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Ecology: General Ecology: Research Environmental: Ecosystems
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Broken by bison, aspen saplings having a tough time in northern Yellowstone      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In northern Yellowstone National Park, saplings of quaking aspen, an ecologically important tree in...

Environmental: Wildfires Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Reforms needed to expand prescribed burns      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new paper pinpoints obstacles and suggests strategies for getting more prescribed fire on the grou...

Environmental: Water
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How an overlooked study over a century ago helped fuel the Colorado River crisis      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

At the start of World War I, a scientist named Eugene Clyde La Rue hiked the American West to estima ...

Biology: Biochemistry Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Chimpanzees use hilltops to conduct reconnaissance on rival groups, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Research on neighboring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tact ...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Environmental: General Environmental: Water
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Research catalogs greenhouse gas emissions tied to energy use for interbasin water transfers      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Much of the water in the West is transported across vast geographical areas by large infrastructure ...