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Young Scientists Make Huge Discovery In Santa Cruz County

KQED News Staff
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The students who found the sloth fossil pose in front of its display case at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. From left to right: Vivienne Lane, Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Felicia Van Stolk, Asher Rains; Harrison Micuda, Joxan Mulry, Rider Antos, and Paleontologist Wayne Thompson. (Erin Malsbury/KAZU News)

Prehistoric Sloth Discovered By Students In Santa Cruz

The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History has a new specimen on display. A fossilized bone from a giant creature never before found along the Central Coast. The fossil is at least 11,000 years old and was discovered by some very early career scientists.
Reporter: Jerimiah Oetting, KAZU 

California Is Main U.S. Source Of Planet Warming Pesticide 

California is home to the western drywood termite. Fumigation is the most common method to kill this pest. That’s when a home is wrapped in a brightly colored tent and pumped full of the pesticide, SO2F2. But the chemical is a far more potent greenhouse gas than previously known.
Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED

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