Sunday, 28 May 2023
quote [ ?[The] toxicity of plastic actually increases with recycling. Plastics have no place in a circular economy and it?s clear that the only real solution to ending plastic pollution is to massively reduce plastic production.? ]
From what I heard, controlled burning at high tempereatures is probably most efficient in cracking down on chemical substances. Won't stop the next PFAS scandal though.
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quote [ In the bogs of Hecate Island, British Columbia, a writer and novice naturalist joins researchers for a glimpse of a multiyear biodiversity mission?and gets acquainted with some odd organisms. ]
Let them shine in a world full of biodiversity
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Friday, 26 May 2023
quote [ Winding through British Columbia and Washington, the Skagit has a history that reflects competing conceptions of advancement ]
Into a current big and slow like the Skagit flow
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Sunday, 21 May 2023
quote [ Peter Kaestner has traveled the world on an adventure-filled quest to become the first birder to hit 10,000. Ornithologist Jessie Williamson hitched a ride on a rollicking South American mission that involved land, sea, and (you guessed it) air. ]
Bird species never seen or heard before
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Saturday, 20 May 2023
quote [ We report the classification of the nearby (~6.4 Mpc) supernova SN 2023ixf as Type II using the Liverpool Telescope. The spectrum shows strong flash-ionization features of H, He, C, and N. ]
Light from a long dead supernova is reaching us and we should be able to see it with amateur telescopes in the next few days.
Twitter thread with layman speak info
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Saturday, 13 May 2023
quote [ Proposed science-backed speed limit reductions could prevent whales from dying in vessel strikes, but boating advocates are pushing back, citing economic impacts. ]
When down on her a right whale bore
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Friday, 5 May 2023
quote [ Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria. ]
The cyanobacteria is there
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Thursday, 4 May 2023
quote [ A phallus-shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland in Conception Bay before collapsing. ]
Happens to the best of us, iceberg
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Thursday, 27 April 2023
quote [ In British Columbia, a monitoring project with light traps may illuminate the future of the prized crustaceans. ]
Like a sonogram on a baby crab
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
quote [ The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty helped us not kill each other and all life on Earth. Can we follow the same steps to avoid mutually assured climate destruction? ]
Fossil fuels have given birth
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