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Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new analysis of Douglas-fir forests shows.
The most sophisticated modelling to date forecasts that under the current global emissions pathway the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate change and strategic management will help coral resilience.
Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth’s climate during the last ice age — by breathing less efficiently.
In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a futuristic computing concept to a major part of everyday life.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown a link between the size of cockroach home infestations and the levels of both allergens and endotoxins in those homes, with lowering roach infestation numbers through pest control triggering significant declines in the levels of allergens and endotoxins.
Much of the Midwest is experiencing drought due to very dry weather in the late summer and early fall.
