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Researchers discover high heat tolerance in spiders

Lead author and alumna Erin Brandt, working with professor Damian Elias and others,  analyzed six species in the Arizona desert.
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Postdoc advocates for smaller cannabis farms in a growing industry

Michael Polson warns about the dangers of big agribusiness dominating the California cannabis market.

Wildfire Smoke Boosts Photosynthetic Efficiency

A new paper co-authored by professor Dennis Baldocchi uncovers how wildfire smoke can impact plant productivity. 
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Huge bacteria-eating viruses narrow gap between life and non-life

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Graduate student speaks at 2020 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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ESPM offers two Summer Training Programs

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Two faculty members receive Miller Professorship

Brandon Collins testifying before two House subcommittees

Forestry expert testifies before congress

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Looking Beneath the Surface at Diversity in STEM

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An alternate hypothesis for same-sex behavior in animals

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In food security study, researchers highlight collaboration with Native communities

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Deadly human diseases may have killed off the Neanderthals

A Dogon woman in Mali waters her onion garden

Researchers say Western Sahel investment needed to avert crisis

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Obituary: Norman Myers

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Citizen science making a difference for California

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