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Today, you\u2019ll learn about how some sharks do in fact sleep, how sharks are fighting climate change, and how some sharks glow in the dark!

Shark nap time.

• \u201cSharks Sleep, Even When Both Eyes Are Wide Open\u201d by Veronique Greenwood
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/science/sharks-sleep.html
• \u201cBehavioural Sleep in Two Species of Buccal Pumping Sharks\u201d by Michael Kelly, et al.
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13139
• \u201cAnalysis of Draughtsboard Sharks\u2019 Metabolic Rates Suggests They Sleep\u201d by Bob Yirka
  • https://phys.org/news/2022-03-analysis-draughtsboard-sharks-metabolic.html
• \u201cCatshark\u201d by Wikipedia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catshark
• \u201cSnake\u201d by The San Diego Zoo
  • https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/snake
• \u201cMeet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open\u201d by Gian Gastone Mascetti
  • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-animals-that-literally-sleep-with-one-eye-open/

Sharks are good for the earth.

• \u201cCalifornia Is About to Test Its First Solar Canals\u201d by Roger Bales
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/california-is-about-to-test-its-first-solar-canals-180979637/
• \u201cProject Nexus: Water & Energy Integration for the Future\u201d by TID Water and Power
  • https://www.tid.org/about-tid/current-projects/project-nexus/
• \u201cEnergy and Water Co-Benefits from Covering Canals with Solar Panels\u201d by Brandi McKuin, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00693-8
• \u201cNOAA Drought Task Force Report on the 2020\u20132021 Southwestern U.S. Drought\u201d by NOAA Drought Task Force IV
  • https://www.drought.gov/documents/noaa-drought-task-force-report-2020-2021-southwestern-us-drought
• \u201cNew NOAA Report: Exceptional Southwest Drought Exacerbated\u201d by Human-Caused Warming by NOAA/NIDIS
  • https://www.drought.gov/news/new-noaa-report-exceptional-southwest-drought-exacerbated-human-caused-warming
• \u201cCalifornia Approves New Water Restrictions Amid Worsening Drought\u201d by Soumya Karlamangla
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/california-drought-water-restrictions.html
• \u201cCalifornia State Water Project\u201d by Wikipedia
  • \u200b\u200bhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Water_Project
• \u201cCalifornia Agricultural Production Statistics\u201d by California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/

A different kind of night light.

• "This deep-sea shark is one of the world\u2019s largest glowing animals" by Annie Roth
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/deep-sea-shark-largest-glowing-animal-bioluminescence
• \u201cQuantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait\u201d by S\xe9verine Martini & Steven H. D. Haddock
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/srep45750

For more about sharks, head to SharkWeek.com and don't miss #SharkWeek starting 7/24 on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.

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