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Mapping microplastic movement in rivers and streams across Pennsylvania #Pennsylvania

Mapping microplastic movement in rivers and streams across Pennsylvania
Microplastics can be found everywhere in nature—from drinking water to clouds in the atmosphere—but scientists have yet to fully uncover how severely they impact the environment or the precise factors driving their buildup. A new study published by researchers at Penn State offers a fresh view of how microplastics traverse and influence watersheds, such as rivers and streams, across Pennsylvania and the world at large.

"Lee received life without parole for felony murder, even though the victim’s partner said he wasn’t the killer." #Mandatory

The Tick Lab of Pennsylvania offers free testing to residents of the Commonwealth. You can send up to five ticks taken off the host (person or pet). #pennsylvania #ticks #lyme #disease #health #outdoors #hiking https://www.ticklab.org/test-my-tick

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania

Heute vor 66 Jahren: Am 3. April 1960 kam es im #Westinghouse Test Reaktor (#WTR) in #Pennsylvania zu einer teilweisen #Kernschmelze. Dabei schmolz ein Brennelement und es wurden die radi…

Super envious of the glass-fronted, floor-to-ceiling shelves for herbs and micro-greens at 1906, the restaurant at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. When I win the lottery I'm going to get something like that installed. [Screenshot from a video from the garden's Instagram account.] #LongwoodGardens #KennettSquare #restaurant #pennsylvania #kitchen #cooking #herbs #plants

Walked around Valley Forge National Historical Park last week and was surprised to find hundreds of mason bees nesting *inside* the soldier huts. I'd always assumed they required exterior wood, ideally with direct sun for most of the day. There were also hundreds of Houdini flies lurking around. #ValleyForge #pennsylvania #osmia #bees #insects #history #biology

The tulip display at Longwood Gardens was incredible this year. #LongwoodGardens #tulip #tulips #tulipa #tulpen #flowers #bulbs #garden #gardening #pennsylvania

Helpful tips for dealing with mosquitoes this summer. Not only is the article full of excellent suggestions from experts, it's noteworthy that spraying yards with pyrethroids is never mentioned. That's likely because experts view it as a waste of money. Originally published in the Washington Post but repeated in the Philadelphia Inquirer. [gift link] #mosquitoes #delco #philadelphia #pennsylvania #pesticides #deet #thermacell #bti https://share.inquirer.com/AMxElB

A common sight in the parking garage at my gym is people opening their doors a few inches and pushing out burger wrappers, cups, and spent vape cartridges onto the pavement. And now, apparently, flat-screen televisions. #ymca #delco #pennsylvania #gym #food #littering #tv #trash #lcd