Alexander Selkirk (or Selcraig, 1676-1721) was a Scotsman famously marooned for four years and four months on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean until his rescue by a passing British ship in February 1709. His story inspired the...https://t.co/iXCDlTorME
Louisiana plastics plants are sacrificing nearby communities in the name of profit, and leaving them with awful health outcomes. We think that's unacceptable, which is why we're pushing the @EPA to regulate these pollutants! https://t.co/ezVZlt77HN
@NASA This map shows tiger habitat as of January 2020. Tan is where tigers used to roam. Orange areas are where tigers recently lived. Green areas are places where tigers don’t live, but are suitable and large enough that they could be a potential area for tiger restoration.
NASA is helping protect tigers 🐅
Using satellite data from @nasa & others, scientists monitored changes in tiger habitats from 2001-2020. They also mapped areas where tigers didn’t live as of Jan. 2020, but could be potential areas for tiger restoration. https://t.co/c5Ykw6FZqz
The chariot was the elite arm of ancient Indian armies in the Vedic (1500 BCE – 1000 BCE) and Epic periods (described by the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, 1000-600 BCE) because of the advantages it conferred and the selection...https://t.co/7qTOGy0Jm5
The recently launched Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (#GBFF) approved project preparation grants and set aside nearly $40 million to support new proposed initiatives in #Brazil, #Gabon, and #Mexico: https://t.co/euHhAypDIv
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Today in #history: Beware the Ides of March!
Julius Caesar is assassinated by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Gaius Trebonius and other members of the Roman Senate. (44 BCE). #IdesOfMarch
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