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Changing California forests may help us prepare for the future

2015-01-21 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A new study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how Californias forests have changed since the 1930s--and, according to its authors, can help us understand how forests will respond to the changing global climate in the future. Entitled Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks, the study looked at tree abundance and size across the state of California and in several different...

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France's elite counterterrorism forces prepare for the worst

2015-01-13 11:18:33| Food - Topix.net

The raids to free a hostage being held in a printing house northeast of Paris by two brothers and 19 other hostages at a kosher market were led by France's elite force Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale . When three militants took hostages at two locations in and around Paris last week, the French government deployed its special counterterrorism units, elite forces that have had much experience in a country with a history of militant attacks.

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