CSO Shares STEM Program in Latin America

Lopez and team hosting school STEM night. 6 kids wearing masks, and 3 of them wearing capes.
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by CSO Valentina Lopez, Querétaro, Mexico

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All About Cactus!

 

Boomer Bear takes a look at how cactus and critters share their Sonoran Desert home.

If you’re drawing a picture of our desert, chances are you’re going to include at least a few prickly plants, since cacti—especially saguaros—are such an ICONIC part of our beautiful desert.

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Seaweed Mass Heading to U.S.

SEAWEED MASS FACTS: • Width of seaweed mass: 5,000 miles • Ocean it’s floating in: Atlantic • Species of seaweed in existence: over 12,000
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A giant blob of seaweed is slowly floating toward Florida’s beaches. The collection of seaweed weighs more than 10 million tons, and stretches more than 5,000 miles—twice the width of the continental United States!

The seaweed at issue is called sargassum, and it’s a leafy BUOYANT... Read more

Swift Makes Dream Come True for Injured Young Fan

Taylor Swift The Eras tour poster. 10 poses of Swift in boxes.
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Taylor Swift kicked off her Eras Tour last month in Glendale—and while it was a big night for everyone who managed to snag tickets, it was an unforgettable night for 13-year-old Isabella McCune.

Five years ago, McCune spent nine months in the hospital after an accident left burns on more... Read more

GETTING RID OF INVASIVE BUFFELGRASS

Apr 05, 2023

There’s a weed that has invaded our desert, and it’s called buffelgrass. Each plant lives for 20 years and grows 5,000 seeds a year. In its lifetime, it can grow 200,000 seeds in all. It was brought here from Africa in the 1930s by the farming industry to help feed cattle and control erosion.

However, buffelgrass is the villain to our native land. It fights plants for their water, nutrients and sunlight. Even if it gets caught in a fire, it can grow back while the native plants cannot. Buffelgrass can burn the size of a football field in only three minutes.

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