by Gloria | Apr 1, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
NATURE Ocean Creatures Have Been Protecting Us From Millions of Viruses This Entire Time PETER DOCKRILL 31 MARCH 2020 It’s fair to say that the world has had more than enough of viruses right now. Unfortunately, the converse is not necessarily true. The...
by Gloria | Mar 27, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
Marine species on the move as oceans warm Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius (1°C). Now researchers report in Current Biology on March 26th that those rising temperatures have led to widespread changes...
by Gloria | Mar 23, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
NATURE The Largest Mass Migration on The Planet Happens Every Single Day, And We Never See It PETER DOCKRILL 20 MARCH 2020 At night, they rise. As the Sun disappears over the horizon, a vast movement takes place in the world’s oceans, as countless sea creatures...
by Gloria | Mar 23, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
Earth’s Soil Could Absorb 5.5 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Annually, if We Get It Right AFP (paul mocan/Unsplash) ENVIRONMENT 21 MARCH 2020 Restoring and protecting the world’s soil could absorb more than 5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year –...
by Gloria | Mar 23, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
One of my heroes following my early studies of science was the wonderful Charles Darwin, and today there is a report that some of his theories have had further confirmation. Read on – my lovelies – and enjoy a really good science report at: NATURE A...
by Gloria | Mar 23, 2020 | Gloria's Blog
Lego Bricks- How Long??? We all love Lego – especially my son (who is now grown up with a family, but still has Lego models all around his home office!) but I don’t think any of us realised the following facts about how long it takes for a lego...