Arctic Exploitation May Harm Animals Large and Small

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March 06, 2020

Dear Reader, I'm technology editor Sophie Bushwick, filling in for Sunya Bhutta. In this newsletter, we're covering how light pollution is changing animal behavior in the Arctic and how fisheries will need to account for this effect. We've also got a look at a smelly recyclable—spoiler alert: it's manure—and a study that used video cameras to remotely monitor zoo animals' heartbeats and breathing rates from afar.

Sophie Bushwick, Associate Editor, Technology @sophiebushwick

Conservation Arctic Exploitation May Harm Animals Large and Small As the region warms, ignorance about creatures ranging from plankton to whales leaves them vulnerable to human activities By Chiara Eisner

Energy Gas Companies Want to Recycle Your Manure Methane can be captured from human and animal waste and energy and heating By John Fialka,E&E News

Space Do We Really Need to Send Humans into Space? Automated spacecraft cost far less; they're getting more capable every year; and if they fail, nobody dies By Donald Goldsmith,Martin Rees

Conservation The Camera Will See You Now: New Tech Takes Wildlife Vitals from Afar Measuring zoo animals' heart and breathing rates from a distance keeps them—and humans—safe By Rachel Nuwer

Math The Very Special Triangles A recent paper uncovers a unique pair of shapes By Evelyn Lamb

Biology Burned Habitats Benefit Bats Bats proliferate in forests thinned by fire By Jason G. Goldman

Arts & Culture Diving Suit Stops Workers from Playing Cards under Water Originally published in April 1866

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Arctic Paradox Poses Questions about Sustainable Development By Cristine Russell | November 2015

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