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  1. Hormuz entra in fabbrica: come la geopolitica alza i costi del nichel
    metallirari.com/hormuz-entra-f
    Il rimbalzo del nichel (+27% nel 2026) porta sollievo ai grandi produttori, ma la crisi di approvvigionamento dello zolfo mette sotto pressione gli impianti indonesiani.
    #nichel #nichel2026 #nickel #HPAL #MHP #Vale #NickelIndustries #Indonesia #zolfo #sulfur #HormuzStrait #batterie #criticalmetals #metallirari #commodities #LME #transizionenergetica #miningIndonesia #ENC #prezzoNichel

  2. Food security in focus as fertilizer costs surge

    Chris Vlachopoulos, Senior Phosphates Editor at ICIS, examines how the issue of food security has been brought into…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Ammonia #fertilizer #Hormuz #ICIS #nitrogen #phosphates #sulfur #urea #US
    europesays.com/europe/34230/

  3. How Clean Air Warms the Earth

    Today, we’re exploring a microscopic landscape completely invisible to the naked eye—a world of 'ghost' particles that control both our climate and our own biology.

    youtu.be/MFa5IEwFQdQ

    #aerosol #TerminationShock #atmosphere #physics #thermodynamics #PublicHealth #ShippingEmissions #sulfur #FaustianBargain #WhiteDragon #白龍 #EarthCARE #podcasts #YouTube #GlobalWarming

  4. In 2020, we rightly moved to clean our air by slashing shipping emissions. But in doing so, we triggered a 'Termination Shock'—ripping away the mask and unmasking the full heat of the planet. Today, we’re looking at how cleaning our lungs accidentally set our oceans on fire.

    youtu.be/9TC_ZUQ6-UY

    #GlobalWarming
    #TerminationShock
    #pollution
    #ShipFuel
    #sulfur
    #lightning
    #video
    #YouTube

  5. The Termination Shock: Our Accidental Sunshield

    What if the biggest environmental win of the last decade actually hit the accelerator on global warming? We’ve spent years in a climate tug-of-war, with greenhouse gases pulling temperatures up while an invisible blanket of sulfate pollution from ships acted as an accidental sunshield, bouncing sunlight back into space.

    youtu.be/9TC_ZUQ6-UY

    #GlobalWarming
    #TerminationShock
    #pollution
    #ShipFuel
    #sulfur
    #lightning
    #video
    #YouTube

  6. shanakaanslemperera.substack.c

    This is the reason the assholes running #Iran have been getting away with torturing 10s of millions of #women over decades - the rest of the world is too dependent on an open Hormuz for fundamental things such as #fertilizer #nitrogen #sulfur which underpin #agriculture ( #employment for 100s of millions) and #food (for billions). Why the entire #middleeast continues to oppress women!

    #war #iran

  7. Beautiful new cover at Nature Astronomy's

    Concentric shells of highly ionized calcium and sulfur in the ejecta of a type Ia supernova provide evidence of the double-detonation scenario for exploding sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs.

    Image: Priyam Das, University of New South Wales. Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic

    nature.com/natastron/volumes/9

    #Astrophysics #Supernova #WhiteDwarf #Nature #Astronomy #NatureAstronomy #Astrodon #calcium #sulfur

  8. "In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time."

    quantamagazine.org/the-cells-t

    #Microbes #Metabolism #Oxygen #Sulfur #Aerobic #Anaerobic

  9. Indie Showcase For 5/25/25
    youtube.com/embed/8TMZAaOW4-Q

    The indie showcases highlight the many indie games we play on the channel (Game Wisdom) and feature a mix of demos, games bought, and press key submissions.

    0:00 Intro00:14 Crown of Pain2:46 Sulfur6:01 Our Adventurer Guild7:45 Alien Boom B
    setsideb.com/indie-showcase-fo
    #indiedevshowcase #indies #AlienBoomBoom #CrownOfPain #Galaia #indie #indiegameshowcase #Oddsparks #OurAdventurerGuild #Sulfur

  10. While oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen make up 96% of most human bodies, my body is composed of sulfur, argon, calcium, and samarium.

    #science #oxygen #carbon #hydrogen #nitrogen #sulfur #argon #calcium #samarium #sarcasm #funny #humor

  11. A material from #linalool, the main component of #lavender oil, and #sulfur that could make sodium-sulfur batteries more durable and powerful. Such #batteries could store electricity from #renewable sources.
    #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2025/01/chm01252502

  12. A material from #linalool, the main component of #lavender oil, and #sulfur that could make sodium-sulfur batteries more durable and powerful. Such #batteries could store electricity from #renewable sources.
    #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2025/01/chm01252502

  13. A material from #linalool, the main component of #lavender oil, and #sulfur that could make sodium-sulfur batteries more durable and powerful. Such #batteries could store electricity from #renewable sources.
    #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2025/01/chm01252502

  14. A material from #linalool, the main component of #lavender oil, and #sulfur that could make sodium-sulfur batteries more durable and powerful. Such #batteries could store electricity from #renewable sources.
    #Chemistry #MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2025/01/chm01252502

  15. We identified protein domains in LUCA (#LastUniversalCommonAncestor). Their distinctive #AminoAcid usage reveals the order amino acids were added to the #GeneticCode, based mostly on size. Older proteins hint at earlier alternative codes. 1/15 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410 #astrobiology #phylostratigraphy #sulfur #metalloproteins

  16. Little known fact: many lithium batteries have direct connections to the Alberta Tar Sands, the largest and most destructive industrial project on Earth.

    Max Wilbert's latest essay explores this topic by looking at a newer type of battery called lithium-sulfur and the links between sulfur planned for use at the Thacker Pass lithium mine and the fossil fuel industry.

    substack.com/@maxwilbert/note/

    #lithium #TarSand #fossilFuelIndustry #sulfur #ThackerPass #bigOil #batteries #evs

  17. Environmental Impacts of #Geothermal Energy

    Published Mar 5, 2013
    Union of Concerned Scientists

    "The most widely developed type of geothermal power plant (known as #hydrothermal plants) are located near #geologic#HotSpots” where hot molten rock is close to the earth’s crust and produces hot water. In other regions enhanced geothermal systems (or hot dry rock geothermal), which involve drilling into Earth’s surface to reach deeper geothermal resources, can allow broader access to geothermal energy."

    [...]

    "Some geothermal plants also produce small amounts of #mercury emissions, which must be mitigated using mercury filter technology. Scrubbers can reduce air emissions, but they produce a watery #sludge composed of the captured materials, including #sulfur, #vanadium, #silica compounds, chlorides, #arsenic, mercury, #nickel, and other heavy metals. This #ToxicSludge often must be disposed of at hazardous waste sites."

    [...]

    "Land #subsidence, a phenomenon in which the land surface sinks, is sometimes caused by the removal of water from geothermal reservoirs. Most geothermal facilities address this risk by re-injecting wastewater back into geothermal reservoirs after the water’s heat has been captured.

    "Hydrothermal plants are sited on geological “hot spots," which tend to have higher levels of #earthquake risk. There is evidence that hydrothermal plants can lead to an even greater earthquake frequency. Enhanced geothermal systems (hot dry rock) can also increase the risk of small earthquakes. In this process, water is pumped at high pressures to fracture underground hot rock reservoirs similar to technology used in natural gas hydraulic #fracturing. (See How Natural Gas Works for more information.) Earthquake risk associated with enhanced geothermal systems can be minimized by siting plants an appropriate distance away from major fault lines. When a geothermal system is sited near a heavily populated area, constant monitoring and transparent communication with local communities is also necessary."

    ucsusa.org/resources/environme

    #Fracking #GeothermalEnergy #ThinkBeforeDrilling

  18. Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on #Mars And Found a Huge Surprise
    When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the rock, the rock broke open, revealing yellow crystals of elemental #sulfur: #brimstone. Although sulfates are fairly common on Mars, this is the first time sulfur has been found on the red planet in its pure elemental form.
    sciencealert.com/curiosity-cra?

  19. Sulfur cycle (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄)

    The important sulfur cycle is a biogeochemical cycle in which the sulfur moves between rocks, waterways and living systems. It is important in geology as it affects many minerals and in life because sulfur is an essential element, being a constituent of many proteins and cofactors, and sulfur compounds can be used as oxidants or ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_c

    #SulfurCycle #Sulfur #Metabolism #SoilBiology #SoilChemistry #BiogeochemicalCycle

  20. #Extremophile #fish of the #Poeciliidae have specific adaptations to live in geothermally heated sulfur-containing waters, e.g. the species Poecilia sulphuraria and Gambusia eurystoma in Baños del Azufre, #Mexico. Adaptations are to deal with toxic effects of #sulfur and #temperature limits above 40°C.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

    Sources
    Full blog article:
    twitter.com/wirthstef/status/1

    Photo
    sulfur mollies, author Juliane Lukas, 2021, lic. u. the Creative. Commons Attr. -Share Alike 4.0 Int. license

  21. Geochemical and Photochemical Constraints on S[IV] Concentrations in Natural Waters on #Prebiotic Earth: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co -> Loathed by scientists, loved by nature - #sulfur and the #OriginOfLife: news.arizona.edu/story/loathed (a University of Arizona-led study shines a spotlight on sulfur, a chemical element that, while all familiar, has proved surprisingly resistant to scientific efforts in probing its role in the origin of life).

  22. The heartbreak of souris! Tasting a new producer from Alsace (whom I won't name) yesterday, and their pinot noir was leaping out of the glass. Gorgeous aromas, then on the palate luscious... until the rush of soy/sauerkraut of mousiness. Argh! #wine #fault #mousy #microbiological #sulfur

  23. The heartbreak of souris! Tasting a new producer from Alsace (whom I won't name) yesterday, and their pinot noir was leaping out of the glass. Gorgeous aromas, then on the palate luscious... until the rush of soy/sauerkraut of mousiness. Argh! #wine #fault #mousy #microbiological #sulfur

  24. The heartbreak of souris! Tasting a new producer from Alsace (whom I won't name) yesterday, and their pinot noir was leaping out of the glass. Gorgeous aromas, then on the palate luscious... until the rush of soy/sauerkraut of mousiness. Argh! #wine #fault #mousy #microbiological #sulfur

  25. The heartbreak of souris! Tasting a new producer from Alsace (whom I won't name) yesterday, and their pinot noir was leaping out of the glass. Gorgeous aromas, then on the palate luscious... until the rush of soy/sauerkraut of mousiness. Argh! #wine #fault #mousy #microbiological #sulfur

  26. 🐳🧂 v3006.6 has been released! 🎉

    Test salt-master now before deploying it to production using

    docker pull ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3006.6

    📖 You can find setup and usage documentation at: github.com/cdalvaro/docker-sal

  27. Mysterious #crystals on #bone exposed to tryptic soy broth: The plot thickens! 💎🦴

    Elemental composition analysis using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (#EDX/#EDS) picks up #calcium, #sulphur (#sulfur), but #phosphorus only occasionally! 🧪🔍

    The #mystery crystals turn out to be calcium sulphate, with uncanny resemblance to the crystal habit of α-calcium sulphate hemihydrate!!!!! 🔬

    Read the backstory here:
    mstdn.science/@furqanshah/1100

    #science #microscopy #biomineralization #elementalanalysis