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Thinning treatments reduce the risk of wildfire and provide ecological benefits to forests but also generate wood residues that are burnt or left to decay, like this burn pile of underbrush, releasing carbon dioxide. New analysis by the University of California, Berkeley, shows how giving incentives to businesses to convert residues into biofuels and engineered lumber could fund forest thinning treatments while preventing the release of carbon. (Bodie Cabiyo, Courtesy of UC Berkeley)

Market For Small Trees Could Curb Big Wildfires

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Incentivizing businesses to use wood residue as biofuel and engineered wood building products could fund efforts to save forests.
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Researchers used DNA capture-enrichment technology developed at McMaster University to isolate and rebuild the fluctuating animal and plant communities during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of 11,000 years ago in North America. (Julius Cstonyi)

Mammoth Discovery: Giant Tuskers And Wild Horses Roaming North America Died Out Only 5,000 Years Ago

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New permafrost studies reveal the ancient beasts survived for far longer than previously thought.
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BlackFacts Minute: Dec. 7, 1941, Hero ‘Dorie’ Miller Defends US Ships During Pearl Harbor Attack

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VIDEO: Doris “Dorie” Miller started in the mess room but ended up with a Navy Cross for his valiant defense of Pearl Harbor.
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Wild pigs are running rampant in Southern states, such as Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Their variegated color reflects admixtures of domestic breeds. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Snout Of Line: Trackers On Wild Pigs Show That Weather May Help Predict Their Movements

December 7, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Scientists can predict their movement to help stop the feral porkers from hogging farmers’ crops.
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Researchers strung raw chicken from tree branches to act as bait for vulture bees in Costa Rica. These stingless bees feed on carrion, while most bee species are vegetarian. (Quinn McFrederick/UCR)

VIDEO: What The Cluck? ‘Vulture Bees’ Eat Chicken In Costa Rica

November 24, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Carnivorous bees show the less sweet side of the world’s favorite insect.
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The Patton Meadow Fire burns an area of the Fremont-Winema National Forest on August 15, 2021, near Lakeview, Oregon. New research shows that wildfires are accelerating the rate at which some tree species are shifting their ranges toward cooler, wetter conditions. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Forests Are On The Move To Higher, Wetter Habitats

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Wildfires accelerate the range shifts of several species of trees in the American West, according to new research.
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Researchers have proposed a cost-effective macrogrid that would allow the sharing of power, including renewable wind and solar, across the United States during peak demand times. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Proposed Macrogrid Would Improve Reliability And Resilience Of US Electric Power, Study Says

November 20, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Researchers say the benefits of connecting the eastern and western grids far exceed the projected $50 billion cost.
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