With ice coverage shrinking in the Arctic and parts of the Antarctic, scientists are scrambling to predict future consequences.
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Polar Plunge
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Bug Zoo
The other day, I found myself sharing a room with 3 million dead bugs.
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Carbon Sink
Oregon State University forestry scientists have a habit of redefining the conversation about carbon and forests. Professors Beverly Law, Mark Harmon and their colleagues have demonstrated that old-growth stands on the west side of the Cascades store as much carbon or more than that held in tropical rain forests.
“We’re amongst people who have had their lives ruined and are in upheaval,”Scott Ashford says. “Even though it’s exciting to see the things we’ve been doing research on in action, you can’t show any of that. It’s an emotional rollercoaster.”
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Water Before Anything
Water means life in arid communities. Nowhere has that truth been more carefully cultivated than in the Umatilla River watershed of northeast Oregon.
“The Congress has found that we have entered a period in which acute water shortages are hampering our industries, our agriculture, our recreation, and our individual health and happiness.”