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Environment
Two-way water transport ensures reliability and saves money during droughts in the western United States
How a two-way option contract works. Credit: Earth’s Future (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024EF004434 A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers solutions to water scarcity during droughts as economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty struggle for water users in western states. It provides: The proposed two-way lease agreement would coordinate agricultural-to-urban leases during…
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Biology
The long-billed sandpiper could become extinct, making it the third bird species to disappear from the Western Palearctic region.
10, with yellow intensity increasing as the number of specimens increases and blue intensity increasing as the number of records increases. will also increase. If both numbers are high, they are shown in dark blue. The dotted line indicates the widest possible breeding area according to Buchanan et al. (2018), black dots indicate breeding areas identified by Ushakov (1912). Credit:…
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Environment
Limestone and iron reveal Western Australia’s mysterious extreme rains 100,000 years ago
The Conversation by Milo Barham, Andrei Schmutz, John Alan Webb, Kenneth McNamara, Martin Danisik, and Matej Riper Credit: CC0 Public Domain Almost one-sixth of the Earth’s surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with an unfamiliar name: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic formations dotted with caves and rock towers slowly carved by water over thousands of…
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