Nate Rott
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Simple lesson from chimpanzees.
Yeah, Emily, thank you.
And I should say, do not be a stranger, right?
Let's take something from this.
Living on the tourist-laden Rock of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques interact with a lot of humans.
And a quick search of YouTube will show you that many of those interactions involve them pilfering food.
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports finds the macaques which most often interact with humans are more likely to eat dirt, like soil and clay, what scientists call geophagy or geophagia, a behavior researchers believe that helps the monkeys buffer their stomachs from the types of yucky guts we all get after too much junk food.
The world is getting warmer, thanks to human activities, and temperatures at the poles are rising significantly faster than the global average.
Hotter temperatures means less sea ice.
And for emperor penguins, which rely on sea ice for breeding and as places to rest, it means fewer penguins are surviving.
Twice in recent years, the ice has broken up early, causing thousands of chicks to drown in the frigid water.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says emperor penguins are now considered to be endangered, Antarctic fur seals as well.
Scientists involved in the analysis say urgent action is needed to reduce climate-warming pollution.
Using satellite photos, researchers looked at Earth from 2014 to 2022 and found that nighttime lighting, artificial light like street lamps, is increasing globally by about 2% per year.
The shift is not uniform, the study finds.
China and India became increasingly bright during the time period, while light pollution from other developed countries decreased as a result of LED lighting and regulations aimed at curbing light pollution, which disrupts many wild animals.
A dramatic decline in lighting was also seen in Ukraine during that time period as a result of Russia's invasion.