Media Contact: Mike Wolterbeek, mwolterbeek@unr.edu Media Relations OfficerUniversity Media RelationsUniversity of Nevada, Reno/108Reno, NV 89557Media newsroom: http://newsroom.unr.edu775-784-4547 phone24 May 2012 RENO, Nevada – The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Reno-Tahoe area conjures up the word “drought” every...
29 November 2016 (AFP) – A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, scientists said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the delicate ecosystem. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) long reef—the world's biggest—suffered its...
By Cally Carswell5 September 2015 (The Guardian) – Last September, US Geological Survey ecologist Nate Stephenson hiked into Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest to look for dying seedlings. California was suffering through its third year of severe drought, and trees...
