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Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThat humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it’s not generally recognised how unique...
Smoke, dust observed over Cape Cod in satellite imagery; moderate air quality expected
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSand from Mongolia travels hundred of miles before whipping an underprepared cosmopolitan Beijing....
The times it never rained: 3 devastating historic Texas droughts
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNot to sound like an old codger, but I feel this drought in my bones. After a lifetime in Texas, you...
Western wildfire smoke plumes are getting taller, study shows
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Smoke streams from wildfires in the West are growing taller, researchers have...
Stansbury, Heinrich move drought bills through Congress amid New Mexico wildfires
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA pair of bills pushed by New Mexico congresspeople and aimed at improving water availability...
Study: Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert toward a weedier, barren future
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrom pinyon pines to ocotillos, plants in the Sonoran Desert are shifting where they grow in...
Will the US run out of water?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months ago"The issue is not about running out of water, it's about having water in the right place," Lis Mullin Bernhardt, from the United Nations Environment...
It's a dry heat: Albuquerque flirting with record aridity and 100-degree days
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 28—What monsoon? In Albuquerque, the rainy season starts about June 15 and continues through the end of September. But not this year. Andrew Mangham, senior service hydrologist with the ...
The best US parks for eclipse chasers to see October's 'Ring of Fire'
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn an annular eclipse, the edges of the sun remain visible around the moon. On October 14, the moon...
Editorial: An unfair plan to cut California's use of Colorado River water
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVisitors view the "bathtub ring" left by the falling surface of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in...