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It's no secret that climate change is making extreme climate events like droughts and sudden downpours more intense and more common. When two extremes occur at the same time, like a heatwave during a drought or a storm surge at the same time as heavy rain, the combination can make the effects worse. But researchers aren't sure what happens when opposite extremes occur at the same time, like a heavy rain event during a drought.
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Scientists still aren't sure what maintains the Great Plains Grasslands and keeps them separate from forests. A very common hypothesis is that there are climatic differences between the areas where each type of ecosystem forms. But the boundaries between the two ecosystems have been slowly disintegrating since around 1850, which caused a U.S. Forest Service research ecologist to wonder if something else was responsible for keeping them separate.
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University of Wyoming's paleobotany professor Ellen Currano contributed to a PBS documentary airing this summer. The documentary, "Prehistoric Road Trip,"…
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According to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund, recent low crop prices mean some ranchers are shifting their lands from crops back to grassland...
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Native American women used whatever materials they had to create objects. Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, came…
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