If the joy of seeing butterflies seems increasingly rare these days, it isn’t your imagination.
From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22%[1] across the continental United States. That’s 1 in 5 butterflies lost. The findings are from an analysis just published in the journal Science by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Powell...
If the joy of seeing butterflies seems increasingly rare these days, it isn’t your imagination.
From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22%[1] across the continental United States. That’s 1 in 5 butterflies lost. The findings are from an analysis just published in the journal Science by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Powell...
Read more https://theconversation.com/butterflies-declined-by-22-in-just-2-decades-across-the-us-251468
Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed[1] when litter breaks down – are everywhere[2], from the deep sea[3] to Mount Everest[4], and many researchers worry[5] that they could harm human health[6].
I am a machine learning researcher[7]. With a team of scientists, I have developed a tool[8] to make identification of microplastics...
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people[1] to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn’t require precaution. Nonetheless, COVID-19 continues to kill over 2,000 people per month globally[2] and cause severe illness in the infirm or...