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The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants
Days after NOAA released figures showing the highest seasonal concentration of CO2 in recorded history, the EPA moved to roll ...
Roman-era irrigation channels in Spain's Sierra Nevada boost soil moisture and vegetation health
From satellite images taken over a period of 26 years, a team at the UCO shows how a system of irrigation channels dating ...
A rare plant blooms in Seattle, a first for North America
Fifteen years after Daniel Hinkley collected ripe seed in Vietnam, Seattle sees a Rhodoleia parvipetala bloom for the first ...
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From Helicopters to Hand Saws: Inside Utility Vegetation Management
The landscape of utility vegetation management is changing, from addressing wildfire risks to embracing technological ...
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Crews put out vegetation fire near Nojoqui area north of Highway 1 early Saturday
LAS CRUCES, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department put out a vegetation fire at 1/2 acre that started burning just past midnight on Saturday near the Nojoqui area on Highway 1.
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Medicinal plants face high risk of extinction, need conservation
Buransh, state flower of Himachal Pradesh, as well as popular condiments like “tejpatta” can disappear if efforts are not made to conserve these plants, which have been listed as vulnerable by the ...
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11 Gorgeous But High-Maintenance Plants That Even Gardeners Won't Put In Their Yard
However, these plants are some of the most toxic flowers you can find and they pose a high risk for pets and small children. Even if you don’t have pets around, monkshood still needs to be ...
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Vegetation fire burns about 50 acres in Vacaville near Highway 80
A vegetation fire burned in Vacaville Monday afternoon near Interstate Highway 80 and fire crew were approaching full containment. The fire, dubbed the Cherry Fire, was reported along Cherry Glen ...
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‘Low-impact’ housing project approved in Springdale; naturalists back vegetation restoration
SPRINGDALE -- Officials on Tuesday approved a rezoning for a planned unit development that will add 67 residences for what... Tom Sissom has worked at newspapers in Pine Bluff, Little Rock and ...
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CAL FIRE SLO crews on scene for vegetation fire at Topaz Solar Farm
SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. – CAL FIRE SLO crews are on scene for a vegetation fire at Topaz Solar Farm in Santa Margarita that first arose just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday. According to CAL FIRE SLO ...
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Winter climate change mediates the sensitivity of vegetation leaf-out to spring warming in high latitudes in China
arid high-latitude regions. Winter conditions play an essential role in regulating the response of vegetation SOS to spring climate at high latitudes. These results suggest that considering the ...
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Rare-Earths Plants Are Popping Up Outside China
GOIÂNIA, Brazil—In a warehouse deep in Brazil’s savanna, machines churn through piles of red clay to produce chalky rocks packed with metals critical for making electric cars, smartphones and ...