Just off the McKenzie Highway in central Oregon lies Crystal clear Lake. This small lake, fed by snowmelt from Mount...
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As the region’s apex predator, jaguars maintain the ecosystem in equilibrium, say the researchers. “If you take away an apex...
Soil moisture and fuels, not fire weather, are the primary predictors of carbon emissions in boreal forests. As local climate...
This posting appeared in Discover’s annual condition of science difficulty as “Forest Islands Amid a Grassland Sea.” Guidance our science journalism by...