[Rockhounds] Evolution in Urban Environments

[Paul]

Beans, C., 2019. News Feature: Cities serve as testbeds for
evolutionary change. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, 116(8), pp.2787-2790.
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/8/2787

Urban Darwinism: How Species Are Evolving to Survive in Cities
Yale Environments 360 
https://e360.yale.edu/features/urban-darwinism-how-species-are-evolving-to-survive-in-cities

For some weird non-geology news.

Solved: The 35-Year-Old Mystery of the Garfield Phones
on a French Beach A storm, a secret cave, and an ocean
full of plastic. by Emma Jacobs, March 28, 2019
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/garfield-phone-beach

#AlertePollution : dans le Finistère, des téléphones
Garfield souillent les plages depuis trente ans
Sur les côtes du pays d'Iroise, ces appareils, fabriqués
dans les années 1980, sont retrouvés à chaque
nettoyage de plage. Mais d'où viennent-ils ?
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/alerte-pollution/alertepollution-dans-le-finistere-des-telephones-garfield-souillent-les-plages-depuis-trente-ans_3133599.html

Video - 
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/alerte-pollution/video-nous-avons-trouve-notre-tresor-alertepollution-a-suivi-l-expedition-partie-a-la-recherche-des-telephones-garfield-echoues-dans-le-finistere_3251117.html
and 
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/alerte-pollution/pollution-le-mystere-de-garfield-enfin-resolu_3251531.html

Why Do Garfield Phones Keep Washing Up on This Beach?
By Palko Karasz, Washington Post, March 29, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/world/europe/garfield-phones-france.html
http://www.realclearlife.com/daily-brief/mystery-solved-garfield-telephones-kept-washing-ashore-french-beach/

Yours,

Paul H.