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  • The cover of "Did They Make the Gradient?" featuring a black and white photo of a flume installed in a stream to measure streamflow.
    If the temperature of a stream rises too high, the animals that live in the stream may find it difficult…
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    Did They Make the Gradient? Climate and Stream Temperatures Now and Into the Future

  • Black and white illustration of three skiers in a snowy mountain. One skier stands up front holding a large thermometer while looking at their watch, while the other two skiers await anxiously behind.
    Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top…
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    Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen?

  • Black and white illustration of three skiers in a snowy mountain. One skier stands up front holding a large thermometer while looking at their watch, while the other two skiers await anxiously behind.
    Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top…
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    Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen? (Spanish)

  • Cover of "Fill Those Potholes" featuring a blue and green graphic of plants and birds
    In this article, scientists explore the different ecosystem services provided by prairie potholes such as soil nutrients, absorbing carbon, and…
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    Fill Those Potholes! Identifying Ecosystem Services of Small Wetlands on the American Prairie

  • PDF preview of Fire and Water article cover. The background photo is the tops of a small group of trees.
    Successfully predicting where and when wildfires might occur is important. This prediction is important because of possible environmental and economic…
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    Fire and Water: Predicting Future Wildfires in a Changing Climate

  • Illustration of a male and female scientist, writing on clipboards in front of a mountain range.
    When humans divert water from mountain streams, there is less water in the streams at certain times. The scientist in…
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    Go With The Flow! Are Mountain Stream Channels Shaped by Flood and Drought?

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "Go With the Flow!"
    When humans divert water from mountain streams, there is less water in the streams at certain times. The scientist in…
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    Go With The Flow! Are Mountain Stream Channels Shaped by Flood and Drought? (Spanish)

  • illustration of four kids sheltered under a tree from the rain
    In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study…
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    Good to the Last Drip: How Trees Help to Reduce Pollution

  • Good to the Last Drip cover in Spanish
    In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study…
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    Good to the Last Drip: How Trees Help to Reduce Pollution (Spanish)

  • The cover for the Green Means Clean article. The main image is a photo of a lake with trees on the coast.
    With two-thirds of the U.S. population drinking water from surface sources such as streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, it is…
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    Green Means Clean! Assessing the Condition of U.S. Drinking Water Watersheds

  • PDF preview of World's Forests Inquiry 1 article.
    Different types of forests are found across the planet. In one area, a forest may be dry with little vegetation.…
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    Inquiry 1: What Are the World’s Forests and Where Are They Found?

  • Front page of Inquiry 1: What Kind of Forests Grow on Earth and How Do They Differ? The bottom half of the page shows a world map hjighlighting different ecozones.
    Scientists working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations wanted to know what kinds of forests grew…
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    Inquiry 1: What Kind of Forests Grow on Earth and How Do They Differ?