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(DIR) Post #ATHM29pZnmb9N0KCMy by kellogh@hachyderm.io
2023-03-04T01:00:07Z
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this is incredible. Hanging solar panels a few meters above crops of tomatoes and jalapeños multiplied their yield 2-3x, used substantially less water, controlled temperatures, and increased the output of the solar panels https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120 #science #solar #environment #agriculture
(DIR) Post #ATHM2CZ1dm8pqXbWUK by kellogh@hachyderm.io
2023-03-04T01:19:08Z
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they mention reducing evaporation off lakes and ponds in hot arid climates by covering them partially with solar panels. seems like cities could also use solar panels to reduce heat diffusion, maybe even make it cheaper to cool
(DIR) Post #ATHM2FRKwom2lZ1vQ8 by kellogh@hachyderm.io
2023-03-04T15:25:44Z
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if you find this interesting, you may enjoy reading Into the Cool, a book all about non-equilibrium thermodynamics and it’s relation to climate change (and what to do about it) https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52737
(DIR) Post #ATI6Ag1QazX7PvruTI by El_Jefe@noagendasocial.com
2023-03-05T02:07:39Z
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@kellogh I think i just read about this in Daniel Suarez’s Critical Mass.
(DIR) Post #ATLaGHvkp7R7fIt0Uq by adamasnemesis@social.adamasnemesis.com
2023-03-06T18:23:40Z
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@kellogh I'm no expert, but that's cool and kinda unexpected.
(DIR) Post #AWTf2PMFnaktHthJ44 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-04T20:09:22Z
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@kellogh Part 1: #ClimateChangeWow.Solution to the #ClimateCrisis using #SolarPanels for #farming: #Agrivoltaics"Properly designed solar installations can increase food #harvests, reduce the need for #irrigation, revive dying lakes, rescue #pollinators, restore #soils + cool overheated humans—all while producing more power than conventional solar arrays.""In 1982, researchers @ the #FraunhoferInstitute for Solar Energy (ISE) in Germany proposed a... solution..."https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120
(DIR) Post #AWTf2QSJiXCQgzXf9c by KLB@glasgow.social
2023-03-04T21:31:11Z
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@HistoPol @kellogh I heard a really cool interview about this just a few days ago! https://the1a.org/segments/1a-remaking-america-can-solar-power-help-fix-drought-ravaged-farmlands/
(DIR) Post #AWTf2RZ5aqD88HiaLg by Sfwmson@universeodon.com
2023-03-05T15:48:20Z
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@KLB @HistoPol @kellogh We are woefully behind in all areas of solar. What sell here? House panels that are marked up substantially. Just make money, and while they help, they aren't solving the bigger issue.
(DIR) Post #AWTf2SJsmrdoTPbxHk by KLB@glasgow.social
2023-03-05T16:28:55Z
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@Sfwmson @HistoPol @kellogh we still expect individuals to do the heavy lifting (like with recycling), when the problem area is farther upstream.
(DIR) Post #AWTf2SwWTCY8PFgoVs by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T20:45:54Z
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Part 2: Solutions for #ClimateChange: #Agrivoltaics(1/8)Combining the new solar-panel-above fields method* with ancient raised-field #WaruWaru #farming #technology could facilitate #WaterConservation and management, raise yields, reduce #fertilizer concentration, and reduce #erosion.The solution to our current #drought problems in many areas might have been with us for 2,300 years at least, probably first developed by the #Tiahuanaco culture of the #Andean...*See previous toot (Part 1)
(DIR) Post #AWTf2V2yeAtuvqizqq by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T21:01:45Z
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(2/8)...highlands of #Bolivia + #Peru.Raised-field agriculture has also been used in countries like #China, #Mexico + #Morocco.#WaruWaru also stems #desertification + creates a cooling (+warming during the night) #microclimate when combined w/ the #SolarPanels, similar to the #irrigated #gardens created by the Muslims, e.g. in the #Alhambra in #Andalucia. In combination with the solar panels. Jointly with the building of #Roman type #cisterns, #agriculture might even be extended to years..
(DIR) Post #AWTf2VBU8XhrMEhn72 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T21:21:07Z
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Thought you might like my follow-up toot to the solar-panel toot from yesterday.Here is it: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109972629386382918If not, just ignore.@KLB @kellogh @Sfwmson@dreamwishes3@Leisureguy@ForfarFairLady@thepoliticalcat@Caymon@thousandleaves@ChrisBoese@casualcraftsman@alison@davew@Johnmullinax@RIDDLES@fraggedy_andy@JacquelineJannotta@TheTraveler@toot.community@tadbithuman#ClimateChange #WaruWaru #Irrigation #Desertification #farming #science #technology #SolarPanels
(DIR) Post #AWTf2Yq0YKu4gmghBw by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T21:06:35Z
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(3/8)...without rainfall for some time.I am not an engineer, but it seems quite logic that the reflective capabilities of the #SolarPanels will also protect the organic #soil from #erosión by rain, sun, and to some degree, wind.After some interest in the 1960’s through 1980s and early 2000’s, a 2019 Master thesis from #Italy with the chief aim of #WaterConservation and management takes aim to solve South American cities’ recurring #flood problems using #WaruWaru: https://www.politesi.polimi.it/handle/10589/148696.
(DIR) Post #AWTf2ahDdz3sS6ahlo by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T21:07:29Z
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(4/8)Whereas #WaruWaru (also called #camellones in #Peru) was developed for mountain #agriculture, the author Beatrice Salinetti, like me, seems to see an application for many arid regions on all continents.[TO BE CONTINUED in (5/8):https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110003784757750634]Other Sources:https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread913772/pg1 (nice intro into #WaruWaru)https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/farming-like-the-incas-70263217/ (she incorrectly attributes the technology to the conquering #Incas, who were but a small pastoral tribe until the 12th century)...
(DIR) Post #AWTf2cTT25FXy2Akc4 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-06T00:15:45Z
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@tadbithumanThanks for the comprehensive reboosts of this important subject. :)I have added you to the list.
(DIR) Post #AWTf2cY4kww6CKKQnQ by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T23:35:10Z
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Part 3: #ClimateChange and #AtmosphericRivers(1/15)I did not want to provide another installment today, but I just came across this older boost of mine about special weather conditions on the #US #WestCoast, that leads to recurrent #FloodingEvents called Atmospheric Rivers (AR).https://mastodon.social/@UncensoredNews/109610717322432046Now, I am not a #meterologist, but we know from Part 2 that the ancient Andean people had recurring over-abundant rainfall issues, too (El Niño events).
(DIR) Post #AWTf2e1BIDoOksxBnk by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T08:49:07Z
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(5/8)[Other sources continued:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waru_Waru]Further good news from the world of #Agrivoltaics:#AppliedEnergy:"..putting agriculture under solar installations—is a good way to maximize land use. It also makes the #SolarPanels *last longer*...Solar panels mounted 4 meters above a #soybean crop were connected to temperature reductions of up to *10* degrees Celsius, the study found, compared to..."https://www.fastcompany.com/90861486/agrivoltaics-crops-under-solar-panels-good-for-panels
(DIR) Post #AWTf2fym094epzqIKG by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T08:53:56Z
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(6/8)"...#SolarPanels mounted half a meter above bare soil...higher temperatures can decrease the lifetime and"...efficiency of #SolarPanels.Cooling mechanisms:-#evapotranspiration-plants reflect less solar radiation than the bare soil- panel higher above ground...better air circulation"There are a lot more questions to answer about the relationship between solar energy and #crops (how to more effectively plant, grow, and #harvest those crops...
(DIR) Post #AWTf2gEN49YDcN8kdc by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-12T01:51:11Z
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(7/15)[Footnote I of V:10th #AtmosphericRiver in #California on 03/11/2023:]"This marks the state’s 10th atmospheric river *this winter*.”#WaruWaru style #flood prevention and #WaterManagement are decades overdue."In the...#Andes, pre-#Inca cultures developed nature-based #water harvesting technologies to manage #drought and #flood risks under natural climatic extremes. These technologies have gained renewed attention as a..."#flood #news #planetsdyincloudhttps://youtu.be/vsp1yrkCHsw
(DIR) Post #AWTf2h95fGvASHg32u by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-05T23:58:38Z
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(2/15)...Furthermore, e.g. Italy has been the target of similar events in recent decades.And the #monsoon season in Asia has been a phenomenon for thousands of years.Fun fact: did you know that there was a monsoon in the #US, too?So, we can safely assume that building #Roman-Type cisterns or other huge water basins and the like will be an issue for many countries around the globe in the decades to come.I read an article about about repurposing dried-out fields in #California for this..
(DIR) Post #AWTf2jr7aXKWrQIExE by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-06T00:00:28Z
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(3/15)...draining rain water into #aquifers, but I can't find it anymore for the time being.However, I found an up-to-date-article here, which focuses more on the water-management than on the construction aspects:"Over the past decade, Dahlke’s experiments with submerging small plots have suggested intentional #flooding can replenish aquifers without damaging either groundwater quality or crops"It is based on a law, enacted in 2014:"#California adopted a landmark law,...
(DIR) Post #AWTf2jw5I5If6ocCgq by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T08:55:26Z
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(7/8)"...underneath panels is a major one). This research is only the beginning."Max #Zhang is a professor of mechanical engineering at #CornellUniversity".Imagine the enormous additional cooling effects putting #WaruWaru canals below the panels in #Agrivoltaics!https://www.fastcompany.com/90861486/agrivoltaics-crops-under-solar-panels-good-for-panels
(DIR) Post #AWTf2kXf2NMEzMCDGC by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-12T02:00:33Z
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(8/15)[Footnote II of V:10th #AtmosphericRiver in #California on 03/11/2023:]"...potential strategy to increase #WaterSecurity...The technology is a combination of #rehabilitation of marginal #soils, #drainage improvement, #WaterStorage, optimal utilization of available radiant energy, and attenuation of the effects of #frost. The main feature of this system is the construction of a network of #embankments and #canals."Take a look of the cartographed #ElNiño events in #SouthAmerica...
(DIR) Post #AWTf2mPw44Mmnyb4Uq by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-12T02:06:04Z
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(9/15)[Footnote III of IV:10th #AtmosphericRiver in #California on 03/11/2023:]...comparison to atmospheric river events is brutally obvious....Source:Waru Waru: the new puebloFlood attenuation system for Latin-American citiesMaster Thesis by Beatrice Salinetti Milan, Italy, 2019https://www.academia.edu/90681352/Waru_Waru_the_new_pueblo_Floods_attenuation_system_for_latin_american_cities
(DIR) Post #AWTf2nGktgcLRnJFpI by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-06T00:03:01Z
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(4/15)...the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (#SGMA), that promotes the practice. It requires farmers to treat aquifers like bank accounts, clamping down on overdrafts but also allowing those who deposit water into them to make bigger withdrawals later."It is a very interesting proposition and in combination with new (solar panels, where feasible) and re-discovered (#WaruWaru) farming technologies, more arable land should remain for this century...https://www.science.org/content/article/can-california-s-floods-help-recharge-depleted-groundwater-supplies
(DIR) Post #AWTf2nY7r6VoJfR7tw by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-05-29T13:21:58Z
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(8/8)If you like to have a more animated view of the technology, I have discovered this nice #YouTube video which focuses on the intricacies of the #WaruWaru canals in #English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxeVweYYi4c[Continued in Part 3: #ClimateChange and #AtmosphericRivers, applying it to other geographic regions than the #Andean highlands]https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109973294976182469
(DIR) Post #AWTf2oNWlzd2t5UB1M by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-12T02:19:11Z
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(10/15)[Footnote IV of V:10th #AtmosphericRiver in #California on 03/11/2023:]Atmospheric Rivers have become a problem for most of the #WestCoast of #NorthAmerica, including even #BritishColumbia and #Alaska:https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/06/world/atmospheric-river-arctic-sea-ice-climate/index.htmlhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/16/whats-an-atmospheric-river.html
(DIR) Post #AWTf2p2eJ6WQwcj17I by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-06T15:20:10Z
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(5/15)As I have learned from this #Oxfam video about "Culturas hidráulicas de Moxos"* and the "#camellones", the latest research dates the raised-field technology in #SouthAmerica even earlier, to 850 to 1,000 BCE.Furthermore, this technology was in use in many more regions of SA.*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMUnTYhuzoIn the language of the conquering tribe, #Quechua, the term is #WuaruWuara. However, using the term in...
(DIR) Post #AWTf2q9mA5oiP14Drc by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-13T00:30:16Z
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(11/15)[Footnote V of V: 10th #AtmosphericRiver in #California on 03/11/2023:]And in case you were wondering how the #reservoirs were doing as we #CA has been having all this floods due to Atmospheric River events, here is the answer:Many California reservoirs are still below their historical levels./END Footnotes(continues in 12/15)
(DIR) Post #AWTf2qrNXyhAaFT2pM by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-06T15:21:07Z
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(6/15)...the language of the descendants of the (probable) inventors, the #Tiahuanaco culture, #Aymara, it is #sucacollos.How is this relevant? - Helps to find new sources. ;)What is more, and what I learned from this #Peruvian website, is that there were also different water-management systems, apart from the Wuaru Wuaru.For example the "chacras hundidas" (Northern #Peru) or the "producción en andenes" (all of Peru), as Ronald Ancajima of GSASUAGA, states here:https://hidraulicainca.com/puno/waru-waru-puno/