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Might the forest be with you: GEDI strikes towards launch to house station

GEDI (pronounced like ‘Jedi,’ of Star Wars fame) is a first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world’s forests in Three-D from house. These measurements will assist fill in essential gaps in scientists’ understanding of how a lot carbon is … Continue reading

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A Living Fossil in the Petrified Forest

It’s a Welwitschia!  Nestling among 280 million year old fossil tree trunks, this is the rare plant I have been searching for. Two wonders of the natural world – the living, sprawling Welwitschia and the ancient, petrified trees – have … Continue reading

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Ancient fossil forest unearthed in Arctic Norway

Ancient fossil forests have beenunearthed in Arctic Norway, thought to be partly responsible for one of the most dramatic shifts in the Earth’s climate in the past 400 million years. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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