Blurt!Commonplace Book

Doug Johnson

“The cities that had a US embassy that set up one of these monitors and tweeted out air-quality data saw a decrease of PM2.5 particulates to the tune of 2 to 4 micrograms per cubic meter—compared to their air quality before getting the monitor and to other similar cities that do not have a monitor.”

posted Nov. 13, 2022, 8:00pm

“From the 40 [vacuumed DNA] samples they took, the team members identified 49 different species, from a rhino down to the guppies in the Rainforest Room. … Some of the detected species — such as the water vole and red squirrel — weren’t even zoo animals; they were just nearby.”

posted Sep. 2, 2022, 8:00pm (edited)

“Tromelin Island had its rats eradicated in 2005 and has since seen an eightfold increase in seabirds. Six locally extinct species of seabirds have also returned.”

posted Jul. 31, 2022, 8:00pm