Re:Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying and Nobody Knows Why (2019)
by aejnsn on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:28AM
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Yes, thanks. I have read the article too. :)
If American English isn’t your first language, please understand the emphasis in my phrasing of “one has to think...”
Re:Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying and Nobody Knows Why (2019)
by runamok on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:56PM
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English is my first language and FTA your coal pollution hypothesis would seem to be refutednwhich I think was what they were pointing out because so few people DO read the article... E.g. more species would seem to be affected although perhaps it's a compound effect such as the pollution weakens some species more and some bacteria/virus/etc. kills them in their weakened state. I do appreciate your contribution about the local pollution sources.
Re:Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying and Nobody Knows Why (2019)
by bobthepanda on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:22AM
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I was born and raised in the US.
"Has to think" is not a common construction, if you're trying to communicate something across the lines of "can't help but think".
> At first, biologists investigating the cause of the freshwater mussel die-off suspected human activity — contamination or pollution. Rivers and streams in the coal seam-striped southern Appalachian Mountains have a long history of environmental degradation. But pollution tends to be indiscriminate, and not every species is being affected.