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Dubai’s Cop28 has got off to a surreal start
King Charles III arrives to make the opening address at Cop28 in Dubai. Photo by Sean Gallup / Getty Images. DUBAI – Pulling up to the Expo 2020 Dubai – the venue for the latest UN climate conference – feels a bit like arriving at an alien spaceport. A vast, spherical beige orb emerges from…
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Dubai’s Cop28 has got off to a surreal start
King Charles III arrives to make the opening address at Cop28 in Dubai. Photo by Sean Gallup / Getty Images. DUBAI – Pulling up to the Expo 2020 Dubai – the venue for the latest UN climate conference – feels a bit like arriving at an alien spaceport. A vast, spherical beige orb emerges from…
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Outdoor Conditions (12/1): Use caution on Pharaoh Lake Trail/Outlet, bridge repair work limits access –
The following are only the most recent notices pertaining to public lands in the Adirondacks. Please check the Adirondack Backcountry webpages for a full list of notices, including seasonal road statuses, rock climbing closures, specific trail conditions, and other pertinent information. NEW THIS WEEK Seasonal Road Closures – Many roads in backcountry or remote areas are now closed…
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Outdoor Conditions (12/1): Use caution on Pharaoh Lake Trail/Outlet, bridge repair work limits access –
The following are only the most recent notices pertaining to public lands in the Adirondacks. Please check the Adirondack Backcountry webpages for a full list of notices, including seasonal road statuses, rock climbing closures, specific trail conditions, and other pertinent information. NEW THIS WEEK Seasonal Road Closures – Many roads in backcountry or remote areas are now closed…
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On the value of trees
by Michael Dickerson According to Noah Charney, Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Maine, nature is composed of complex patterns, which are the result of specific interrelated conditions. In order to understand the underlying conditions driving patterns in nature, Charney, who discussed “reading the landscape” in a talk on November 9 at…
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On the value of trees
by Michael Dickerson According to Noah Charney, Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Maine, nature is composed of complex patterns, which are the result of specific interrelated conditions. In order to understand the underlying conditions driving patterns in nature, Charney, who discussed “reading the landscape” in a talk on November 9 at…
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Ancient Amazon earthwork findings spotlight Indigenous land struggles today
The authors of a new study say they have found 24 previously unrecorded pre-Columbian earthworks in the Amazon, and they estimate there may be more than 10,000 such sites still hidden throughout the forest. Ancient earthwork structures represent one of the types of formations found in the Amazon that provide evidence of Indigenous occupation by…
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Ancient Amazon earthwork findings spotlight Indigenous land struggles today
The authors of a new study say they have found 24 previously unrecorded pre-Columbian earthworks in the Amazon, and they estimate there may be more than 10,000 such sites still hidden throughout the forest. Ancient earthwork structures represent one of the types of formations found in the Amazon that provide evidence of Indigenous occupation by…
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How saving Great Salt Lake could improve our cities at the same time
Even as a professional landscape architect and city planner, water hasn’t always been top of mind for Jake Young, the principal planner at Citi Design, a land use and planning firm in Farmington. Transportation and essential services? Yes. Zoning and housing? Yes. Water? Not so much — until about five years ago. “I definitely believed…
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How saving Great Salt Lake could improve our cities at the same time
Even as a professional landscape architect and city planner, water hasn’t always been top of mind for Jake Young, the principal planner at Citi Design, a land use and planning firm in Farmington. Transportation and essential services? Yes. Zoning and housing? Yes. Water? Not so much — until about five years ago. “I definitely believed…