By Eileen Ogintz From Tribune Content Agency Got your reusable water bottle? That’s one of the easiest things you can do to reduce your environmental footprint when you are traveling. Around 85 percent of plastic water bottles, which can take up to 1,000 years to degrade, end up as waste, according to a new report…
Dining Dinosaur Fossil Has Mammal in Belly, Sheds Light on Ancient Ecosystems
A rare fossil of a dining dinosaur is shedding new light on ancient ecosystems and behaviours. “It’s one of the few things that really give you an idea of ecology and behaviour in the fossil record,” said University of Alberta paleontologist Corwin Sullivan, who describes what he and his colleagues found in the belly of a 120-million-year-old Microraptor…
Crypto Analyst Justin Bennett Says Bitcoin Will Break above $40,000 by Monday
Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Justin Bennett says Bitcoin BTC looks poised to rally above $40,000 before the month comes to a close on Monday. “If Bitcoin can break above these highs, right around $37,500, if we do get that breakout, I think we see $40,000, potentially up to $42,000 here over the next few days,…
Scientists Unearth Huge Fossil of New Extinct Arthropod 500 Million Years Old in Rocky Mountains
The remains of a huge new half-a-billion-year-old extinct animal have been unearthed in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists uncovered the fossil belonging to the newly discovered species that roamed the seas during the Cambrian period. Named Titanokorys gainesi, these animals had a distinctive protective head shell and were much bigger than many other species at the…
Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral
HONOLULU—Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images from across the globe. The Allen Coral Atlas, named after late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning, and coral science as researchers try to save these fragile…
Birds of Prey Face Global Decline From Habitat Loss, Poisons
WASHINGTON—Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories—like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America—birds of prey are in decline worldwide. A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International found that 30 percent of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or…
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