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Bad Bleaching Down Under, Earth Day Plus, Dutch Decisions, Moving Forward, Stinky Lemurs, Mice On Ice, Panamanian Primate, CRISPR Mushrooms, CRISPR Advances, Iron Eaters, Ant Rafts, Interview w/ Jess Pelaez from Blueprint Earth, And Much More…
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The world as we know it was not always the world as we know it…
It has changed a lot over 4 billion years…
It started without much oxygen…
If you were to time travel 3billion years into the past you would suffocate on the air…
But oxygen producing prokaryotic algae changed that… it took a while…
but slowly over hundreds of millions of years… …
Tiny whiffs of oxygen were released from blue green algae in the sea…
Filled the atmosphere with so much oxygen that it turned the planet into a giant snowball…
But time again was our friend and the planet found equilibrium with an oxygen rich atmosphere…
Life flourished…
Yeas there were still trials, asteroid impacts, global warming and cooling, some life survived, most did not…
But just enough survived to allow us time to evolve into Humans…
And as much as we Humans would like to think that the story ends here, that with the arrival of us, the world has reached its final and permanent state…
We know better.
We know that the tiny emissions of oxygen were enough to change the balance of an atmosphere in the past…
We know that massive emission of Co2 today will change the balance of an atmosphere tomorrow…
And the reason we know it is because we have frequently tuned into
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Great Barrier Reef Bleaching
93% of the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing bleaching to some degree this year, and while there is an expecteded 50% mortality in the northern sector, the central and southern portions are expected to recover.
An Agreement For The Ages?
Obama and China’s Prime Minster are expected to sign a climate treaty on April 22nd that will inspire countries around the world to proactively work to mitigate the effects of climate change.
No Gas Cars?
The Dutch have voted to ban sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2025, and while the motion has yet to be ratified by the Dutch Senate, it’s a drastic move.
10 Years To Sustainable?
A new analysis suggests that it could be possible to move completely away from fossil fuel use… if there is a coordinated and organized effort.
Interview with Jess Pelaez, Co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Earth
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Lemurs are stinky!
And know best how to combine their glorious odors!!
Lab rats might be too cold to give us any good information.
They might not be responding to our new cancer treatments because they’re chilly! Crank up the heat in honor of #worldlabanimalday
Panama Papers full of monkey business
1st North American Monkey discovered.
GM Mushrooms Are OK!
Mushrooms genetically modified to stay fresh longer using the CRISPR/Cas9 editing system have been approved by the USDA.
CRISPR News!
A new advancement might bring us closer to treating human genetic diseases.
Iron eating microbes
New microbes have been discovered using iron as an energy source instead of oxygen.
Ants have jobs inside their rafts.
And they stick to what they are best at. Most interesting, ants on the bottom don’t die!!!
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