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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨

🐛💙 Biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra made a surprising finding while examining museum specimens: caddisfly larvae from the early #1970s were already incorporating microplastics into their protective casings.

These #underwater #insects normally build tubes from pebbles, sand, and plant matter. Finding plastic in 50-year-old specimens from non-urban streams shows how long these pollutants have affected even relatively pristine ecosystems.

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post/m

A caddisfly casing from 1971 showing small blue microplastic particles embedded among the natural materials like pebbles, sand, and organic matter that make up its protective tube structure.
#animals#biology#history
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September_UA 🇺🇦

The US President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed halting funding for NATO #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Trump #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState

euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/15

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Euromaidan Press · WP: Trump administration proposes ending NATO funding - Euromaidan PressThe proposed elimination of U.S. support for NATO comes as the alliance faces unprecedented challenges from Russia's ongoing military actions in Ukraine and threats to European stability.
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London, Ont., woman's uncle among Indigenous WW II soldiers being honoured in Dutch museum exhibit
Eighty years after her uncle Welby Patterson died on a European battlefield in the final days of the Second World War, Maidy Keir of London, Ont., will see him being recognized at a museum exhibit in the Netherlands in a way he never really ...
#military #history #family #Netherlands #Europe #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/london/dutc

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