If We Can Tap Into Its Potential To Suck Even More Carbon Pollution Out Of The Air, It Would Be A Massive

Good News: Soil Could Be a Much Larger Carbon Sink Than We Hoped
Soil minerals just a little way underground could act as a huge carbon sink to help balance out the dangerous levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, according to new research.

If we can tap into its potential to suck even more carbon pollution out of the air, it would be a massive advantage.

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The Most Vegetarian Countries Around The World - Do You Agree? [1706x3898]

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Altered Tetanus Vaccine May Protect Against Allergies And Alzheimer’s

Altered Tetanus Vaccine May Protect Against Allergies and Alzheimer’s

Research from the Universities of Dundee and Oxford has shown how combining the tetanus vaccine with a viral particle that normally affects cucumbers can be used to treat psoriasis and allergies, and may even protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

The research is in Nature Vaccines. (full open access)

The Third Thumb
The Third Thumb
The Third Thumb
The Third Thumb

The Third Thumb

2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found in Peru Desert

2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found In Peru Desert

Archaeologists rediscovered a giant geoglyph of a killer whale, etched into a desert hillside in the remote Palpa region of southern Peru, after it had been lost to science for more than 50 years.

The 230-foot-long (70 meters) figure of an orca — considered a powerful, semimythical creature in ancient Peruvian lore — may be more than 2,000 years old, according to the researchers.

They said it may be one the oldest geoglyphs in the Palpa region, and older than those in the nearby Nazca region, which is famous for its vast collection of ancient ground markings — the Nazca Lines — that include animal figures, straight lines and geometrical shapes.

Archaeologist Johny Isla, the head of Peru’s Ministry of Culture in Ica province, which includes the Palpa and Nazca valleys, explained that he saw a single photograph of the orca pattern for the first time about four years ago. He’d seen it while researching studies of geoglyphs at the German Archaeological Institute in Bonn. Read more.

CO2 rise 'will affect all sea life'
The eight-year study finds infant sea creatures will be especially harmed by more acidic oceans.
Dinosaur feathers in Canadian amber
Amber is surprisingly efficient at preserving soft tissue that would normally deteriorate under normal taphonomic conditions. Valuable information on the structure and evolution of feathers is discussed.
IFA 2017: SAMSUNG Announces Gear Sport Smartwatch, Gear Fit2 Pro Fitness Band And Gear IconX (2018) Earbuds

IFA 2017: SAMSUNG announces Gear Sport smartwatch, Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band and Gear IconX (2018) earbuds - Specifications, Video Read more ➦ http://j.mp/2xGWWif

Then Let’s Make Some Noise, Shall We? Texas Has A Real Problem Providing Women With Adequate Healthcare.

Then let’s make some noise, shall we? Texas has a real problem providing women with adequate healthcare. This is bad.

L.A. Times Report: High Maternal Mortality Among African-American Texans Is a ‘Quiet Crisis’

Globally, maternal mortality rates have been declining over the past several years. In America, however, the maternal death rate more than doubled between 1987 and 2013. In fact, though the United States is one of the most developed countries in the world, it’s the second to last among 31 developed countries, ahead of only Mexico, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And, according to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times, black women are dying at the highest rates.

More from the Los Angeles Times:

The maternal death rate in Texas after 2010 reached “levels not seen in other U.S. states,” according to a report compiled for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, based on figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Black women in Texas are dying at the highest rates of all. A 2016 joint report by the Texas Department of State Health Services’ Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force found that black mothers accounted for 11.4% of Texas births in 2011 and 2012, but 28.8% of pregnancy-related deaths.

Read the rest of the L.A. Times report here.

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