Jedediah Brodie has spent a career tromping around tropical rainforests, conducting on-the-ground research in some of the world’s most lush and diverse regions.
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How Plants Sound the Alarm About Danger
Just like humans and other animals, plants have hormones.
Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada
The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.
NASA’s Terra Satellite Observes Development of Tropical Storm 22S
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of newly formed Tropical Storm 22S, located near northeastern Madagascar.
Recycling in the U.S. Is Broken. How Do We Fix It?
Our domestic recycling infrastructure was never developed, so there was no economical or efficient way to handle recycling when the market disappeared.
Invisible Plastics in Water
A Washington State University research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants, where they end up as sludge, in landfills, and often as fertilizer.