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United States
Event Risk Assessment Tool
As many kinds of businesses, including shopping malls, sports clubs, and universities consider how to re-open their businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, business-owners and the general public need to understand the risks associated with gatherings of people. Professors and researchers from Georgia Tech have created the COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool to estimate the risk of exposure to the coronavirus at U.S. events. This dashboard calculates the risk level of attending an event or gathering of 10-1,000 people. The risk level is the estimated chance that at least one COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event.
This interactive map depicts the risk level of attending an event with 100 people in individual countries in the United States. All COVID-19 updates will be displayed in a red box.
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Poland
EU Funding Blocked
The European Union (EU) announced this week that six of the towns in Poland who declared themselves “LGBT-free” earlier this year will not receive funding from the EU. Nearly 38 million people, a third of Poland’s population, live in an “LGBT-free” zone, consisting of 80 municipalities. The revoked funds were a part of the EU’s “sister city” program, meant to connect international communities. France and the Netherlands have already cut ties between their preexisting sister cities in Poland. The Polish Justice Minister accused the EU of discrimination against Polish citizens and breaking the law, while others have called it blackmail. The EU Commissioner for Equality released a statement saying Poland failed to respect the fundamental rights allotted to EU members.
This map depicts “LQBT-free” zones in Poland. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: PES Group
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World
Deep-Sea Microbes
Living 18,000 feet below the sea level in an area called the subseafloor, new studies have showed sea microbes have survived for more than 100 million years. Using sediment from the South Pacific Gyre, a system of rotating currents located in the Pacific Ocean, researchers identified dormant single-celled microorganisms. There was no previous evidence that sea microbes populating the system of currents in the South Pacific Ocean could survive without nutrients necessary for all living organisms. After extracting the microbes from the multi-million year old sediment deposits, the single-cell, oxygen-thriving, microorganisms survived and rapidly multiplied.
This map depicts the five major systems of ocean currents, including the South Pacific Gyre that the deep-sea microbes were found. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: About 154 miles (248 km) long and only 10–20 miles (16–32 km) wide, which lake is the world’s largest alkaline lake?
A: Lake Turkana
Located in the East African Rift Valley in Kenya and Ethiopia, Lake Turkana has an average pH range of 9.3 to 9.4, making the lake water alkaline or basic on the pH scale. The volcanic sediments on the lake floor of Lake Turkana contribute to its high alkaline levels and salinity. While the lake cannot support mollusk species due to its low levels of calcium, the lake is home to over 60 species of fish.
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