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One of the most distinguishable features of the COVID-19 era is the public, everyday use of personal protective equipment (PPE), mainly in the form of disposable face masks and latex gloves. And while these thin layers protect us and others from transmitting and contracting SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the lower respiratory tract disease, scientists are now beginning to understand just how harmful these objects can be for ecosystems and wildlife.
The demand for PPE has put some countries on a war footing, to give governments sweeping wartime authorities to control the economy and compel private businesses to join national fights against the pandemic. âOur national plan launches a full-scale war-time effort to address the supply shortages by ramping up production and protective equipment, syringes, needles, you name it,â said Pre
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So many Southern Californians have sought to do just that since March 2020, when a saunter in the sunshine helped to provide people an aura of calm in an uncalm time.
Of course, we ve always been famously outdoorsy around these parts, thanks to boasting magnificent mountains, canyons, beaches, and a little bit of everything else in our leafy, craggy, sandy region.
It s a region that s full of feathery wonders, too, from scrub jays to crows to gulls to owls, too.
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Fairfield and Westchester residents encouraged to submit nature observations as part of a global “Bio-Blitz” By Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk | Posted by
April 19, 2021
Look for box turtles and other wildlife – and then photograph and upload your observations – as part of a global “bio-blitz” called City Nature Challenge April 30 to May 3. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is organizing the effort in Fairfield and Westchester counties to see which metro areas can make the most observations of nature, find the most species and engage the most people. Everyone everywhere can contribute, and there’s no cost to participate. Learn more at www.maritimeaquarium.org/citizen-science. (Maritime Aquarium/contributed photo)
The Thorny Problem of Tallying Every T. rex to Ever Live
The Thorny Problem of Tallying Every T. rex to Ever Live
Here’s why it’s really, really hard to count how many of the apex predators once stalked Earth’s surface.
The Thorny Problem of Tallying Every T. rex to Ever Live
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Today, South Dakota is home to prairie and pasture, bisected by bands of asphalt and the sprawling squiggle of the Missouri River. In terms of human residents, the state is one of the emptiest in America, but millions of cattle graze on the land unfurling below a generous sky: In 2017, according to figures from the Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, South Dakota’s bovines outnumbered the state’s humans by more than four to one.
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VIDEO: The USC-led research team used advanced CT scans and comparisons with humans, primates and other fossils to interpret Little Foot s shoulder bones, seen in this video animation. view more
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A long-awaited, high-tech analysis of the upper body of famed fossil Little Foot opens a window to a pivotal period when human ancestors diverged from apes, new USC research shows.
Little Foot s shoulder assembly proved key to interpreting an early branch of the human evolutionary tree. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC focused on its so-called pectoral girdle, which includes collarbones, shoulder blades and joints.