Alissa Walker
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Unprecedented Number Of Tree Deaths In California Points To A Catastrophic Fire Season
One more horrific prediction has come to pass for California’s drought-ravaged forests. According to the US Forest Service, trees are dying at an even more astonishing rate than they were last summer (Australia’s winter), creating fuel for what will almost certainly be the worst wildfire season in memory.
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Tesla Is About To Buy SolarCity, Another High-Tech Musk Company
Elon Musk is on the brink of acquiring the the next critical component in a solar-electric transportation future. Tesla Motors just made an offer to buy SolarCity, one of the largest solar providers in the US — a company not coincidentally founded by Musk’s cousins, which Musk holds a large stake in already.
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Waze Is Fixing One Of Its Most Annoying Features To Make Streets Safer
Anyone who’s used Waze is familiar with the navigation app’s insistence on making turns on busy streets where there’s no signal to stop traffic. Waze actually has a name for these types of situations: “difficult intersections.” And a new feature will become the default setting on the app to help drivers avoid them — something…
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Here Are The North American Trees That Will Start To Vanish Thanks To Climate Change
The natural world is changing in significant ways thanks to human-caused climate change. While some species are flourishing, others are already gone forever. Now scientists are looking specifically at how US forests will transform due to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Bye, Eastern hemlock, it was nice knowing ya.