In the midst of one of the toughest times we may ever face, are there lessons to learn?  Of course there are, if we choose to see them.  Joe and STEMBoT navigate a switch in topics for this podcast and share some very pertinent information that everyone can use.

Mentioned in the episode:

Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life

https://apple.news/AE5raICV-TmKeraFR5WSJJA

Exploiting wildlife poses risks to human health.

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/489299-coronavirus-shows-exploiting-wildlife-poses-risks-to-human-health?utm_term=Wildlife&emci=40181372-d36e-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=9bc4ef24-816f-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=1905020

Snopes on swans and dolphins in Venice

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolphins-swans-italy-lockdown/

Blue Skies Over Beijing

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/flawed-estimates-effects-lockdown-measures-air-quality-satellite-observations

NASA Ozone information

https://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/SH.html

Southern Skies Benefit from a Rare Climate-Diplomacy Success (International Ozone Treaty)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-25/how-scientists-say-diplomacy-has-helped-close-the-ozone-hole?srnd=premium

1987 Montreal Protocol

https://www.state.gov/key-topics-office-of-environmental-quality-and-transboundary-issues/the-montreal-protocol-on-substances-that-deplete-the-ozone-layer/

Fake Bill Gates letter

https://artofquotation.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/bill-gates-the-corona-covid-19-virus-is-sent-to-remind-us-of-the-important-lessons-that-we-seem-to-have-forgotten-and-it-is-up-to-us-if-we-will-learn-them-or-not/

BONUS INFO

I was going to discuss wildlife more, and the need to return balance to our natural habitat and food chain, but the episode was long as it was.  So here is a quick treat for you.  :-) 

Washington has all its carnivores back with return of this furry predator

https://apple.news/At7_QEDeNTYeRbPmcceTvlA

ALSO:  Since we discussed climate change in this episode we were asked by one of our screeners for more information on what to do.

Please look at our other episodes for ways we can help our planet.

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