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[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/klamath-river-trip-dam-removal by Gabrielle Cannon 7/6/25 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/klamath-river-trip-dam-removal by Gabrielle Cannon 7/6/25 The Guardian] | ||
Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US history. Forged through the footprint of reservoirs that kept parts of the Klamath submerged for more than a century, the river that straddles the California-Oregon border has since been reborn. | Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US history. Forged through the footprint of reservoirs that kept parts of the Klamath submerged for more than a century, the river that straddles the California-Oregon border has since been reborn. | ||
[[Environment-Habitat Preservation]] | |||
===== Forest preservation can worsen climate change, UN affiliate says ===== | |||
[https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/05/forest-preservation-can-worsen-climate-change-un-affiliate-says-00387962 by Anne C.Mulkern 6/5/25 Climatewire] | [https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/05/forest-preservation-can-worsen-climate-change-un-affiliate-says-00387962 by Anne C.Mulkern 6/5/25 Climatewire] | ||
Forests have been seen as one of the most effective places to counter climate change by absorbing carbon emissions. But that’s changed, says a May paper from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), an academic arm of the international U.N. | Forests have been seen as one of the most effective places to counter climate change by absorbing carbon emissions. But that’s changed, says a May paper from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), an academic arm of the international U.N. | ||
# [[Wild Fires]] | |||
===== The Cause of Alzheimer's Might Be Coming From Within Your Mouth ===== | ===== The Cause of Alzheimer's Might Be Coming From Within Your Mouth ===== | ||
[https://www.sciencealert.com/the-cause-of-alzheimers-might-be-coming-from-within-your-mouth by Peter Dockrill 6/6/25 Science alert] | [https://www.sciencealert.com/the-cause-of-alzheimers-might-be-coming-from-within-your-mouth by Peter Dockrill 6/6/25 Science alert] | ||
In recent years, an increasing number of scientific investigations have backed an alarming hypothesis: Alzheimer's disease may not be merely a condition of an aging brain, but the product of infection. | In recent years, an increasing number of scientific investigations have backed an alarming hypothesis: Alzheimer's disease may not be merely a condition of an aging brain, but the product of infection. | ||
I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began===== [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/i-was-enjoying-a-midnight-swim-then-my-girlfriend-kissed-me-and-the-nightmare-began by Paula Cocozza 8/6/25 The Guardian] | [[Health Care-Illness]] | ||
===== I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began ===== | |||
===== [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/i-was-enjoying-a-midnight-swim-then-my-girlfriend-kissed-me-and-the-nightmare-began by Paula Cocozza 8/6/25 The Guardian] ===== | |||
On a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for a midnight swim on Hampstead Heath in London. They had been living together for a few months and, although it was dark and chilly, they “had a summer feeling in that first flush of the relationship”, Dunne says. They shed their clothes and waded into the shallows. After diving into the icy water, Dunne’s girlfriend put her lips to his cheek, and as they pulled apart, his life changed beyond all recognition. “It was like being struck. Like something came down,” he says, slicing the air with his hand. “The flip of a switch.” | On a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for a midnight swim on Hampstead Heath in London. They had been living together for a few months and, although it was dark and chilly, they “had a summer feeling in that first flush of the relationship”, Dunne says. They shed their clothes and waded into the shallows. After diving into the icy water, Dunne’s girlfriend put her lips to his cheek, and as they pulled apart, his life changed beyond all recognition. “It was like being struck. Like something came down,” he says, slicing the air with his hand. “The flip of a switch.” | ||
[[Health Care-Mental Health]] | |||
===== Scientists find DNA proof of swine feces in North Carolina homes ===== | ===== Scientists find DNA proof of swine feces in North Carolina homes ===== | ||
