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In Israel, Questions Are Raised about a Forest that Rises from the Desert
Two hours’ drive out of Tel Aviv, on the southern slopes of Mount Hebron, the Yatir Forest is the country’s largest planted woodland, with 4 million trees spread across 7,400 acres. Dense stands of Aleppo pine gird the hillsides, in vivid contrast to the dun-colored Negev desert.
Plant Diversity a Casualty of High-Severity Wildfires
Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
Fossil Fish Gives New Insights into The Evolution
An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà from the Institute of Paleontology of the University of Vienna discovered a new and well-preserved fossil stingray with an exceptional anatomy, which greatly differs from living species.
Researchers Use Drones to Weigh Whales
How do you weigh a living whale? The obvious response is very carefully, but scientists can’t exactly put these large marine mammals on a scale.
NASA Examines Extra-tropical Large Lorenzo’s Rainfall
Lorenzo is still at hurricane force in the eastern North Atlantic has now transitioned to an extra-tropical cyclone and has grown in size.