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A Drier Future Sets the Stage for more Wildfires
In 2018 was a dry day in Butte County, California. The state was in its sixth consecutive year of drought, and the county had not had a rainfall event producing more than a half-inch of rain for seven months. The dry summer had parched the spring vegetation, and the strong northeasterly winds of autumn were gusting at 35 miles per hour and rising, creating red flag conditions: Any planned or unplanned fires could quickly get out of control.
Latest Research Articles
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No Escape for Mosquitoes
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The Parallel Ecomorph Evolution of Scorpionflies: The Evidence is in the DNA
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Scientists Decode DNA Secrets of World's Toughest Bean
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Researchers Invented a New Eco-Friendly Way to Build with Wood
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Physicists Develop Model that Describes Length Growth in Biological Systems
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'Tsunami' on a Silicon Chip: A World First for Light Waves
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More 'Reactive' Land Surfaces Cooled the Earth Down
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Super-Resolution Microscopy Illuminates Associations Between Chromosomes
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Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World
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Murder in the Paleolithic? Evidence of Violence Behind Human Skull Remains
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It's Not an Antibody, It's a Frankenbody: A New Tool for Live-cell Imaging
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'Tsunami' on a Silicon Chip: A World First For Light Waves