by faster | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Atlantic DATE: February 8, 2021 SNIP: Life as we know it is carbon based. But every organism requires other elements, too, including nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is the basis of all proteins, from enzymes to muscles, and the nucleic acids that encode...
by faster | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Northwest Treaty Tribes DATE: February 5, 2021 SNIP: Already robust levels of hiking, camping, boating and every other kind of outdoor recreation in our region has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic as many try to cure the effects of cabin fever. Increased...
by faster | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: February 4, 2021 SNIP: Plans for the UK’s first deep coalmine in more than 30 years have led to local divisions in Cumbria, even as it becomes an international issue over the country’s climate change commitments. James Hansen, one of the...
by faster | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: February 4, 2021 SNIP: Although clown fish are conceived on coral reefs, they spend the first part of their lives as larvae drifting in the open ocean. The fish are not yet orange, striped or even capable of swimming. They are still...
by faster | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: High Country News DATE: February 3, 2021 SNIP: In the last year and a half, crews have raced to complete the border wall promised by President Donald Trump. By the time his term ended, many of the construction projects across Arizona’s Borderlands were...