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In this image showing the intensity of oxygen-deficient zones, copper colors represent the lowest oxygen concentrations in the eastern Pacific Ocean, while deep teal indicates regions without low oxygen. (Jarek Kwiecinsky, Andrew Babbin, MIT)

Scientists Produce 3D Maps Of Oxygen-Deprived ‘Dead Zones’ In Pacific Ocean

January 5, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Using 40 years of data, MIT researchers have mapped two of the largest oxygen-deficient zones in the world.
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Central Panama's landscape helped an interdisciplinary team, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute researchers, analyze how geochemically enriched material travels laterally through Earth’s mantle, similar to wind blowing at the surface. (Peter Barry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Zenger)

Central (American) Heating: Scientists Find Subterranean Volcanic Duct From Galapagos To Panama

December 22, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

“Magma wind” blowing through a 900-mile underground channel brings volcanic material from the Galápagos Islands to Panama.
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Researchers strung raw chicken from tree branches to act as bait for vulture bees in Costa Rica. These stingless bees feed on carrion, while most bee species are vegetarian. (Quinn McFrederick/UCR)

VIDEO: What The Cluck? ‘Vulture Bees’ Eat Chicken In Costa Rica

November 24, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Carnivorous bees show the less sweet side of the world’s favorite insect.
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Guatemalan military officers rest in El Florido, Guatemala. The nations' violent history included episodes with government, military, religious, and political forces, often linked to ideological power struggles derived from the Cold War and its aftermath. (Photo by Josue Decavele/Getty Images)

Claims Arise That U.S. Government Fosters Leftist Revolution In Central America

November 22, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Scandals related to money from USAID have undermined the fight against corruption and migration in Guatemala, critics say.�
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A young girl and her family stand by their home as police and the army force them and their neighbors to dismantle the shanty town. The government claimed the settlement was illegal on July 20, 2012, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Living conditions in the country are rated among the worst in the world. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Elections In Honduras Are A Test For Democracy In A Hard-Hit Nation

November 15, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Voters have key concerns about immigration, poverty, drug trafficking and the 2009 military coup.
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The National Guard stops a migrant in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on July 19, 2019. The Mexican government deployed the new National Guard to the southern border to reduce Central American migration. (Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

Migrant Dies At Hands Of Mexico’s National Guard In The Country’s Southern Border

November 6, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Mexico is experiencing an unprecedented migratory wave — 147,000 undocumented people traveled the country in eight months, often clashing with authorities.�
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