#solar

christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com

If you build it, will they come? Insect community responses to habitat establishment at solar energy facilities in Minnesota, USA - IOPscience https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0f72

We found increases over time for all habitat and biodiversity metrics: floral rank, flowering plant species richness, insect group diversity, native bee abundance, and total insect abundance, with the most noticeable temporal increases in native bee abundance. We also found positive effects of proximity to solar-pollinator habitat on bee visitation to nearby soybean (Glycine max) fields.

#renewables #solar

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#art #solar #eclipse
I love solar eclipse art by children and young people.
This is by a 1911 High School student.

- The Cosmic Lesson of the Solar Eclipse is that even when you can't see something, there are still incredible things happening.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

'Total #Eclipse 2024: #Mantras, #Meditation, #Spiritual Tips & Warnings - Zodiac Mantras #Solar Eclipse'

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n6U-9_SBE_U
-- 2o min- 7 Apr 2024 #totaleclipse #solareclipse #acharyashreeyogeesh
Acharya Shree Yogeesh sheds light on the spiritual benefits and dangers of the 2024 Total Eclipse happening on April 8th. A Total Sun Eclipse can help activate the brain and boost ones energy when you do spiritual practices, such as mantras and meditations during this time. Acharya Shree gives specific mantras based on each Zodiac sign to help seekers create protection, special energy, and a special meditation experience. Even if you are not in the path of a total eclipse, there are still some benefits during a partial eclipse.

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#solar #eclipse
Image: Art Concept. SciTechDaily.

The Monday, April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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ARCTIC #AURORAS: Around the Arctic Circle, many #aurora tour guides have already packed their cameras for the end of the season. Marianne Bergli of Tromsø, Norway, is glad she waited one more night. "Auroras filled the sky on April 4th," she reports. "It was a fantastic end to our touring season."

A #solar #wind stream brushed Earth's magnetic field on April 4th. It did not cause a global geomagnetic storm; the planetary K-index peaked at 4. Nevertheless, the Arctic light show was sublime.

Soon, summer sunlight will make these displays impossible to see inside the Arctic Circle. That's why Bergli and others are going on vacation. "We start again in September," she says
https://spaceweather.com/

diane_a@diasp.org

Tornado watch

Sunshine kitty is with me watching the dark clouds of nourishment roll across the great sky above us. I have finished gardening and ready for the infusion of the greatest molecules of life...and here comes the rain! The dark clouds are covering us now and the solar system has kicked into battery power for the night. It is so beautiful here...back into our sturdy #tinyhouse

#myphoto #offgrid #solar

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

Look at the SIZE of this #solar #panel #farm. (Jeez.) And look what happened.
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https://t.me/ZandVchannel/106186

The text:
#Huge #Hailstorm in Damon, #Texas #Destroys Thousands of #Acres of #Solar-Farms
A hailstorm hammered thousands of solar panels at a Fort Bend County farm with emergency crews investigating, and neighbors worried whether any chemicals were leaking.
Large solar farm panels are commonly made of compound cadmium telluride - most home panels are made with silicon and don't contain dangerous chemicals.
No doubt the taxpayer will pick up the tab for damage.