Wed.Aug 24, 2022

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Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

Have you seen news like this: The period from May 2018 to April 2019, was the wettest 12-months over 124-year record for the contiguous US. The extreme precipitation Houston saw under Harvey will be less rare in coming decades. Caveat: record period is key for understanding how rare an event is.

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Capturing the Crane Fly

Academy of Natural Sciences

The project occurred in Costa Rica because there had not been much Diptera work done there previously, and the project creators wanted to learn about and document the fly diversity to demonstrate the importance of biodiversity and conservation. Zurqui de Moravia sampling site, Borkent et al.