GS PAPER III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Context: A new bug Ameronothrus twitter discovered via a tweet by Japanese and Austrian researchers

Ameronothrus twitter:

• It is just 0.7 milimetres long, the mites are miniscule and harmless to people.
• They are a type of coastal mite that eats algae and lichen and lives in a group.

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/meet-ameronothrus-twitter-new-bug-discovered-via-a-tweet/article34374055.ece#:~:text=people%2C%20Shimano%20said.-,They%20are%20a%20type%20of%20coastal%20mite%20that%20eats%20algae,now%20aptly%20dubbed%20Ameronothrus%20twitter.

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