How Does a Newt Cross the Road? With Lots of Human Help
Around a hundred miles to the south of Chileno Valley Road, another group of volunteers—the Alma Bridge Newt Patrol—have been painstakingly documenting more…
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How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat
In 2019, in the journal Scientific Reports, Gómez-Ruiz and Lacher followed their earlier paper with the first study to examine how climate disruption is…
Climate Scientists Encounter Limits of Computer Models, Bedeviling Policy
BOULDER, Colo.—For almost five years, an international consortium of scientists was chasing clouds, determined to solve a problem that bedeviled…
Colorado fires close out a year of disastrous drought
Devastating fires in Colorado cap off a year of awful drought across the US. Dry conditions helped set the stage for blazes that scorched hundreds of…
Hydropower decline adds strain to power grids in drought
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After water levels at a…
Drought squeezes Brazil’s electricity supply
President Jair Bolsonaro has urged consumers to "turn off some lights at home" as…
Extreme Heat Could Also Mean Power and Water Shortages
Officials at the federal Bureau of Reclamation reported this month that the West’s two big reservoirs—Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona and Lake Powell in Utah…
A Massive Water Recycling Proposal Could Help Ease Drought
Lake Mead, which provides water for 25 million people in the American West, has shrunk to 36 percent of its capacity. One rural California community has run…
Which Crops Can Survive Drought? Nanosensors May Offer Clues
For the current study, the researchers injected the solution into maize leaves, which they chose, in part, because the crop is critical to worldwide food…
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: Check this year’s theme and measures India has…
FP TrendingJun 16, 2021 17:59:01 ISTEvery year on 17 June is observed as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This day aims to create awareness…