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Microplastics are choking our waters. Could a sponge made of squid bones help remove them?
1 week ago

Microplastics are choking our waters. Could a sponge made of squid bones help remove them?

CNN  

CNN — Microplastics are everywhere. “Even under a variety of policies, including plastic product reduction, waste management, and environmental recycling, microplastic pollution is irreversible and escalating.” The microplastics problem Microplastics are tiny shards of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters. The low cost and wide availability of both cotton and squid bones mean the sponge created in Wuhan “has great potential …

Water Study Plastic Microplastics Wuhan Sponge Ziajahromi
Firefighters battle wildfires choking Brazilian capital
3 months, 1 week ago

Firefighters battle wildfires choking Brazilian capital

Al Jazeera  

Firefighters have been battling wildfires spreading through a national park in Brazil and choking the capital, Brasilia, in smoke. More than 490 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 2,000 hectares of the Brasilia National Park conservation area. The fire “spread very quickly because of wind speed, low humidity, and it is very hot,” …

Brasilia Brazilian Capital Fires Spread
49-year-old Kerala man dies after choking on idlis during Onam eating contest
3 months, 1 week ago

49-year-old Kerala man dies after choking on idlis during Onam eating contest

Hindustan Times  

While celebrating Onam, a 49-year-old man died at Walayar on Saturday after choking on idlis during an eating contest. "The deceased, Suresh, choked on the idlis while taking part in the competition and the onlookers tried to save him and somehow took out the idli," police told PTI. While other participants started the contest by eating one idli, Suresh took …

Contest Man Onam Suresh Idlis Idli
Dad is arrested after grabbing boy, 10, by the neck and choking him during dispute over water guns
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dad is arrested after grabbing boy, 10, by the neck and choking him during dispute over water guns

The Independent  

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L.A.’s quest for water leaves costly bill: Higher rates for customers, choking air pollution
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A.’s quest for water leaves costly bill: Higher rates for customers, choking air pollution

LA Times  

Even as worsening drought and aridification force Los Angeles to end its overwhelming dependence on imported water, Angelenos may soon realize that weaning themselves off supplies from the rugged eastern Sierra Nevada doesn’t mean they will stop paying for the city’s long, complicated history there. That’s because, even if the city is able to make good on a pledge by …

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