iSoinic

iSoinic t1_j9m4uqn wrote

Reply to AskScience AMA Series: I'm Dr. Christine Wilkinson, National Geographic Explorer, carnivore ecologist, human-wildlife interactions specialist, and performer. Want to know why a coyote wanders through your city? What happens when hyenas chew your tires during research? How to get into SciComm? AMA! by AskScienceModerator

I might be too late, but maybe some others can also jump in:

What ways do you see/ would you prefer, that activists implement to connect the scientific community of your field with people of the civil society, interested in the matter?

E.g. where could y'all need more communication platform, public interest, financial aid, volunteering?

And how could activists help building the structures on a grass-root, as well as global scale? Maybe those structures already exist somewhere and you know about them and want to see them multiplied, or maybe you have your own ideas about it. :)

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iSoinic t1_j5jhxpn wrote

Reply to New mRNA vaccine factory is made from shipping containers by tonymmorley

Amazing. I always picture how modular factories like this could be the keystone of a truly sustainable chemical/ biotechnological industry. Of course it's tricky to downscale the process engineering, without losing too much quality and scaling effects, but I am sure it's worth it. Imagine every city being able to produce multiple essential pharmacies, ground chemicals, etc. without being dependent on some mega factories on the other side of the planet.

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iSoinic t1_j1ul7o6 wrote

Reply to AskScience AMA Series: I'm Here to Talk About Roots and Shoots: How Plants Prosper in the Desert and What it Means for Agriculture and Biodiversity, AMA! by AskScienceModerator

More efficient watering systems are needed in deserts/ arid regions. Many regions in the world are facing a net loss of water amount, becoming more arid and are about to face vegetation zone shifts.

Which general adaptations can you recommend to farmers all over the world, who will be challenged by this? Are there ways to "reform" their way of working, e.g. saving their traditional knowledge and keep going with some adaptations (e.g. more heat resistant crops, different watering techniques), or will there be more severe transformations needed (completely new crops, far less irrigated area, changes of intensity and soil usage)?

How well is this accepted in the agricultural bubbles you have encountered as a scientist? Are those people likely to make those necessary adaptations, or will they wait for too long, ultimately giving other market participants, who are focussing on sustainability in the first place, a better market potential?

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iSoinic t1_ixv0ukq wrote

Reply to comment by tokynambu in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

Bro you are shifting goal posts. You initially stated something about the nowadays culture, but in this comment you are referring to post-war Germany. Don't you know that in the meantime 80 years passed and bascially all people from then are dead now?

You obviously never spoke with anyone from Germany, since even illiterate people from here are aware about the failed denazification process. But actually, we are even working up this by now and are far away from seeing us from finished.

I hope you have the same critical perspective, thinking about the crimes I am sure your ancestors committed.

None human is free of the guilt for what happened, when we could have interfered. It's part of our shared history and we have to live with the absence of all those people killed.

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