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  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Serv... The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is urging the public to stay out of the Chowan River near Leary Landing because of an algal bloom producing a toxin called microcystin.   Test results indicate this bloom is producing microcystin at 190 micrograms per liter. At that level, officials with the Division of Public Health consider this bloom a high risk for acute health effects during recreational exposure, based on guidance values published by the  World Health Organization  (WHO).   State environmental officials have been monitoring the numerous blooms in the Chowan River since May. On July 29, staff from the Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources responded to a reported algal bloom near Leary Landing and will continue to monitor the bloom. A nearby algal bloom near  Arrowhead Beach was previously reported  with microcystin levels...

University of Queensland A phenomenon that makes coral spawn more than once a year is improving the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef. The discovery was made by University of Queensland and CSIRO researchers investigating whether corals that split their spawning over multiple months are more successful at spreading their offspring across different reefs. Dr Karlo Hock , from UQ’s  School of Biological Sciences , said coral mass spawning events are one of the most spectacular events in the oceans. “They’re incredibly beautiful,” Dr Hock said. “On Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, all coral colonies typically spawn only once per year, over several nights after the full moon, as the water warms up in late spring.” Study co-author Dr Christopher Doropoulos from the CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere said sometimes however, coral split their spawning over two successive months. “This helps them synchronise their reproduction to the best environmental conditions and moon ph...

by Smart Communications Aug 06, 2019 First ‘pure 5G’ call in Southeast Asia PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has successfully made the first 5G standalone (5G SA) video call in Southeast Asia, using Nokia’s 5G SA equipment at the PLDT-Smart 5G Technolab in Makati City. PLDT-Smart executives led by chief information and technical advisor Joachim Horn, Smart chief financial officer Chaye Cabal-Revilla, PLDT Business Transformation Office head Ricky Vargas, PLDT-Smart senior vice president for Network Planning and Engineering Mario G. Tamayo, as well as Nokia officials led by country head for the Philippines Andrew Cope made the video call using Nokia’s 5G SA core, radio and user equipment installed at the PLDT-Smart 5G Technolab. 5G SA has been described as ‘pure 5G’ as it relies solely on 5G for data transmission, and allows the full benefit of 5G capabilities to be tested and demonstrated. In contrast, 5G NSA (non-standalone) combines the use of 5G and ex...