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Are we overestimating how much trees will help fight climate change?
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Are we overestimating how much trees will help fight climate change?

By using imaging techniques to measure internal decay in trees, researchers are finding that forests may store far less carbon than we think.
High-school students prepare for wind jobs
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High-school students prepare for wind jobs

It's an emerging industry.
In underwater drones, a new weapon for hurricane hunters
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In underwater drones, a new weapon for hurricane hunters

A researcher's decision to put an underwater drone directly in Hurricane Irene's path may transform the science of hurricane intensity prediction.
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