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Conservationists are celebrating news that endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers in the southeast from North Carolina to Florida, offering a promising sign that efforts to help protect them are paying off.

Last week, researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) studying green sea turtles at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge declared that for the second time in the past three years they’re setting records after they counted 12,026 nests.

“This is really a comeback story,” said Kate Mansfield, a UCF assistant professor of biology and lead of the Marine Turtle Research Group, which monitors the turtles during their nesting season that lasts from May 1 to October 1.

The refuge, which was established in 1991, has become a vital haven for sea turtles. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it’s the most significant area for green turtle nesting in North America, but they’re not the only ones benefiting.

A veces es bueno hacer un balance, tomarse un tiempo y echar un vistazo a la imagen más amplia del mercado de automóviles eléctricos. Cada día parece traer una nueva serie de críticas, preocupaciones y golpes bajos en una industria que ha venido avanzando a pasos agigantados en la última década. Si bien donde estamos ahora sin duda está un poco alejado de la línea de meta, no hay duda de que se han hecho progresos increíbles con las decisiones de Tesla empujando a la industria a nuevas alturas.

Wild songbirds that prefer to eat at bird feeders have an increased risk of acquiring a common eye disease. In turn, these birds also spread the disease more quickly to their flock mates, according to an international research team led by Virginia Tech scientists.

Many of its brands — and commercials — may be iconic, from Meow Mix to Alpo, but the fact is that the pet food industry is a relatively new business. For millennia, cats and dogs were simply fed unwanted table scraps. Go to a timeless fish market like the Besiktas in Istanbul, and the chances are high that visitors will see a fishmonger feeding a feline the day’s scraps. Wander through the timeless Central Market in Athens and observers will watch the same thing, only with tidbits of beef and lamb.

Fast forward to the post-World War II era, however, and it was then that many food companies saw the benefits of marketing formulated pet foods to dog and cat owners. Growing affluence and the demand for convenience together inspired companies including General Foods, Nabisco and Purina (now owned by Nestlé) to enter the pet food sector. The profit margins were huge, as food waste that previously would have been discarded was recycled into what quickly became a lucrative new business.

El próximo sábado en una conferencia en Quebec, Canadá un equipo internacional de investigación presentará el primer portal de datos en línea sobre el permafrost mundial. En la Red Global Terrestre para permafrost, los investigadores primero recogerán toda la temperatura del permafrost existente con datos de la capa activa del Ártico, la Antártida y las regiones de permafrost de montaña, y luego lo pondrán disponible al público en general para su descarga. Este nuevo portal puede servir como un sistema de alerta temprana para los investigadores y tomadores de decisiones de todo el mundo. Una descripción detallada de la colección de datos se publica en un artículo de acceso abierto en el portal de Earth System Science Data, el pasado 14 de Septiembre.