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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

Surface albedo is high - heat acquired during the day is radiated at night. Radiation is intense - both in terms of how much deserts receive and how much they reflect back into the environment. Deserts are also useful sources of wind power. Politics of Conservation. Sometimes, local politics gets in the way.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

The full Committee also approved amendments adding solar radiation management and wildfire science to the list of climate change research topics funded by the bill. The Trump administration never named a political appointee to this position. Another amendment from Rep. An amendment from Rep.

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