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102 Million Trees Have Died in California's Drought
Posted: November 25, 2016California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not…
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102 Million Trees Have Died in California's Drought
Posted: November 25, 2016California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not…
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102 Million Trees Have Died in California's Drought
Posted: November 25, 2016California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not…
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102 Million Trees Have Died in California's Drought
Posted: November 25, 2016California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not…
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102 Million Trees Have Died in California's Drought
Posted: November 25, 2016California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not…
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Study Shows Climate Affecting Avian Breeding Habits
Posted: November 25, 2016Milder winters have led to earlier growing seasons and noticeable effects on the breeding habits of some predatory birds, according to research by Boise State biologists Shawn Smith and Julie…
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How Solar power is bringing food security to Africa
Posted: November 25, 2016Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Ninety per cent of Malawians live in rural areas; agriculture makes up 80 per cent of the labour force and…
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For platinum catalysts, a tiny squeeze gives a big boost in performance, Stanford study finds
Posted: November 24, 2016A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells, according to a new study by Stanford scientists.The team bonded a platinum…
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Saharan dust in the wind
Posted: November 24, 2016Every year, trade winds over the Sahara Desert sweep up huge plumes of mineral dust, transporting hundreds of teragrams — enough to fill 10 million dump trucks — across North…
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OCEANIC 'HEAT SINK'
Posted: November 23, 2016A new multi-institutional study of the so-called global warming “hiatus” phenomenon — the possible temporary slowdown of the global mean surface temperature (GMST) trend said to have occurred from 1998…
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