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Biodiversity
Posts in this category are about Biodiversity which supplies a key part of cultural identity and provides the evolutionary and spiritual context for the human story. It is imperative to maintain biodiversity by establishing a system of connected natural areas, practicing sustainable forestry and agriculture, and reusing and recycling sustainable materials.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Converging Weather Patterns Caused Last Winter's Huge Snows
The extraordinarily cold, snowy weather that hit parts of the US East Coast and Europe was the result of a collision of two periodic weather patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds. (American Geophysical Union release)
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(0)Mountain Marmots Made Bigger by Climate Change, Says New Study
Longer summers are causing large mountain rodents called to grow larger and get better at surviving, according to a 33-year study published today in Nature. (Natural Environment Research Council release)
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Bull Fire in California's Sequoia National Forest
Outlined in red in this true-color image from July 27, 2010, the Bull Fire produced thick plumes of smoke as it burned near the southern edge of the Sequoia National Forest in southern California.
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