Alexander J. Stein (@ajstein_de) 's Twitter Profile
Alexander J. Stein

@ajstein_de

I now post on Bluesky & LinkedIn; those accounts are linked in the last tweets in my feed below.

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Cultured & #plantbased meats are more ethical & #environmental-friendly alternatives to eating animals. Both have lower #landuse, water use & GHG #emissions. Cultured #meat useses animal cells grown on protein scaffolds, not cells from animal flesh: acs.org/pressroom/pres…

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FAO: Genetic science can help assure #foodsecurity, tackle #climatechange & protect #biodiversity; beyond increasing yields, #geneediting can improve resistance to pests, diseases & abiotic stressors (temperatures, #droughts, floods, salinity...): fao.org/newsroom/detai… #yields

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Africa: #Geneediting can help achieve sustained #yields increases and bolster #resilience against escalating biotic & abiotic stresses linked to #climatechange. Nevertheless, it needs financial resources & supportive legislation: doi.org/10.1080/216456… #plantbreeding #Africa

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Not all pink & roses in #Europe, for sure not, but here are 11 countries in Europe that offer remote work #visas for US Americans... afar.com/magazine/europ… #remotework #telework #digitalnomads

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The size of the EU livestock herd has major negative consequences for people, #climate, #environment, #biodiversity & #animalwelfare. Reducing the ecological impact of #livestock may also require reducing the #consumption of animal proteins: wur.nl/en/newsarticle… #plantbased

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Belgium: Red #meat, beverages, #dairy products & snacks are main contributors to #climatechange & #landuse; for water use & fossil resources, beverages are top of the list. #Diets with a big share of animal #protein have a big #environment burden: doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.… #LCA

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Major oil companies were alerted about the #globalwarming effects of #fossilfuel as early as 1954. Big #oil has been running PR campaigns to downplay the dangers of its products just as long as big tobacco, starting with air #pollution in the 1950s: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

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#Birdflu circulating in US #cattle infects more #farm workers than thought, which is worrying: Every time the #virus infects a human, there is a chance that random mutations increase the ability of this virus to infect other humans: doi.org/10.1126/scienc… #dairy #H5N1 #health