#And droughts

[pointless-letters]

“Actually, climate change is good.”

#Daily Mail #Climate change #Actually #The planet turning into a burning cinder #Is good #CHECKMATE SCIENTISTS #Okay so there might be more storms #And droughts #But #Think of the positives #Britain #Mediterranean climate #Yes Mike but #Think about this #In this scenario #What’s the actual Mediterranean like? #Thick as absolute fuck #People like Mike get to vote

[apas-95]

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#drought #climate change #global warming #climate #czech #germany

[shadowspronouns]

super team dark !!! for @teamdarkweek day 7; space/light :]

#i didn't finish th other days T___T i will try ....2 finish some ... #ty for hosting this btw it was so amazing !!!!!!! no more team dark drought i am fed for months #shadow the hedgehog #e 123 omega #rouge the bat #omega has heels bc rouge told him heels = power #also they all have friendship braceletz :} #my art #myart #sonic #super shadow #e123 omega #e-123 omega #team dark #teamdarkweek #team dark week

[attackonmuffin]

#never forget the drought #dan and phil #dnp #d&p #danandphilgames #daniel howell #amazingphil

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[nic0draws]

Is this anything? It feels like something. To me.

#Gerard drought making me make connections that aren’t there #gerard way #mcr #my chemical romance #danger days #mcr danger days

[reasonsforhope]

"Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, and home to two of the world’s most ancient deserts, the Kalahari and the Namib. The capital, Windhoek, is sandwiched between them, 400 miles away from the nearest perennial river and more than 300 miles away from the coast. Water is in short supply.

It’s hard to imagine life thriving in Windhoek, yet 477,000 people call it home, and 99 per cent of them have access to drinking water thanks to technology pioneered 55 years ago on the outskirts of the city. Now, some of the world’s biggest cities are embracing this technology as they adapt to the harshest impacts of climate change. But Namibia leads the way.

How did this come about? In the 1950s, Windhoek’s natural resources struggled to cope with a rapidly growing population, and severe water shortages gripped the city. But disaster forced innovation, and in 1968 the Goreangab Water Reclamation Plant in Windhoek became the first place in the world to produce drinking water directly from sewage, a process known as direct potable reuse (DPR). 

That may sound revolting, but it’s completely safe. Dr Lucas van Vuuren, who was among those who pioneered Windhoek’s reclamation system, once said that “water should not be judged by its history, but by its quality”. And DPR ensures quality. 

This is done using a continuous multi-barrier treatment devised in Windhoek during eight years of pilot studies in the 1960s. This process – which has been upgraded four times since 1968 – eliminates pollutants and safeguards against pathogens by harnessing bacteria to digest the human waste and remove it from the water. This partly mimics what happens when water is recycled in nature, but Windhoek does it all in under 24 hours...

Pictured: These ultrafiltration membranes help to remove bacteria, viruses and pathogens. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

“We know that we have antibiotics in the water, preservatives from cosmetics, anti-corrosion prevention chemicals from the dishwasher,” Honer explains. “We find them and we remove them.”

Honer adds that online instruments monitor the water continuously, and staff ensure that only drinking water that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines is sent to homes. If any inconsistencies are detected, the plant goes into recycle mode and distribution is halted until correct values are restored. 

“The most important rule is, and was, and always will be ‘safety first’,” says Honer.  The facility has never been linked to an outbreak of waterborne disease, and now produces up to 5.5m gallons of drinking water every day – up to 35 per cent of the city’s consumption.

Namibians couldn’t survive without it, and as water shortages grip the planet, Windhoek’s insights and experience are more important than ever.

Interest from superpowers across the globe

In recent years, delegations from the US, France, Germany, India, Australia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates have visited Windhoek seeking solutions to water shortages in their own countries. 

Megadrought conditions have gripped the US since 2001, and the Colorado River – which provides 40 million people with drinking water – has been running at just 50 per cent of its traditional flow. As a result, several states including Texas, California, Arizona and Colorado are beginning to embrace DPR.

Troy Walker is a water reuse practice leader at Hazen and Sawyer, an environmental engineering firm helping Arizona to develop its DPR regulations. He visited Windhoek last year. “It was about being able to see the success of their system, and then looking at some of the technical details and how that might look in a US facility or an Australian facility,” he said. “[Windhoek] has helped drive a lot of discussion in industry. [Innovation] doesn’t all have to come out of California or Texas.”

Pictured: The internal pipes and workings of Namibia's DPR plant. As water becomes scarcer in some parts, countries are looking to DPR for solutions. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Namibia has also helped overcome the biggest obstacle to DPR – public acceptance. Disgust is a powerful emotion, and sensationalist ‘toilet to tap’ headlines have dismantled support for water reuse projects in the past. Unfortunately, DPR’s biggest strength is also its biggest weakness, as the speed at which water can re-enter the system makes it especially vulnerable to prejudice, causing regulators to hesitate. “Technology has never been the reason why these projects don’t get built – it’s always public or political opposition,” says Patsy Tennyson, vice president of Katz and Associates, an American firm that specialises in public outreach and communications.

That’s why just a handful of facilities worldwide are currently doing DPR, with Windhoek standing alongside smaller schemes in the Philippines, South Africa and a hybrid facility in Big Spring, Texas. But that’s all changing. Drought and increased water scarcity worldwide are forcing us to change the way we think about water. 

Now, the US is ready to take the plunge, and in 2025, El Paso Water will begin operating the first ‘direct to distribution’ DPR facility in North America, turning up to 10m gallons of wasterwater per day into purified drinking water – twice as much as Windhoek. San Diego, Los Angeles, California, as well as Phoenix, Arizona are also exploring the technology."

Of course, DPR is not a silver bullet in the fight against climate change. It cannot create water out of thin air, and it will not facilitate endless growth. But it does help cities become more climate resilient by reducing their reliance on natural sources, such as the Colorado River. 

As other nations follow in Namibia’s footsteps, Windhoek may no longer take the lead after almost six decades in front.

“But Windhoek was the first,” Honer reminds me. “No one can take that away.”"

-via Positive.News, August 30, 2023

#namibia #africa #desert #water shortage #water conservation #dpr #potable water #water recycling #clean water #drought #united states #colorado river #science and technology #sanitation #good news #hope

[k-kaez]

ah, a 10 foot tall ocean queen warrior who is the prophesized blue axolotl, is strong and canonically a powerhouse of pure power and her husband who is a good builder ☺️

#smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #ldshadowlady #lizzie ldshadowlady #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraftblr #empiresblr #I MISS EMPIRES MAN #also i realized that both of them have another tag with their first name and idk thats so cute #THERE HAS BEEN A JIZZIE DROUGHT THESE PAST MONTHS AND I MISS THEM #someone put up that meme about a tall strong beautiful wife and their short husband #TO WHOEVER CORRECTED ME IN THE REBLOGS THANK YOU ☺️🫰 I FORGOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT CHART 😭😭😭

[zegalba]

Paul Nicklen for National Geographic arial photographs of the Colorado River, "Delta" as it flows into Baja, Mexico. Appearing like water colors, the work demonstrates the desperate remains of the Colorado River, ravaged by drought.

#national geographic #natgeo #nature #photography #paul nicklen #colorado river #baja #mexico #drought #global warming #arial

[allgremlinart]

brought to you by me realizing that Jet meeting the Blue Spirit in book 2 before he meets Li is feasibly canon compliant....

#allgremlinart #atla #jetko #yaoi drought over but its just gonna be shitty sketches

[mydairpercabeth]

The only way Percy can only lose Riptide is if he surrenders it. And the first and only person he surrenders riptide to is Annabeth. soulmatism i fear

#YOU THOUGHT I WAS DONE??? #BABY PERCABETH BRAINROT IS FOREVER #MY FOREVER SHIP #NEVER DONE TALKING ABOUT THEM #can you tell the drought is getting to me #need season 2 neow #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percy and annabeth #percabeth #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson the lightning thief #pjo tv #percy series #pjo tv show #walker scobell #leah sava jeffries

[ludaidenisms]

in the tub with austinshow (ft. ludwig) 3/29/24

#ludwig #ludwig ahgren #mine: gifs #mine: ludwig #sorry for making (more than) 6 gifs of a man half naked in a bathtub do u still think i'm hot #i also giffed him and austin feeling each other's biceps but they turned out super scuffed for some reason?? gonna try to remake them #plus i have another two i'm gonna make #GIF DROUGHT IS OVER !!!!!!

[caitlyn-kirammans]

SAILOR MOON S: Episode 6 - "Blinded By Love's Light" ↳ "True love is what needs to win. Love... love is everything!"

#sailor moon #smedit #sailormoonedit #animeedit #wlwedit #harumichi #anime #uranep #haruka tenoh #michiru kaioh #haruka and michiru #sailor uranus #sailor neptune #shoujoedit #watching 90s sailor moon again as my comfort show #and now im back in my harumichi era LOL theyre just SO iconic as a pair #5 year old me in the 2000s was confused at first LMAO but i quickly took the hint after a few eps #i think the tagalog version never censored it like the west so theyre pretty implied #ANYWAYS i think im kinda deep into SM and harumichi so i might make more lol sorry arcane the drought kinda gave me some burnout #mine #my gifs

[darlingod]

Interact with this post if you would read a full length Cardan novel, I want to see how much of y’all want it

#after knowing that the idea hadn’t occurred to holly has boggled my mind and I wanna know how many of y’all it occurred to #cause like is it just me and my mutuals in the drought without it orrr #I love experiments I feel like I’m on my way to be a scientist #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #tfota #the wicked king #queen of nothing #htkoelths

[lesbaurinkos]

they call me the world’s number one fan of dnp’s ffxiv catboys (who bought matching red and blue carbuncle mounts if you care). just like they call fditl the most important video to ever exist in the world

#do u guys even care. that they bought. MATCHING RED AND BLUE CARBUNCLE MOUNTS IN FFXIV #BECAUSE I CARE SOOOOO MUCH #THOSE COST REAL MONEY DID U KNOW THAT. AND THEY GOT MATCHING ONES. IF U CAREEEEE #can more phannies pleaaaasee also be xiv girlies like this knowledge is so important to me and few understand…… #anyways also. i keep rewatching fditl to cope with the dapg drought. as we all must do. obvi #and those sweaters i got an ad for on instagram and was like holy shit…… dude……… dnp for real #so anyway im having the time of my life lately. god bless! #dan and phil #dnp #daniel howell #phil lester #phanart #<- tag that truly brought me back to being 13 again. feels good feels organic. AMEN!

[ilajue]

oh hey unfinished bubbline art, what are you doing here

#adventure time #bubbline #princess bubblegum #marceline #fiona and cake #jart #ila ilajue five month art drought OVER