Blurt!Commonplace Book

ecology

“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

“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