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The White House will study the release of aerosols into the atmosphere to combat climate change

The White House plans to study spraying aerosols such as sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to combat climate change – a strategy some scientists see as a risky intervention in the atmosphere, but others believe to be a useful last resort to prevent global warming. This practice, called geoengineering, aims to reflect solar radiation from …

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This new chestnut?  USDA plans to allow release of genetically modified trees into wild forests

This new chestnut? USDA plans to allow release of genetically modified trees into wild forests

Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them – the American chestnut – no longer does, except in rare cases. During the first half of the 20th century, billions of chestnut trees died due to an exotic fungus, which was introduced into this country on Japanese chestnut. …

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