{"id":62241,"date":"2021-02-08T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/?p=62241"},"modified":"2021-02-08T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:01:05","slug":"a-newsletter-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/a-newsletter-test\/","title":{"rendered":"A newsletter test"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62241\" class=\"elementor elementor-62241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2b23dc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2b23dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fbf764\" 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https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/future-facts-from-think-links-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-047281c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"047281c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FUTURE FACTS &#8211; FROM THINK LINKS<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>DID YOU KNOW THAT&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><p>The Arctic is pervasively polluted by microplastic fibers that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p>Saudi Arabia plans to build a 100 mile long, car-free mega-city entirely powered by renewable energy consisting of connected communities \u2013 which it calls &#8220;city modules&#8221;.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p>Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, NIO, will sell its cars with an option to lease the battery for a monthly fee \u2013 with replacements at no additional charge.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p>The UN now believes that we will see an end to population growth within decades \u2013 before the slide begins in earnest.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f820d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f820d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/punctuations-2.png\" 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Petersen<br \/><br \/><br \/>Hello Friends,<br \/><br \/>I recently chatted with Joni Patry, who will be joining us here in Berkeley Springs, WV, on Februrary 13th. 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1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b749e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b749e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>What Does Vedic Astrology Say<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>About the Next Five Years<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/>The next five years will be transformative. As our global world becomes smaller are we willing to accept the radical forces of change? Many will refuse and believe what they want to believe instead of the overwhelming truth. The old paradigms are changing and a new awakening is imminent.<br \/><br \/>Joni will give her insights into the cycles of change through her understanding of the planetary energies and how it will affect our world and consciousness. 2020 is the true beginning for these radical shifts! We will discuss our purpose being a part of this incredible age and time, and what we can do to assist and prepare for this awakening.<br \/><br \/><\/p><center><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Livestream and In Person<\/span><\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/center><center><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Saturday February 13, 1-4 pm<\/span><\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/center><center><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Berkeley Springs, WV<\/span><\/strong><\/center><p><br \/><br \/>We hope you will join us at Coolfont Resort in Berkeley Springs, but if you can\u2019t make it to Berkeley Springs, you can still watch the whole presentation by livestream &#8230; as many times as you like, for two weeks thereafter. 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https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/79ef8cef-244b-45d9-8623-edb95aae9a47-74x96.jpg 74w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/79ef8cef-244b-45d9-8623-edb95aae9a47-313x408.jpg 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/79ef8cef-244b-45d9-8623-edb95aae9a47-150x196.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a626ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a626ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CLICK ABOVE TO READ TRANSITION TALKS MAGAZINE\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d68346 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8d68346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2ec8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf2ec8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THINK LINKS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3551103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3551103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-62281\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid.png 1200w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-561x58.png 561w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-1122x117.png 1122w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-364x38.png 364w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-728x76.png 728w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-608x63.png 608w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-758x79.png 758w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-1152x120.png 1152w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-624x65.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-461x48.png 461w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-922x96.png 922w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-313x33.png 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/corona-covid-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c79580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c79580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncoverdc.com\/2021\/01\/25\/have-400000-americans-died-of-covid-19\/\">Have 400,000 Americans Died of Covid-19? \u2013 (UncoverDC \u2013 January 25, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8388cfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8388cfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many assumed, lots screamed it, but now there is proof: The Covid-19 death count is a fabrication. However, the story is much bigger than number manipulation within our government. It\u2019s a story told best with an introduction. PSYOPS, or \u201cInfluence Operations,\u201d don\u2019t have to correlate with reality because they create a new hyper-reality, seen only through specific virtual reality goggles. Right now, we are all being clobbered hard by the number 400,000\u2014but none so viciously as former President Donald Trump. The 400,000 PSYOP was timed to coincide with the days before, during, and after Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration. Thus, Donald Trump was accused of essentially killing all \u201c400,000,\u201d as the Empire State Building lit up in red<\/p><p>For those who may be impatient, scroll down to the section titled \u201cThe Natural Enemy of the PSYOP is the True Scientist\u201d and read from there. Otherwise, learn what they have done and will continue to do.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d88a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d88a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/international-news\/disease\/there-are-many-reports-from-around-the-world-people-seriously-ill-after-the-vaccine\/\">There are Many Reports from Around the World of People Becoming Seriously Ill After the Vaccine \u2013 (Armstrong Economics \u2013 January 25, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a3d4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7a3d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are way too many people suffering from serious side-effects from these vaccines. There is a lot of information coming out about these vaccines, which have been pushed out without proper testing because this was a manufactured political emergency. Thirty people died after being vaccinated in Norway, prompting international concern outside the USA of course. Meanwhile, a study in Italy showed that tumor patients had already developed antibodies to COVID-19 back in September 2019 showing that it was around before it is generally believed to have begun in China. You cannot give these vaccines to the frail elderly. The real crisis we have is that this virus has been usurped politically to create political change. The restrictions on the global economy are ensuring that we are looking at a broader economic depression. The lockdowns have not been effective and have resulted in many deaths of those who could not get other treatments. there are some reports that after vaccination if you come into contact with one of the new strains which have appeared in the UK, Africa, and now California, you may have a worse experience. The entire problem has been that COVID has been used for political purposes of shutting down the economy to reduce CO2, and yes, to get rid of Trump.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea58d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dea58d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/18\/how-to-get-a-free-bag-of-weed-with-your-covid-19-vaccine\/\">How to Get a Free Bag of Marijuana with the COVID-19 Vaccine \u2013 (New York Post \u2013 January 18, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35450f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a35450f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cannabis activist group DC Marijuana Justice plans to offer weed gift bags to those who get the COVID-19 vaccine in the nation\u2019s capital, the organization has announced. \u201cWe are looking for ways to safely celebrate the end of the pandemic and we know nothing brings people together like cannabis,\u201d wrote DCMJ co-founder Nikoas Schiller in a press release for the initiative, dubbed \u201cJoints for Jabs.\u201d The group plans to hand out free ganja baggies at Washington, DC, vaccination sites, both to commemorate what is hopefully the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic and as advocacy for both reefer and getting vaccinated. DC\u2019s Department of Health has not yet named the public vaccination sites, but DCMJ says they will release further details once those addresses and hours of operation have been made public. In the meantime, local growers have already pledged three pounds of cannabis for the giveaway, and DCMJ hopes to have a total of five pounds by the time they begin offering them to freshly vaccinated members of the public,\u00a0<i>DCist<\/i>\u00a0reported. The organizers plan to distribute loose cannabis. Handing out free joints, they learned after doing as much during President Trump\u2019s 2017 inauguration, leads to people smoking them on site and violating city law, in addition to being problematic to pandemic health protocol.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d89955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d89955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/principia-scientific.com\/who-you-do-not-need-to-wear-a-mask\/\">WHO: You Do NOT Need to Wear a Mask \u2013 (Principia Scientific Intl. \u2013 January 25, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de41e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de41e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) admits there is no scientific medical reason for any healthy person to wear a mask outside of a hospital. Sadly, our corrupt politicians and mainstream media only relate the bad news. If you do not have any respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, or runny nose, you do not need to wear a medical mask. When used alone, masks can give you a false feeling of protection and can even be a source of infection when not used correctly. In December, 2020, WHO issued the following advice that masks are only of some benefit if used in conjunction with a range of other measures and of limited value. \u201c\u2026the use of a mask alone, even when correctly used, is insufficient to provide an adequate level of protection for an uninfected individual or prevent onward transmission from an infected individual.\u201d As Dr. Joseph Mercola, who analyzed the WHO advice, pointed out \u201c\u2026.the literature rather strongly suggests the usefulness of masks depends on a significant number of factors \u2014 type, fit, length of use, purpose and circumstances \u2014 which are effectively impossible to account for in public universal-masking policies. The science, contrary to the ignorant platitudes we are bombarded with, has NOT proven that universal masking is effective for viral containment, and has instead provided substantial grounds for skepticism of such a policy.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0aec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b0aec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-62309\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2.png 1200w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-561x58.png 561w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-1122x117.png 1122w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-364x38.png 364w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-728x76.png 728w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-608x63.png 608w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-758x79.png 758w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-1152x120.png 1152w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-624x65.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-461x48.png 461w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-922x96.png 922w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-313x33.png 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/institutional-change-2-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e0601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a0e0601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78bf67f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78bf67f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/27\/business\/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html\">\u2018Dumb Money\u2019 Is on GameStop, and It\u2019s Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game \u2013 (New York Times \u2013 January 27, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d3a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26d3a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Millions of amateur traders collectively taking on some of Wall Street\u2019s most sophisticated investors \u2014 and, for the moment at least, winning. Propelled by a mix of greed and boredom, gleefully determined to teach Wall Street a lesson, and turbocharged by an endless flow of get-rich-quick hype and ideas delivered via social media, these investors have piled into trades around several companies, pushing their stock prices to stratospheric levels. Some of the names are from an earlier business era. BlackBerry\u2019s shares are up nearly 280% this year. Stock in AMC, the movie theater chain, has surged nearly 840%. But the trade that captures the David-versus-Goliath nature of the moment involves GameStop, the troubled video game retailer that was once a fixture in suburban malls. On Wall Street, individual investors are often derided as \u201cdumb money,\u201d destined to lose against the highly compensated analysts and traders who buy and sell stocks for a living. But in recent days, individual investors \u2014 many of them followers of a popular, juvenile, foul-mouthed Reddit page called Wall Street Bets \u2014 have upended that narrative by banding together to put the squeeze on at least two hedge funds that had bet that GameStop\u2019s shares would fall. (Editor&#8217;s note: This has never been done before; the collective action by small traders is only possible because they can communicate through online chat rooms. It allows them, a group, to amass the same &#8220;weight&#8221; as billion dollar hedge funds and go up against them. Also note that three independent elements enabled this: the economic destruction of Covid-19, zero commission trading platforms such as Robinhood, and social media.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50efa1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50efa1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-62315\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries.png 1200w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-561x58.png 561w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-1122x117.png 1122w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-364x38.png 364w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-728x76.png 728w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-608x63.png 608w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-758x79.png 758w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-1152x120.png 1152w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-624x65.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-461x48.png 461w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-922x96.png 922w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-313x33.png 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/new-discoveries-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b45445c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b45445c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b0756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24b0756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-01-puzzling-six-exoplanet-rhythmic-movement-theories.html\">Puzzling Six-exoplanet System with Rhythmic Movement Challenges Theories of How Planets Form \u2013 (PhysOrg \u2013 January 25, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1bd576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1bd576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have revealed a system consisting six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. This means that there are patterns that repeat themselves as the planets go around the star, with some planets aligning every few orbits. A similar resonance is observed in the orbits of three of Jupiter&#8217;s moons: Io, Europa and Ganymede. Io, the closest of the three to Jupiter, completes four full orbits around Jupiter for every orbit that Ganymede, the furthest away, makes, and two full orbits for every orbit Europa makes. The five outer planets in the TOI-178 system follow a 18:9:6:4:3 chain. While the second planet from the star (the first in the resonance chain) completes 18 orbits, the third planet from the star (second in the chain) completes 9 orbits, and so on. But even if the arrangement of the orbits is neat and well-ordered, the densities of the planets &#8220;are much more disorderly,&#8221; says Nathan Hara from the Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve, Switzerland, who was involved in the study. &#8220;It appears there is a planet as dense as the Earth right next to a very fluffy planet with half the density of Neptune, followed by a planet with the density of Neptune.&#8221; In our Solar System, for example, the planets are neatly arranged, with the rocky, denser planets closer to the central star and the fluffy, low-density gas planets farther out. &#8220;This contrast between the rhythmic harmony of the orbital motion and the disorderly densities certainly challenges our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems,&#8221; says Adrien Leleu from the Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve and the University of Bern, Switzerland, who led a new study of the system published in Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc3416c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc3416c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-01-puzzling-six-exoplanet-rhythmic-movement-theories.html\">\u2018Super-Puff\u2019 Planet Like No Other \u2013 As Big as Jupiter but 10 Times Lighter \u2013 (SciTech Daily \u2013 January 18, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae33971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae33971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn, astronomers at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al have found. This intriguing discovery by Ph.D. student Caroline Piaulet of UdeM\u2019s Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) suggests that gas-giant planets form a lot more easily than previously believed. \u201cThis work addresses the very foundations of how giant planets can form and grow,\u201d said UdeM astrophysics professor Bj\u00f6rn Benneke. \u201cIt provides concrete proof that massive accretion of a gas envelope can be triggered for cores that are much less massive than previously thought.\u201d WASP-107b was first detected in 2017 around WASP-107, a star about 212 light years from Earth in the Virgo constellation. The planet is very close to its star \u2014 over 16 times closer than the Earth is to the Sun. As big as Jupiter but 10 times lighter, WASP-107b is one of the least dense exoplanets known: a type that astrophysicists have dubbed \u201csuper-puff\u201d or \u201ccotton-candy\u201d planets. The mass of WASP-107b is about one tenth that of Jupiter, or about 30 times that of Earth. The team then did an analysis to determine the planet\u2019s most likely internal structure. They came to a surprising conclusion: with such a low density, the planet must have a solid core of no more than four times the mass of the Earth. This means that more than 85% of its mass is included in the thick layer of gas that surrounds this core. By comparison, Neptune, which has a similar mass to WASP-107b, only has 5 \u2013 15% of its total mass in its gas layer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2842efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2842efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/researchers-say-theyve-found-the-ancient-dens-of-giant-1846099925\"> Researchers Say They've Found the Ancient Dens of Giant Carnivorous Worms \u2013 (Gizmodo \u2013 January 21, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73897dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73897dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Twenty million years ago, the shores of northern Taiwan were sandstone sediments at the bottom of the sea, where 6-foot-long worms lurked in their burrows, waiting for unsuspecting prey to pass overhead. Now, a team of geoscientists have chronicled 319 trace fossils of those carnivorous marine worms, whose dens fossilized in the Miocene muck. \u201cIn the beginning, we were firmly convinced it was a very fancy shrimp burrow,\u201d Ludvig L\u00f6wemark, a sedimentologist at National Taiwan University, said in a video call. \u201cAnd then, after talking to some other experts, we were leaning towards this bivalve hypothesis. But in the end, we became more and more convinced that it\u2019s actually a bobbit worm that made this trace.\u201d Trace fossils are vestiges of the creatures who made them\u2014footprints and other hardened remnants of the animals\u2019 movements in life, rather than the fossil remains of the critters themselves. The worms the researchers suggest once inhabited these burrows are long gone, presumably being composed of soft tissues that deteriorated shortly after death. L\u00f6wemark\u2019s team, led by Yu-Yen Pan at the National Taiwan University, discovered hundreds of pockmarks peppering Taiwan\u2019s rocky shoreline. They found the holes veered horizontally as they went deeper, forming a boomerang-shaped burrow about 1 inch wide and 6 feet deep. The tapering bend of the burrow suggested to the team that the earth beneath the creature either became harder to dig through at a certain depth or became more anoxic. (Worms breathe through their skin, so if the soil they\u2019re immersed in doesn\u2019t have enough oxygen, it can be deadly). Where the burrows opened onto the then-seafloor, there was a \u201cfeathering\u201d pattern the team identified, which suggested that the silty sea bottom had collapsed around the structure in a funnel shape, indicative of a vacuum left by a creature yanking itself back into its lair. Article included embedded video clip of somewhat similar ocean bottom dwelling worm that can grow up to 10 feet long snatching prey by predatory ambush.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc3d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1dc3d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-62306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health.png 1200w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-561x58.png 561w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-1122x117.png 1122w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-364x38.png 364w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-728x76.png 728w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-608x63.png 608w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-758x79.png 758w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-1152x120.png 1152w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-624x65.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-461x48.png 461w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-922x96.png 922w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-313x33.png 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/genetics-biotechnology-health-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572a4be elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"572a4be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cedd34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cedd34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/01\/not-just-magsafe-apple-reminds-users-not-to-hold-iphones-near-pacemakers\/\">Not Just MagSafe: Apple Reminds Users Not to Hold iPhones Near Pacemakers \u2013 (Ars Technica \u2013 January 25, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc6ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bc6ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MagSafe is a feature in new iPhones that among other things allows the devices to attach magnetically to a small Qi wireless charging pad. This magnetic alignment allows for more optimal charging speeds than in previous iPhone models. Apple has published clarifications to its support documents to address consumer concern that, because of the presence of the MagSafe magnet system in new iPhones, the iPhone 12 and its 2020 peers are particularly unsafe to hold in close proximity to an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker. Keeping any iPhone within six inches of an ICD or pacemaker (or within 15 inches, while charging wirelessly) is unsafe. The warning also claims the iPhone 12 is not specifically more dangerous than other models. Several weeks back,\u00a0<i>Heart Rhythm Journal<\/i>\u00a0published results of a test wherein it repeatedly found that moving an iPhone 12 with MagSafe close to a patient&#8217;s ICD interfered with the functioning of that lifesaving device. After that report, tech enthusiasts visited forums, Twitter, and Reddit to spread speculation that the iPhone 12 was particularly dangerous to people with pacemakers because of the introduction of MagSafe. However, the journal didn&#8217;t mention that modern smartphones already contained magnets and emit signals that necessitate that users with ICDs or pacemakers keep them several inches away from those medical devices, even before the introduction of MagSafe to the iPhone line in 2020. In other words, it is indeed unsafe to hold the iPhone 12 close to these medical devices\u2014but it was also unsafe to do so with the iPhone 11, iPhone X, or any number of competing smartphones.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3788f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3788f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/science\/stanford-aging-cognitive-decline-immune-cell-inflammation\/\">Breakthrough Study Finds Age-related Cognitive Decline May Be Reversible \u2013 (New Atlas \u2013 January 20, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9df7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a9df7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A breakthrough study from a team of neurologists at Stanford University claims to have discovered one way immune cells become dysfunctional as we age, leading to the inflammatory hyperdrive that plays a role in most age-related disease from cancer to cognitive decline. Preliminary study suggests this immune dysfunction can be reversed, pointing to compelling future anti-aging therapies. The specific focus of the new study was a hormone called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Levels of this particular hormone have previously been found to rise with aging. PGE2 is also known to promote inflammatory activity in immune cells. The first part of the research unpacked exactly how PGE2 initiates inflammatory activity in macrophages, a fundamental immune white blood cell. Across animal experiments and in vitro human cell tests the researchers uncovered a comprehensive chain of events showing how PGE2 directly triggers dysfunctional inflammatory activity in macrophages. The final part of the research explored what happens when you inhibit this PGE2-EP2 mechanism. Initial in vitro experiments revealed old macrophage cells transforming when this mechanism was disrupted. Inflammatory characteristics disappeared and the old cells were effectively rejuvenated. Inhibiting this mechanism in aged mouse models of cognitive decline resulted in even more impressive results. The old mice, receiving an experimental drug that blocks PGE2-EP2 binding, displayed a reversal of cognitive decline, ultimately performing as well as young mice across a series of cognitive tests. However, a long research path that lies ahead. The experimental drugs used in the study to block PGE2-EP2 binding, for example, are not at all ready for human clinical use. In fact, they may not even be safe for humans, suggests Katrin Andreasson, senior author on the new study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e152e4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e152e4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-62297\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate.png 1200w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-561x58.png 561w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-1122x117.png 1122w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-364x38.png 364w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-728x76.png 728w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-608x63.png 608w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-758x79.png 758w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-1152x120.png 1152w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-624x65.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-461x48.png 461w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-922x96.png 922w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-313x33.png 313w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/environmental-issues-climate-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9267f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"de9267f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd0f0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bd0f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jan\/12\/clothes-washing-linked-to-pervasive-plastic-pollution-in-the-arctic\">Clothes Washing Linked to Pervasive Plastic Pollution in the Arctic \u2013 (Guardian \u2013 January 12, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0631d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be0631d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Arctic is pervasively polluted by microplastic fibers that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found. The most comprehensive study to date found the microplastics in 96 of 97 sea water samples taken from across the polar region. More than 92% of the microplastics were fibers, and 73% of these were made of polyester and were the same width and colors as those used in clothes. Most of the samples were taken from 3-8 meters below the surface, where much marine life feeds. Other recent analysis estimated that 3,500tn plastic microfibers from clothes washing in the US and Canada ended up in the sea each year, while modeling suggested plastic dumped in the seas around the UK was carried to the Arctic within two years. The researchers found plastic fibers at the north pole. With plastic recently discovered at the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench, and the peak of Mount Everest, it is clear humanity\u2019s litter has polluted the entire planet. It is known to injure wildlife that mistake it for food. People also consume microplastics via food and water, and breathe them in, although the health impact is not yet known. Much more water flows into the Arctic from the Atlantic than the Pacific, and the new research found higher concentrations of the microplastic fibers nearer the Atlantic, as well as longer and less degraded fibers. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at a dominance of Atlantic inputs, which means sources of textile fibres in the North Atlantic from Europe and North America are likely to be driving the contamination in the Arctic Ocean,\u201d said Peter Ross, at Ocean Wise Conservation Association in Canada, who led the study. \u201cWith these polyester fibers, we\u2019ve essentially created a cloud throughout the world\u2019s oceans.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ce1fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42ce1fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jan\/12\/clothes-washing-linked-to-pervasive-plastic-pollution-in-the-arctic\">Clothes Washing Linked to Pervasive Plastic Pollution in the Arctic \u2013 (Guardian \u2013 January 12, 2021)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2b242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b2b242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Arctic is pervasively polluted by microplastic fibers that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found. The most comprehensive study to date found the microplastics in 96 of 97 sea water samples taken from across the polar region. More than 92% of the microplastics were fibers, and 73% of these were made of polyester and were the same width and colors as those used in clothes. Most of the samples were taken from 3-8 meters below the surface, where much marine life feeds. Other recent analysis estimated that 3,500tn plastic microfibers from clothes washing in the US and Canada ended up in the sea each year, while modeling suggested plastic dumped in the seas around the UK was carried to the Arctic within two years. The researchers found plastic fibers at the north pole. With plastic recently discovered at the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench, and the peak of Mount Everest, it is clear humanity\u2019s litter has polluted the entire planet. It is known to injure wildlife that mistake it for food. People also consume microplastics via food and water, and breathe them in, although the health impact is not yet known. Much more water flows into the Arctic from the Atlantic than the Pacific, and the new research found higher concentrations of the microplastic fibers nearer the Atlantic, as well as longer and less degraded fibers. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at a dominance of Atlantic inputs, which means sources of textile fibres in the North Atlantic from Europe and North America are likely to be driving the contamination in the Arctic Ocean,\u201d said Peter Ross, at Ocean Wise Conservation Association in Canada, who led the study. \u201cWith these polyester fibers, we\u2019ve essentially created a cloud throughout the world\u2019s oceans.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c54194d sticky-section-wrapper\" data-id=\"c54194d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-06d6dcb sticky-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06d6dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d302022\" data-id=\"d302022\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1697c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1697c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1005\" src=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-60303\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-764x400.png 764w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-624x327.png 624w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-100x52.png 100w, https:\/\/arlingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/henry-1920x1005-1-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURE FACTS &#8211; FROM THINK LINKS DID YOU KNOW THAT&#8230; The Arctic is pervasively polluted by microplastic fibers that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America. 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