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Under UV Light, Platypuses Radiate a Fluorescent Green-Blue Hue—But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

From left: visible light, ultraviolet light, and yellow-filtered UV light. Photo by Jonathan Martin   The platypus has puzzled researchers for centuries. From its venom-filled spurs, milk-secreting skin, and ability to eat a quarter of its body weight every day, the … Continue reading →

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Researchers find connection between household chemicals and gut microbiome – ScienceBlog.com

November 12, 2020 Washington State University A team of researchers for the first time has found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals found in their … Continue reading →

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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands

Captured in the marshlands of southern Denmark, Søren Solkær’s ongoing project documents one of nature’s most mesmerizing phenomena. BLACK SUN focuses on the quiet landscapes of the Danish photographer’s childhood where nearly one million starlings congregate during the vernal and … Continue reading →

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Thai project turns fishing nets into protection gear

A new environmental project in Thailand is paying local fishermen to collect discarded fishing nets and recycle them into medical gear #PlasticBagFreeDay

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Busting ghost fishing nets in the Baltic Sea | Focus on Europe

Tons of lost or abandoned plastic fishing nets are polluting the Baltic and endangering its fish and other marine life. Recovering and disposing of these ghost nets is proving problematic for both environmental activists and the authorities.

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Sea Turtle Entangled in Ghost Net Rescued

This video shows the detrimental effects of so-called ghost nets on marine animals. https://www.seaturtlebiologist.com

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Stainless Steel Roots Sprawl Into Figurative Sculptures by Artist Sun-Hyuk Kim

Just like a tree, the spindly branches that shape Sun-Hyuk Kim’s sculptures extend from a larger, sturdy limb—or in the South Korean artist’s case, neck or spine, too. Kim (previously) creates sprawling artworks that merge human anatomy and the root … Continue reading →

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Gray wolves to be reintroduced to Colorado in unprecedented vote

Voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative to reintroduce wolves into the southern Rockies, where there’s plenty of suitable habitat. A wolf in Yellowstone. Research has shown gray wolves have benefits for the environment, though their reintroduction is controversial, and routinely … Continue reading →

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Letter from Johannesburg

Green medicine: Yewande Omotoso’s apartment is slowly being taken over by plants, much to her delight.   Johannesburg gets a bad rap for being kilometre upon kilometre of concrete. However, with some five million planted trees it is actually one of … Continue reading →

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What Would We Experience If Earth Spontaneously Turned Into A Black Hole?

If a black hole were to appear between the Earth and an observer, the Earth would appear gravitationally lensed in a fashion similar to this, dependent on the Earth’s position relative to the black hole and the observer. If a … Continue reading →

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THE BANDA ARC, Life in Alor and the Banda Sea (4k)

WARNING: If you don’t like Sharks, Snakes or Tentacles, this film isn’t for you 🙂 Filmed and edited by Marcelo Johan Ogata

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