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The 2022 Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse
Super Flower Blood Moon over Bayou Bienvenue in New Orleans (2021) , Michael DEMOCKER ; Link The Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar eclipse of 2022 occurs tonight! Here's what to expect (Elizabeth HOWELL, Space.com ; May 15, 2022) https://www.space.com/super-flower-blood-moon-eclipse-tonight The Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse will leave these lunar spacecraft in the dark (Stephanie WALDEK, Space.com ; May 15, 2022) https://www.space.com/super-flower-blood-moon-eclipse-lunar-spacecraft-2022
Oxybenzone & Coral Reef Degradation
Bleached Coral, Acoropora sp . , Vardhan PATANKAR ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Corals and sea anemones turn sunscreen into toxins - understanding could help save coral reefs (Djordje VUCKOVIC and Bill MITCH, The Conversation ; May 5, 2022) https://theconversation.com/corals-and-sea-anemones-turn-sunscreen-into-toxins-understanding-how-could-help-save-coral-reefs-182311 Also... Toxic effects of UV filters from sunscreens on coral reefs revisited: regulatory aspects for "reef safe" products (MILLER et al. , 2021) https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-021-00515-w Investigating the exposure and impact of chemical UV filters on coral reef ecosystems:. Review and research gap prioritization (WATKINS and SALLACH, 2021) https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ieam.4411 Adding insult to injury: Effects of chronic oxybenzone exposure and elevated temperature on two reef-building corals (WIJGERDE et al. , 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...
"Taking Stock" Air Quality Interactive | CEC
Aerosol Optical Depth (March 2000 - March 2022), NASA Earth Observatory Taking Stock [ Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) ] http://takingstock.cec.org/content/landing/en/ Taking Stock Interactive Infographic http://www.cec.org/files/tsinteractive/index-en.html Websites: 2022 Air Quality Awareness Week ( U. S. Air Quality Index ) https://www.airnow.gov/aqaw/ Aerosol Optical Depth Global Map ( NASA Earth Observatory ) https://www.airnow.gov/aqaw/