@CarolineYLChen
Last year, I got to see the most amazing sight: 300,000 bats roosting along a river in Tamworth, Australia.
Local residents found them scary. But it was actually good news.
The congregation meant Australia was being protected from the deadly Hendra virus.
Let me tell you why
https://twitter.com/CarolineYLChen/status/1660644815036456961
I’ve been learning about spillover, when viruses jump from one species to another. Hendra goes from: 
then then
Some experts think spillover is too random & difficult to study. But not ecologist Peggy Eby. She’s spent decades studying flying foxes.
The world’s top fossil fuel companies owe at least $209 billion in annual climate reparations to compensate communities most damaged by their polluting business and decades of lies, a new study calculates.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/05/fossil-fuel-climate-reparations-study/