Some of the footprints, said Brusatte, were as big as a car tyre. “There were also handprints associated with those tracks – so these were made by a dinosaur walking all fours, a big dinosaur, and the dinosaur that fits the bill is a sauropod – one of these long-necked, pot bellied, brontosaurus-type dinosaurs,” said Brusatte, adding that they would have been up to 15 metres in length and weighed more than 10 tonnes. “They were the biggest things living on land at the time,” he said. … [Read more...] about Dinosaur footprints found on Skye
Environment
Revealed: How streaming a season of your favourite Netflix show could ‘produce more pollution than driving from Birmingham to Manchester’
A study co-authored by Professor Mike Berners-Lee (brother of Sir Tim, who 'invented' the World Wide Web) found that if everyone in Britain sent only one fewer email a day, more than 16,433 tons of carbon would be saved every year — equivalent to 81,152 flights to Madrid. … [Read more...] about Revealed: How streaming a season of your favourite Netflix show could ‘produce more pollution than driving from Birmingham to Manchester’
Microbe that can break down hard-to-recycle plastics used in products ranging from furniture to fridges could be the answer to plastic pollution
The study's author, Dr Joana Correia Prata, of Fernando Pessoa University in Portugal, said: 'The evidence suggests that an individual's lungs could be exposed to between 26 and 130 airborne microplastics a day, which would pose a risk for human health, especially in susceptible individuals, including children. … [Read more...] about Microbe that can break down hard-to-recycle plastics used in products ranging from furniture to fridges could be the answer to plastic pollution
America on its knees: Unemployment soars to 3.3million after three MILLION new claims are filed in just one week – four times the 1982 record – as coronavirus cripples the economy
'The sooner we get through this period and get the virus under control the sooner the recovery can come,' he said. 'I would expect the economic activity to resume and move back up in the second half of the year, very hard to say precisely when that will be and it will really depend on the spread of the virus. The virus is going to dictate the timetable here.' … [Read more...] about America on its knees: Unemployment soars to 3.3million after three MILLION new claims are filed in just one week – four times the 1982 record – as coronavirus cripples the economy
Thieves steal pack of toilet roll from grandmother’s home, raiders burgle pub during lockdown and man, 45, is charged with assault for ‘coughing on police officers’ as UK battles pandemic
The owners have also left a message for their customers on the pub's website, saying: 'Some people have no heart. I'm really sorry to inform you but we were broken into last night. So we are unable to operate and will not be open today and until further notice. … [Read more...] about Thieves steal pack of toilet roll from grandmother’s home, raiders burgle pub during lockdown and man, 45, is charged with assault for ‘coughing on police officers’ as UK battles pandemic
