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sooibot t1_jd35s4p wrote

Reply to The growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century as temperatures have steadily risen, a new study has found. by memorialmonorail

In South Africa, Oak trees brought here by Europeans are one of the "drawing points" for a few beautiful places. The trees though (or so I've been told) grow more per season. This makes them brittle, and they "hollow out" as the hardwood almost crackles and disintegrates.

This means the trees become dangerous as they get old, and never make it past a few centuries.

What, if any, is the odds that the great northern forests will suffer the same fate?

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bibliophile785 t1_jd32y83 wrote

Reply to comment by JerkAssFool in Humans are leading source of death for California mountain lions, despite hunting protections by marketrent

People who depend on livestock for their livelihoods don't like large predators poaching them. We all tend to prioritize the things that affect us directly and ignore those things which fail to do so. You don't have to worry about livestock depredation, so you get to prioritize abstract environmental sentiment. You do have to deal with the weather and get to work, though, and so you burn fossil fuels for your commute and to cool your home. You could conceivably just sweat all day like your forebears did for millennia, but that would actually make your life harder... and so you don't. Just so for ranchers and mountain lions.

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weird_elf t1_jd2xp1f wrote

Reply to comment by butcher99 in Study of 1.65M COVID Vaccine Doses Finds Rare "Myocarditis" Generally Mild—More Than Half of Patients Didn't Need to be Hospitalized by Voices4Vaccines

I know how aspiration works. I also saw one doc at a "vax drive" kind of thing jabbing people so quickly they literally didn't even notice what was going on, and that definitely won't work if you try and aspirate.

I say "potentially uncomfortable" because that's what the expert in the video said. I guess it's mostly uncomfortable for people with a fear of needles.

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ogodilovejudyalvarez t1_jd2m6tg wrote

Reply to comment by MadRockthethird in Study of asylum-seeking children at an Australian immigration detention facility found 89% of children presented physical health issues, including malnutrition and dental disease, while 79% had one or more mental health symptoms, including self-harm ideation or attempts (45%). by unswsydney

That's why I join every march against the camps. I'm not sure which part of putting already traumatized children in concentration camps our federal government doesn't understand.

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dumnezero t1_jd2djjw wrote

Reply to Humans are leading source of death for California mountain lions, despite hunting protections by marketrent

>Mortality risk increased for mountain lions closer to rural development and decreased in areas with higher proportions of citizens voting to support environmental initiatives. Thus, the presence of human infrastructure and variation in the mindset of humans sharing landscapes with mountain lions appear to be primary drivers of risk.

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baggier t1_jd2azh3 wrote

Reply to comment by Jonafree in A artificially produced enzyme has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma. This is good news for the patients, but also for the global threat of antibiotics resistance. by UCPH

agrred. I am not sure that topical application will be totally effective as the bacteria can hide systemically, and it is not clear whether the enzyme can be administered say by injection without clearance and immune problems. Lots of things kill bacteria, (fire, acids etc) only a very few are useful in humans.

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dumnezero t1_jd28t3p wrote

Reply to According to large survey exotic pet owners were fascinated by rare attractive aesthetic features of species but they were concerned about species conservation and preferred captive-bred exotic pets. by congl1

Captive breeding is also horrible and the increased demand just means the wild caught animals will have to be "laundered" through the supply chain.

Do not make excuses for them, the exotic trade for animals and plants is terrible for the planet.

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