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Dismantling of the Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope (+ Update)

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Arecibo Radio Telescope, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico by Mario Roberto Durán ORTIZ;   CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Update: Gut-wrenching photos document Arecibo telescope’s collapse                                                   (Alexandra WITZE, Nature ; 02 December 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03421-y Arecibo Observatory’s 305 meter telescope suffers collapse                                                           [News Release, National Science Foundation (NSF) ; December 1, 2020] https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301737 ___________ Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled                       ...

United States' Contribution To Coastal Plastic Waste Pollution

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New Study Reveals United States a Top Source of Plastic Pollution in Coastal Environments (Newsroom, Ocean Conservancy ; October 30, 2020) https://oceanconservancy.org/news/new-study-reveals-united-states-top-source-plastic-pollution-coastal-environments/ Featured Research Article: The United States' contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean (LAW et al ., 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/44/eabd0288 By Our World in Data, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Website: Plastic Pollution                                                                                                                                     (RITCHIE and ROSER, 2018) https://ourworld...