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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet, and the ways that scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future. The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history--from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying...
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"In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years....
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"The Summer Canada Burned tells the dramatic story of Canada's wildfires in 2023--a story that provides a case study of the changing climate and its impacts on our environment. It reflects evolving attitudes about approaches to wildfires and the role all people can play in prevention. Most importantly, however, the story of Canada's wildfires is a story of loss and of survival. From the ashes, people rise, communities rebuild and seeds of new growth...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Evolution determines who lives, who dies, and who passes traits on to the next generation. The process plays a critical role in our daily lives, yet it is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood concepts ever described The Evolution Project's eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. From the genius and torment of Charles Darwin to the scientific...
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Peaceworks volume no. 189
Publisher
United States Institute of Peace
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
6) Is climate change influencing wildfires?: climate change effects on wildfires in the United States
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Insight volume IN12288
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Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2023-
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English
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Economic research report volume no. 324
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Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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The United States is one of the largest producers and exporters of corn and soybeans globally partly because of yields that are among the highest in the world. However, a changing climate could affect these yields, which could ultimately affect production and the availability of products for export. In this report, the authors estimate that U.S. corn yields could increase 3.1 percent and soybean yields could decrease 3.0 percent in 2036 relative to...
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General technical report PNW volume 1021
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Pub. Date
March 2024.
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English
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Economic research report volume no. 316
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Pub. Date
2023.
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English