Issue 4

World

Economic Connectedness = Vast New Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich and Poor:

• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/01/upshot/rich-poor-friendships.html

Earth observation and biologging data for marine conservation:

• https://bryanvallejo16.medium.com/earth-observation-and-biologging-data-for-marine-conservation-989f2b3dc71d

Spread of White Nose Syndrome. A fungal disease of bats. Good animated map of the spread.

• https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/

Singapore

The Tree that shrunk the world. Gutta Percha:

• https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cnz9bz/gutta-percha-the-tree-that-shrunk-the-world

Utah

Paleo Indian footprints in Utah:

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/world/utah-ice-age-human-footprints-discovery-scn/index.html

New Mexico

Butchered Mammoth remains push back date for humans arrival in North America:

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/world/mammoth-fossils-early-humans-scn/index.html