Happy autumnal equinox!

 

On Saturday, September 23, at 6:50 A.M. UTC  the sun will be directly over Earth’s equator, which is how astronomers define the equinox.

To celebrate the occasion we went for a walk in the Lousã Mountain Range...

here are some pictures:

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Efficiency

 

An industry-led “efficiency” drive is about increasing sales of milk – not cutting pollution.

Efficiency, describes “The quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time or energy.”

But it turns out that efficiency is also a useful term for those industries who appear to be keen to burnish their climate credentials...

a well-connected international alliance, making appearances at COP26 in Glasgow, and due at Climate Week NYC (17-24 September) and in a couple of months, COP28 in Dubai.

The group, which is overwhelmingly affiliated with industrial-scale dairy, promotes itself as a leader on climate change while simultaneously downplaying global warming’s significance regarding other issues and espousing solutions that can serve the industry. 

What’s very clear to experts, is that ramping up efficiency in this context doesn’t equate to fewer greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, it just means more milk per unit of gas.

“The climate does not care about efficiency – it requires absolute emissions reductions,” Shefali Sharma, the director of the European office of Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, told DeSmog.

“Decreasing emissions per litre or gallon of milk while ever increasing the total amount of milk produced is not going to get us there. So, the dairy industry needs to dramatically rethink its model of production and growth.”

by:

September 15, 2023 – UK Edition

Sources/Links:

https://www.desmog.com/

https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/15/revealed-how-big-dairy-is-milking-net-zero/

https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/sociedade/vacas-lideram-aumento-das-emissoes-de-metano-em-portugal-11386638.html

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The Super Blue Moon

 

The next full moon will rise on Wednesday, Aug. 30, and it will be one of the brightest and largest moons of 2023. 

To see this supermoon, skywatchers are going to want to get their timing just right on Aug. 30.

The term "Blue Moon" has nothing to do with color, but since the 1940s has commonly referred to the second of two full moons that fall in a calendar month; thus, Wednesday's full moon is defined as a Blue Moon because it is the second full moon of August. Just like August's first full moon, the Sturgeon Moon on Aug. 1, the Blue Moon will also be a supermoon, meaning it will occur during a period when the moon is closer to the Earth, making it appear almost imperceptibly larger in the sky.

Sources/Links:

https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-august

https://www.space.com/super-blue-moon-august-2023-what-time

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Vaqueirinho Aerial views video

 

July 23, 2023

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in August, bear in mind

 

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wild boars

 The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the common wild pig, or simply wild pig, is native to much of  Serra da Lousã mountain range.

The above photos were made near Talasnal village, today.

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Deforestation Facts

 

get me out of this movie, please!

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Future technology

 

Future technology: 22 ideas about to change our world

From Brain reading robots, to Green funerals, and Energy storing bricks...you name it.

Just follow the...

Sources/Links:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/future-technology-22-ideas-about-to-change-our-world/

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the Full Buck Supermoon

 

The first of four supermoons to rise in 2023, July’s lunar display will appear to be brighter in the night sky than any other full moon event that has occurred this year.

July’s full Buck Moon rises after sunset on Monday, July 3 — This is also a supermoon that will appear bigger and brighter than average. 

Portugal Time Zone: 12h40m

Sources/Links:

https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-july

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/02/world/july-buck-supermoon-2023-scn/index.html

https://www.calendarr.com/portugal/lua-hoje/

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