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Reforestation efforts using a monoculture of a fast-growing tree species, while effective, significantly impact the soil water content of humid, tropical regions and threatens global freshwater supplies. Scientists have now found that the transpiration rate and transpiration-related trait values are up to 10 times greater in the fast-growing species than nearby, dominant slow-growing species. The team has proposed a three-step method for ensuring reforestation efforts in tropical regions dont h...

Lancet editor says inequality and COVID-19 have converged to create a "syndemic" Salon 2/6/2021 © Provided by Salon The COVID-19 Catastrophe; Richard Horton "The COVID-19 Catastrophe: Whats Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again" by Richard Horton Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Polity In his new book "The COVID-19 Catastrophe: Whats Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again," Dr. Richard Horton does more than trace the history of the COVI...

comments In his new book "The COVID-19 Catastrophe: Whats Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again," Dr. Richard Horton does more than trace the history of the COVID-19 pandemic and explain how we should listen to scientific experts in confronting this global scourge. He does this, of course, but Horton is more ambitious than that. As editor-in-chief of "The Lancet" — one of the worlds oldest, most famous and most prestigious medical journals — Horton has overseen the publication of c...

How To Solve the Mounting Problem of Plastic Waste? Focus on Its Chemical Roots DOE Funding Pairs NREL with Academic, Nonprofit, and Industry Scientists To Transform How We Create and Recycle Plastic Feb. 3, 2021 NREL researcher Chen Wang works on a UV-light setup to study light-driven oxidation reactions to degrade commodity plastics, such as polystyrene and polyethylene. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL Plastic pollution is a recognized global challen...

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp xx + 295, ₹ 895. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp xxiv + 577, price not indicated. Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology Over 50 Years by Asian Development Bank,  Manila: ADB, 2020 (ebook), http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS190290.   The transformation of Asia from its status as the most impoverished region to the growth locomotive of the world economy within five decades is unprecedented and nothing short of a mi...

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to tom in the 9news weather center. >> good evening. we are not looking at temperatures getting above freezing until after the noon period tomorrow, and that will only be for an hour or two. so the ground temperatures which are slow to rebound will most likely stay at freezing or below. this is the snowfall today. heavier accumulations slightly to south. we did pick up our first inch 1.5 at reagan international. just shy at dulles and just under a half inch. now the clearing has begun....

how you p >> dave: the south carolina faithful have seen some big wins in this building. they are looking for another tonight as the gamecocks play host to the florida gates in the colonial life arena. in terms of the sec standings, you see the gators and the gamecocks fourth and fifth respectively in the eastern division. south carolina has to make noise not only in the east divisio,n, but on the national scene, as well. good evening, everybody. dave neal alongside with my partner, ...