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Spying on beavers from space could help save California

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back.
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Climate change imperils coffee. A rescue plan is brewing in Vietnam.

As climate change imperils the much-loved but vulnerable arabica coffee plant, Vietnam is going all in on more robust robusta.
Beavers are ecosystem engineers

It was war. Then, a rancher’s truce with some pesky beavers paid off.

The ‘highly skilled environmental engineers’ can help to store precious water and rejuvenate land ravaged by climate change. Just don’t dynamite their homes.
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