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Climate Change Increases Threat of Fire to U.S. West

Share this on WhatsApp Warming could scorch the region Credit: Bryan Christie Design Advertisement Editor’s Note (9/10/20): Wildfires are raging across California and many other parts of the U.S. West. Daytime skies over San Francisco are dark orange from the flames and smoke. A record number of acres have already burned in California, and the […]

Cows Slaughtered to Prevent Lung Disease

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in April 1860 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “The terrible epidemic of cattle disease, by its continuous spreading, threatens to become one of the greatest scourges that has ever visited the country. The imagination is appalled at the contemplation of the thousands of herds from Maine to Texas being visited […]

Red Stalagmites Reveal Glimpses of the Past

Share this on WhatsApp Scientific American August 2020 In a cave in northern Spain, stalagmites rich in organic matter are environmental record keepers Not far from the famously multihued architecture of Bilbao in northern Spain, an underground world boasts its own vibrant display of color. The stalagmites and stalactites of Goikoetxe Cave are not just […]