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Reforestation as a Local Cooling Mechanism

by Aaron Sidder 2 April 20203 May 2022

Reforestation has been shown to cool surface temperatures, and a novel study suggests it may also reduce air temperature up to several stories above the ground.

A manmade lake in front of a power plant sits behind a chain link fence designed to keep boats away from the site.
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A North Carolina Lake’s Long Legacy of Coal Ash Spills

by Mary Caperton Morton 8 July 20191 October 2021

A new case study suggests that Sutton Lake has been contaminated by multiple coal ash spills, most of them apparently unmonitored and unreported.

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North Carolina Bald Cypress Tree Is at Least 2,674 Years Old

by R. Crowell 11 June 201915 October 2021

Researchers say it’s the oldest-known living tree in eastern North America. If it hadn’t been protected, it could have ended up as garden mulch.

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