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A new book from Obi Kaufmann illustrates the reciprocal connection between California ecosystems and fire. The post Befriending wildfire appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading

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A research team describes how they engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a synthetic genetic material called threose nucleic acid. The ability to synthesize artificial chains of TNA, which is inherently more stable than DNA, advances the discovery of potentially more powerful, precise therapeutic options to treat cancerContinue Reading

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Incumbent Rick Scott, a Republican, reportedly banned the words “climate change” from state agencies as governor. Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell favors climate-resilient infrastructure. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla. —Florida’s narrowing Senate race, between two candidates with vastly different views on the environment and climate, is shaping up to be consequential asContinue Reading

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In the span of one day, a Category 1 hurricane headed for western Florida escalated to the highest intensity there is: Category 5. Since then, the predicted wind intensity for Hurricane Milton has ebbed and flowed ahead of the hurricane’s expected landfall in Florida on Wednesday. But for now, expertsContinue Reading

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MIT researchers have some good environmental news: Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global emissions inventories that indicate otherwise. In a new study, the researchers analyzed measurements from all available monitoring stations in the Northern Hemisphere and found that atmospheric concentrations ofContinue Reading

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Chickasaw, located just outside Mobile, has also agreed to a moratorium on future prosecutions in such cases, which had so far disproportionately impacted women and minorities, according to a lawyer advocating for impacted residents. By Lee Hedgepeth CHICKASAW, Ala.—A small Alabama suburb has agreed to drop pending criminal charges againstContinue Reading