Senegal, Thailand, and Uruguay unite to reduce dental mercury
The governments of Senegal, Thailand, and Uruguay have united to reduce the use of dental amalgam, launching a joint $13 million project to fight back against harmful dental waste.
Designed to treat tooth decay, dental amalgam, a combination of mercury and silver-based alloys, is a material used by dentists to fill cavities.
Technical Discussion Series: Carbon Mapping in African Drylands
In this hybrid event, Jim Tucker from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented findings from the Nature article Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands.