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Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades

A giant isopod from Puerto Rico, rediscovered in the depository of the University of Tübingen's Paleontological Collection, has turned out to be a previously unknown species.

Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades

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Tiffany M. Morgan

Tiffany M. Morgan is the Director of the Mars Exploration Program (MEP) in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. In this role she provides program leadership in exploring and characterizing Mars to…

Drought: groundwater levels in France remain very low

France's groundwater levels remain deeply worrying at the start of October: two-thirds of monitoring sites are below normal and 81% are still falling.

  • Groundwater levels in France remain very low after hot, dry summer
  • 66% of monitoring points below seasonal norms as of October 1st
  • Low rainfall and high evaporation delay groundwater replenishment

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