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On Wednesday, the community of 3,300 broke ground on what its leaders believe could be the next big step in adding much-needed housing.

The housing crisis has significantly impacted rural communities, where affordable housing is particularly scarce. In response to this pressing issue, the city o

Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 16, 2024 - The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over the past 14 million years. But a new study s

Pacific Coasts kelp forests, evolving with diverse ecosystems, span 14 million years of coexistence.

<p>Fossils of kelp along the Pacific Coast are rare. Until now, the oldest fossil dated from 14 million years ago, leading to the view that today's denizens of the kelp forest — marine mammals, urchins, sea birds — coevolved with kelp. A recent amateur discovery pushes back the origin of kelp to 32 million years ago, long before these creatures appeared. A new analysis suggests the first kelp grazers were extinct, hippo-like animals called desm...

These fossils give unique insights into a very important time for plant evolution

An international team of scientists, co-led by Dr Carla J. Harper, Assistant Professor in Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity, has discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from sout

An international team of scientists, co-led by Dr Carla J. Harper, Assistant Professor in Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity, has discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from south-eastern Ireland.

/PRNewswire/ -- An affiliate of Phoenix Investors ("Phoenix") announced the acquisition of a four-property portfolio spanning Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. The...