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Pacific Ocean’s rising acidity causes Dungeness crabs’ shells to dissolve

Acidity is making shells of crab larvae more vulnerable to predators and limiting effectiveness in supporting muscle growth
The Pacific Ocean is becoming so acidic it is starting to dissolve the shells of a key species of crab, according to a new US study.
Scientists found that the Dungeness crab, one of the most valuable species for recreational and commercial fisheries, is starting to weaken as its larvae are affected by rising ocean acidity.
German auto supplier Webasto says two employees infected with coronavirus
Person in Japan who has not visited Wuhan contracts coronavirus: ministry
U.S. State Department bars NPR reporter from Pompeo trip after testy interview
Can’t take the heat, truth, or free press and 1st Amendment The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist’s interview with him.
Bloomberg Is Taunting Trump, and Trump Is Taking the Bait
Once acquaintances as members of the wealthy Manhattan elite, Michael Bloomberg and President Trump have become bitter rivals. And a flurry of Bloomberg attack ads is angering the president.
Delta Fined $50,000 For Kicking Muslim Passengers Off Two Flights

The federal DOT determined the airline’s employees actions to be “discriminatory” towards the passengers. [ more › ]
‘Satan, be gone!’: Bolivian Christians claim credit for ousting Evo Morales
Faux-religionists foul their religion by politicizing it to fit their rightwing desires and anti-indian racism.

The fast-growing religious right – both Catholic and Protestant – see the president’s exit as a first step in transforming the country, leaving many indigenous Bolivians horrified
Some blame the defenestration of Evo Morales on a racist, rightwing coup. Others credit a popular revolt against a leader who had overstayed his welcome.
Related: Bolivia’s Evo Morales lands in Argentina after being granted asylum
Boris Johnson hints at compromise over Huawei and 5G
Little tiny ones, so tiny, even tweezers would have to be small tiny ones.
PM says solution will allow technological progress but not jeopardise US relationship
Boris Johnson has suggested he will arrive at a compromise solution over the decision on whether to let the Chinese company Huawei build parts of the UK’s 5G network in the face of US warnings that it would compromise intelligence-sharing.
During a university visit, the prime minister hinted that he would give Huawei some role in building the high-speed networks, but he faces considerable scepticism from Conservative backbenchers who used a parliamentary debate to raise concerns.
Key Republicans signal openness to Bolton testimony in impeachment trial
Not holding breath – holding out for bigger bribes?
After the revelation that the ex-national security adviser’s book implicates Trump, senators Romney and Collins spoke out
After a bombshell report about John Bolton’s forthcoming book, key Republican senators moved on Monday towards supporting testimony from the former national security adviser in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
On Sunday night, the New York Times reported that the manuscript version of Bolton’s memoir, The Room Where It Happened, contains the claim that the president told Bolton in August 2019 to keep withholding nearly $400m of security aid to Ukraine, until officials in Kyiv helped investigate Trump’s political rivals.
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