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President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation
"Today, on Earth Day, President Biden signed an Executive Order to expand his Administration’s historic and bold efforts to tackle the climate crisis, make our nation more resilient to extreme weather, and strengthen local economies. The President will sign the Executive Order in Seattle, Washington — rounding out a trip across the West focused on lowering costs for families and protecting communities from intensifying climate impacts. Wildfires and extreme weather events are growing in frequency and ferocity, engulfing communities in the West and across the country and costing lives, homes, and money." more »
Bree Rosenblum, Professor of Global Change Biology at UC Berkeley, Urges Stopping Blaming Each Other For the Environmental Crisis We’re In
Anne Brice, Berkeley News, and Kara Manke|They start with the obvious things, like we’re cutting down habitat. And then, I push them to map those down to their causes, so every single time, they’re like, “Oh, I know. Habitat destruction is leading to species extinction.” It’s like, “Yeah, but what’s causing habitat destruction?” And so, they kind of keep going, right? Well, what’s causing habitat destruction? more »
Ferida's Wolff's Backyard: Robin At The Window
It stopped when night came and I hoped that it was finished with whatever prompted its action. No such luck. I was awakened in the morning by the now-familiar thumps. The robin was back at it. I thought that maybe if I blocked off the window with a blanket it would discourage the robin. It continued anyway. I removed the blanket and looked straight at the bird, telling it to leave. It just stared at me but didn’t fly away. more »
“Truly finishing the human genome sequence was like putting on a new pair of glasses.” Critical for Understanding Human Genomic Variation and Genetic Contributions to Certain Diseases
“This complete human genome sequence has already provided new insight into genome biology, and I look forward to the next decade of discoveries about these newly revealed regions,” says Dr. Karen Miga, a co-chair of the T2T consortium at the UCalifornia, Santa Cruz. “Truly finishing the human genome sequence was like putting on a new pair of glasses,” says consortium co-chair Dr. Adam Phillippy, whose group at NHGRI led the effort. “Now that we can clearly see everything, we are one step closer to understanding what it all means.” “This foundational information will strengthen the many ongoing efforts to understand all the functional nuances of the human genome, which in turn will empower genetic studies of human disease,” says Dr. Eric Green, director of NHGRI. more »
