The general long-term forecast for California as climate change intensifies: more frequent droughts, intermittently interrupted by years when big storms bring rain more quickly than the water infrastructure can handle.
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Crustacean’s Life in Low-Oxygen Water Suggests There’s More Than One Way to Survive Hypoxia
A tidepool crustacean’s ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a key set of genes raises the possibility that animals might have more ways of dealing with hypoxic environments than had been thought.
Spotting Objects Amid Clutter
A new MIT-developed technique enables robots to quickly identify objects hidden in a three-dimensional cloud of data, reminiscent of how some people can make sense of a densely patterned “Magic Eye” image if they observe it in just the right way.
Chattanooga Become First U.S. Airport to Run Entirely on Solar
Tennessee’s Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has become the first airport in the United States to run entirely on solar power.
South African Forests Show Pathways to a Sustainable Future
Native forests make up 1 percent of the landscape in South Africa but could play a key role in reducing atmospheric carbon and identifying sustainable development practices that can be used globally to counter climate change, according to a Penn State researcher.
Looking for Freshwater in All the Snowy Places
Snowflakes that cover mountains or linger under tree canopies are a vital freshwater resource for over a billion people around the world.
