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Study: Ancient and Modern Tectonic Plate Velocities Found to be Similar

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When tectonic plates began to shift (Juan SILIEZAR, The Havard Gazette ; April 28, 2020) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/modern-like-tectonic-plate-motion-on-the-early-earth/ Featured Research Article: Paleomagnetic evidence for modern-like plate velocities at 3.2 Ga (BRENNER et al. , 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/17/eaaz8670 By Hughrance - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Spread of CoVID-19 in Indoor Spaces: Recent Studies

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Researchers modeling the spread of the coronavirus emphasise the importance of avoiding busy indoor spaces (News Release, Aalto University ; April 4, 2020) https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/researchers-modelling-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-emphasise-the-importance-of-avoiding-busy Also... Aerosol and Surface Distribution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospital Wards, Wuhan, China, 2020 (GUO et al. , 2020) https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article Website : Coronavirus Resource Center ( Harvard University ) https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-resource-center

Deep-Sea Worms and Bacteria Team Up to Harvest Methane | www.caltech.edu

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Deep-Sea Worms and Bacteria Team Up to Harvest Methane | www.caltech.edu : Scientists uncover an unusual partnership at the bottom of the ocean. (News Release,  Caltech ; April 3, 2020) Featured Pre-Print Research Publication: Sequestration of Methane by Symbiotic Deep-Sea Annelids: Ancient 4 and Future Implications of Redefining the Seep Influence (GOFFREDI et al ., 2019) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.23.887653v1.full.pdf Supplementary Materials for GOFFREDI et al., 2019 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/12/27/2019.12.23.887653/DC1/embed/media-1.pdf?download=true By James St. John - Bispira brunnea (social feather duster worms) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 , CC BY 2.0 , Link