Since polystyrene disintegrates slowly, one of the main challenges that it poses on the environment is that exposure to the sun causes it to photodegrade, meaning it breaks apart into smaller and smaller pieces. The broken down material ends up looking like food to small animals.
United States Congress elections, 2016. A total of 469 seats in the U.S. Congress (34 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 8, 2016. The big story of the 2016 congressional election cycle was whether or not the Democratic Party would be able to regain control of the Senate.
America is divided up into 435 congressional districts with each district having the power to elect one representative to the House. All 435 were up for election yesterday. Prior to the election the Republicans controlled 247 of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, with 218 needed for a majority. In addition to the 435 voting representatives, there are also six non-voting representatives from US territories or Washington DC who are only allowed a say in relevant House committees.