The British Medical Journal published an excellent interactive tool to visualise the estimates of COVID transmission as defined by experts in different scenarios. TL;DR; It's airborne, wear a FFP3 mask.
There are a lot of assumptions in Amaca's blog about how he got wealthy without working too hard, but the post is nevertheless interesting & might spark a life rethink for some. Applying the 80/20 rule to any aspect of your life is always worth considering, and so it getting out of the rat race.
Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology and Fudan University in China and the University of Leeds in the UK teamed up to demonstrate an improved use of gold nano-particles in the fight against bacteria. The research shows that combined antibacterial methods using gold nano-particles successfully reduced the severity of the bacteria while also increasing the efficacy of antibiotics.
Information Is Beautiful illustrates the difference between 1.5°C vs 2°C vs 4°C temperature increases when it comes to sea level rises, ocean acidification, heat & food production. Bear in mind 1.5°C is inevitable and the bare minimum that will happen and we are currently on track for 2.4°C temperature increase.
The Climate Clock shows that on the current emissions trend, we have 10 years before the planet hits +1.5 degrees warming. Net Zero by 2050 is too late.
The Energy Transitions Commission published a new report detailing what is involved in order to meet the target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C degrees.
