Emily Chan

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Around the world, estuaries are expected to become saltier in the coming decades. Estuaries are the zones where the rivers meet the sea. These bodies of water transition between fresh and salt water. However, climate change is causing saltwater to take over. Saltwater intrusion, which is when seawater pushes inland into rivers, is on the rise.

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Last year, a teen from Alabama narrowly survived a shark attack, and now, she’s hoping to implement an alert system to protect other beachgoers. On June 7, 2024, Lulu Gribbin, who is now 16 years old, was one of three people bitten by a shark that day. She lost her left hand and part of her leg. The string of attacks took place off the Florida Panhandle. Recently, she asked Alabama lawmakers to support a bill by Republican Rep. David Faulkner.

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A 216,000-year-old tooth found along the Old Crow River in the Yukon territory in Canada has confirmed that woolly mammoths arrived in North America at least 100,000 years earlier than previously believed. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden extracted DNA from the Old Crow mammoth fossil as part of an extensive analysis of mammoth genetics. They revealed the existence of “long-lost” genetic diversity from different lineages across a million years of mammoths’ evolutionary history.

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When a 20-year-old surfer named RJ LaMendola was riding the waves near the beach in Southern California, he was attacked by a sea lion. The animal charged at him as he paddled back to shore as quickly as possible. He noted that the sea lion was behaving aggressively and bit him hard on his left buttock before he could escape from its reach. The bite pierced through his wetsuit. Once he made it to shore, he drove himself to the nearest emergency room, where he was treated.

1 week ago | chipchick.com | Emily Chan

Some people have been navigating crushes and heartbreaks since middle school, but 31-year-old TikToker Allie Duff (@alliejeanduffff) has never had a boyfriend in her life, successfully dodging the emotional turbulence that comes with relationships. She used to feel ashamed about it because she didn’t want people to think she was a freak, but now, she knows that many people are in the same boat as her, and it’s actually pretty common.