Ecology

H5N1, an Evolving Threat

How to Handle the Bird Flu: America Must Prepare for the Next Possible Pandemic (foreignaffairs.com)

Heatwave Area and Intensity Increasing Since 1979

Anthropogenic forcing has increased the risk of longer-traveling and slower-moving large contiguous heatwaves (science.org)

Cattle vs Colorado River

Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry – High Country News (hcn.org)

Speed Bumps on the Energy Road Ahead

The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics | The Tyee

Evapotranspiration and Annual Rainfall

World Academy of Art and Science

Home – World Academy of Art and Science

The Psychopathology of High Discount Rates and Nuclear Power

Will Congress ever create a new independent agency to store nuclear waste permanently? | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse (energyskeptic.com)

Is the Great Salt Lake On it’s Death Playa?

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/02/22/why-great-salt-lakes-causeway-may/?fbclid=IwAR0g2eHf24hrVCnNv1909vD0D_friDIMVkRSuRQyvlUnkA_jaQanaMeAD8g

The Botany and Biodiversity Desire of the Human Discount Rate

‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation – The Chronicle (dukechronicle.com) Are Herbaria Still Relevant in the 21st Century? | Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (asu.edu There was more…

Megafauna, the Missing Link

Megafauna Impact Theory: A Paradigm Shift in Ecosystem Dynamics (scitechdaily.com) Whales are the engineers of their ecosystems (whalescientists.com)