New study reveals clear-cut logging dramatically increases flood risk, turning 50-year events into 3-year floods, with the largest and rarest floods showing the greatest sensitivity—overriding a natural reduction in flood risk caused by climate change-induced snowpack loss.
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Scientists are testing living desert biocrusts as a tool to restore drylands threatened by warming, grazing and invasive species
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As the American West dries out, a secret savior emerges from the soil
Living crusts produce and reinforce desert soils, laying a foundation for all life.
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