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UK considers tax on single-use plastics to tackle ocean pollution https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/18/uk-considers-tax-on-single-use-plastics-to-tackle-ocean-pollution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other View in LinkedIn

SPECTRAL. "The origin of separate sexes is commonly associated with the evolution of sexual dimorphism, and this has occurred to varying degrees in many dioecious plants." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

NASA 20 year time-lapse of planet earth. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-changing-colors-of-our-living-planet View in LinkedIn

MULTIPLE EVENTS. Dioecy "is reported in close to half of all angiosperm families and may have originated on at least 100 occasions from hermaphroditic ancestors." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. “Due to sampling and cultivation challenges, genome-level viral diversity remains poorly described and grossly understudied in nature such that

GIANT GENETIC RESERVOIR. “Every second, approximately 10(23) viral infections occur in the ocean. These infections are a major source of mortality, and cause disease in a range of organisms, from shrimp to whales. As a result, viruses influence the composition of marine communities and are a major force behind biogeochemical cycles.“ https://lnkd.in/gPgnbG9 View in LinkedIn

BRAND NEW CHAPTER. “Although fifteen years have passed since the first viral metagenome was sequenced from an ocean sample, the experimental and bioinformatic methods used for viral metagenomics have not reached a consensus.” Oceans have been found to be stuffed with viruses. https://lnkd.in/g35Hmrp View in LinkedIn

DAMNED BY VAIN PRAISE. “The advent of metagenomics using high-throughput sequencing has revolutionized not only the rate of virus discovery, but also the nature of the discoveries. For example, the viral ecology and etiology of many human diseases are being characterized, non-pathogenic viral commensals are ubiquitous, and the description of environmental viromes is making progress.” https://lnkd.in/g35Hmrp View in LinkedIn

GIANT DATA GAP. “The number and diversity of viral sequences that are identified in metagenomic data far exceeds that of experimentally characterized virus isolates.” https://lnkd.in/gbF24QP View in LinkedIn

TIP OF ICEBERG. “The number and diversity of viral sequences in reference databases are dwarfed by the sequences from their cellular hosts. As a result, state of the art taxonomic classification of viruses recognizes only several thousand viral species, a large fraction of which infect humans. This stands in sharp contrast with the diversity of the cellular organisms on which all viruses depend for their replication.” https://lnkd.in/g35Hmrp View in LinkedIn