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HOW= MUCH ARE MICROPLASTICS HURTING US?
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In today’s newsletter, w= e examine microplastics in humans= , the rise of ‘net-zer= o’ hotels, art from discarded objects Ȃ= 6; and apartment dwellers’ journey to farming=2E
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First, microplastics in streams and oceans began turning up in the guts of= fish and shellfish=2E Now they are in the lungs and blood of humans=2E
What is the danger to us? That’s what Nat Geo’s Laura Parker is investigating=2E
One alarming findi= ng: While humans have been concerned about getting microplastics from eatin= g shrimp or mussels, we already are getting greater amounts elsewhere=2E &#= x201C;People will take in more plastic during a mussels dinner by inhaling = or ingesting tiny, invisible plastic fibers floating in the air around them= , fibers shed by their own clothes, carpets, and upholstery, than they will= by eating the mussels,” she writes=2E

See= her full story here=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY = LAUREN ROMAN

Pictured, at top: Microplastics found among living organisms off Hawai= i=2E Above, Japanese quail chicks in a study—the= results shown here—fed microplastics weren’t more likely tha= n unexposed chicks to get sick, die, or have trouble reproducing, though th= ey did show minor delays in growth=2E

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Climate-friendly hotels: The Pirelli building = in New Haven (above) was once known as Connecticut = 19;s ugliest building=2E Now it’s been refashioned as the nation= 019;s most energy-efficient hotel, and its owners are trying to get it cert= ified as a “net-zero energy hotel,” meaning it has enough ren= ewable generation to handle its annual energy needs=2E How did it get so gr= een? The Brutalist design helped: Solar power is generated on the roof=2E T= he triple-glazed windows maintain temperatures and energy-efficient applian= ces=2E Hotels—and travelers—are seeking greener options, and = more are on the way=2E
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Parks coal= ition presses Biden to establish six new protected monuments
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Environmentalists target mountains of = fertilizer waste
This Himalayan hike skims the clouds—without Evere= st crowds
Spiders ‘catapult’ themselves to avoid getting eaten afte= r mating
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One way out: How do you build a future for tee= ns in the crowded Nairobi neighborhood of Kibera? Nurture artists and encou= rage them to build works from discarded objects—and to sell them=2E = The Sun Valley Art Collective created art from beer cans, allowing the grou= p to fight pollution at the same time=2E The collective has been teaching y= outh painting (one example pictured above), as well as cartoon making, carv= ing, and metalwork=2E
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To go into the mangrove forests is always remarkable=2E From the outside, = it looks like just trees, but when you look inside you see all of this life= =2E
 
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Marine ecologist in Brazil; Nat Geo Explorer

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Now I’m a farmer: What happens when two= L=2EA=2E apartment dwellers buy a lemon grove—and try to make it a = working farm with many crops? “It was the perfect mission for two ve= ry idealistic, naive former city dwellers,” John = Chester tells Nat Geo’s Overheard podcast=2E He and his wife Molly had to build back the soil and fight a snail invasio= n before today’s Apricot Lane Farms emerged=2E Here’s how=2E (Pictured above, a = Scottish Highland cow on the farm=2E)
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What’s the deal with old-growth forests? They were a focus of President Biden’s= Earth Day initiative=2E Nat Geo’s Craig Welch breaks down the effort to save them—and provides this bit of = context: “Far more than just linking us = to our past, the world’s mature and old-growth forests perform amazi= ng ecological feats, even as they face all new threats=2E They support a gr= eater diversity of life, hold cleaner water, and host surprisingly complica= ted communication networks made of fungi that relay messages between trees = underground—even trees of different species=2E” (Pictured above, the Hoh Rainforest of Olympic National Park in Washingto= n State=2E) Here’= s the story=2E
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