic #ice #thickening #seawater #science -
First Field Test Shows Pumping Seawater Onto Arctic Ice Can Thicken It, But Scale Is the Problem
https://1ban.news/arctic-ice-thickening-seawater-pumping-cambridge-bay/
#1ban #arctic #ice #thickening #seawater #science -
First Field Test Shows Pumping Seawater Onto Arctic Ice Can Thicken It, But Scale Is the Problem
https://1ban.news/arctic-ice-thickening-seawater-pumping-cambridge-bay/
#1ban #arctic #ice #thickening #seawater #science -
First Field Test Shows Pumping Seawater Onto Arctic Ice Can Thicken It, But Scale Is the Problem
https://1ban.news/arctic-ice-thickening-seawater-pumping-cambridge-bay/
#1ban #arctic #ice #thickening #seawater #science -
Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this video on
seawater battery development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ
#batteries #seawater -
Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this video on
seawater battery development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ
#batteries #seawater -
Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this video on
seawater battery development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ
#batteries #seawater -
Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this video on
seawater battery development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ
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New publication: Tracing #monsoon precipitation, surface–#groundwater interaction and #seawater intrusion using stable isotopes in a subtropical #river system.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2669190 -
New publication: Tracing #monsoon precipitation, surface–#groundwater interaction and #seawater intrusion using stable isotopes in a subtropical #river system.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2669190 -
New publication: Tracing #monsoon precipitation, surface–#groundwater interaction and #seawater intrusion using stable isotopes in a subtropical #river system.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2669190 -
New publication: Tracing #monsoon precipitation, surface–#groundwater interaction and #seawater intrusion using stable isotopes in a subtropical #river system.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2669190 -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1009648/ Scientists Develop Waste-Free Solar Desalination Technology #brine #CriticalMinerals #Desalination #DrinkingWater #Environment #Lithium #Science #seawater #SolarEnergy #Sustainability #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityOfRochester #WaterScarcity
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Scientists Develop Waste-Free Solar Desalination Technology
A new solar-powered desalination method could produce drinking water from seawater without chemical additives, according to a promising…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #brine #criticalminerals #desalination #drinkingwater #environment #lithium #Science #seawater #Solarenergy #Sustainability #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityofRochester #WaterScarcity
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Scientists Develop Waste-Free Solar Desalination Technology
A new solar-powered desalination method could produce drinking water from seawater without chemical additives, according to a promising…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #brine #CriticalMinerals #desalination #drinkingwater #lithium #Science #seawater #SolarEnergy #Sustainability #UniversityofRochester #waterscarcity
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Scientists Develop Waste-Free Solar Desalination Technology
A new solar-powered desalination method could produce drinking water from seawater without chemical additives, according to a promising…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #brine #CriticalMinerals #desalination #drinkingwater #lithium #Science #seawater #SolarEnergy #Sustainability #UniversityofRochester #waterscarcity
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/522050/ Scientists Develop Waste-Free Solar Desalination Technology #brine #CriticalMinerals #desalination #DrinkingWater #Éire #Environment #IE #Ireland #lithium #Science #seawater #SolarEnergy #Sustainability #UniversityOfRochester #WaterScarcity
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I once read that the #UAE were completing one one every year.
That was before Covid struck, through...but acc. 2 wiki:"The UAE relies on desalination for approximately 42% of its drinking water and hosts more *than 70 desalination plants* across the country. Most recent projects increasingly favor reverse osmosis (#RO) technology over traditional multi-stage flash (#MSF) distillation,... continues to...add 240 million imperial gallons per day using #seawater
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I once read that the #UAE were completing one one every year.
That was before Covid struck, through...but acc. 2 wiki:"The UAE relies on desalination for approximately 42% of its drinking water and hosts more *than 70 desalination plants* across the country. Most recent projects increasingly favor reverse osmosis (#RO) technology over traditional multi-stage flash (#MSF) distillation,... continues to...add 240 million imperial gallons per day using #seawater
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I once read that the #UAE were completing one one every year.
That was before Covid struck, through...but acc. 2 wiki:"The UAE relies on desalination for approximately 42% of its drinking water and hosts more *than 70 desalination plants* across the country. Most recent projects increasingly favor reverse osmosis (#RO) technology over traditional multi-stage flash (#MSF) distillation,... continues to...add 240 million imperial gallons per day using #seawater
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I once read that the #UAE were completing one one every year.
That was before Covid struck, through...but acc. 2 wiki:"The UAE relies on desalination for approximately 42% of its drinking water and hosts more *than 70 desalination plants* across the country. Most recent projects increasingly favor reverse osmosis (#RO) technology over traditional multi-stage flash (#MSF) distillation,... continues to...add 240 million imperial gallons per day using #seawater
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I once read that the #UAE were completing one one every year.
That was before Covid struck, through...but acc. 2 wiki:"The UAE relies on desalination for approximately 42% of its drinking water and hosts more *than 70 desalination plants* across the country. Most recent projects increasingly favor reverse osmosis (#RO) technology over traditional multi-stage flash (#MSF) distillation,... continues to...add 240 million imperial gallons per day using #seawater
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Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem // #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/14/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide -
Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem // #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/14/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide -
Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem // #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/14/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide -
Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem // #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/14/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide -
Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem // #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/14/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide -
Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide/
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Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide/
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Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide/
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Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide/
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Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-water-near-coasts-is-under-threat-worldwide/
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Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium
Listen to #Earth’s #Rumbling, #Secret #Soundtrack : Tech Review
#Chemical #Pollutants are #Rife across the #World’s #Oceans : Nature
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium
Listen to #Earth’s #Rumbling, #Secret #Soundtrack : Tech Review
#Chemical #Pollutants are #Rife across the #World’s #Oceans : Nature
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium
Listen to #Earth’s #Rumbling, #Secret #Soundtrack : Tech Review
#Chemical #Pollutants are #Rife across the #World’s #Oceans : Nature
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium
Listen to #Earth’s #Rumbling, #Secret #Soundtrack : Tech Review
#Chemical #Pollutants are #Rife across the #World’s #Oceans : Nature
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium
Listen to #Earth’s #Rumbling, #Secret #Soundtrack : Tech Review
#Chemical #Pollutants are #Rife across the #World’s #Oceans : Nature
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Photographer Explores New York’s Vast, Complex, and Invisible Water System
High Bridge, Bronx and Manhattan, 2000. | Stanley Greenberg Waterworks by Stanley Greenberg is a sweeping photographic portrait…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #blackandwhite #Civil #Design #Entertainment #Infrastructure #largeformat #newyork #newyorkcity #seawater #waterworks
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Photographer Explores New York’s Vast, Complex, and Invisible Water System
High Bridge, Bronx and Manhattan, 2000. | Stanley Greenberg Waterworks by Stanley Greenberg is a sweeping photographic portrait…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #blackandwhite #Civil #Design #Entertainment #Infrastructure #largeformat #newyork #newyorkcity #seawater #waterworks
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#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithiumArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining
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#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithiumArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining
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#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithiumArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining
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#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithiumArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining
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#SodiumIonBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in #seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and #nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #EnvironmentallyDestructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo, where #ChildLabour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use #electrodes built from #iron and #manganese [and wood #lignin], which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as #GridStorage or #HomeBatteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in #ElectricVehicles."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithiumArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyStorage #SodiumIon #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #Reuse #WasteReuse #NoLithiumMining #NoMining
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Photographer Explores New York’s Vast, Complex, and Invisible Water System https://petapixel.com/2026/03/08/photographer-explores-new-yorks-vast-complex-and-invisible-water-system/ #infrastructure #blackandwhite #largeformat #newyorkcity #waterworks #Spotlight #Features #seawater #newyork #civil