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In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl devastated America but Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive tree-planting project is still protecting US farmland nearly 90 years later

The Dust Bowl is one of the worst environmental disasters in American history, but it also sparked one of the country's largest conservation efforts. Nearly 90 years after Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a massive tree-planting campaign across the Great Plains, many of those shelterbelts still stand, protecting farmland and supporting…

The Economic Times

Scorching US heatwave to hit 70 million people with third ‘heat dome’ in month

Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest

The Guardian - US

In the 1930s, America planted 220 million trees across Dust Bowl farmland; decades later, thousands of km of shelterbelts still protected farms and wildlife

The Dust Bowl prompted a large government tree-planting program across the Great Plains. This initiative created extensive shelterbelts to protect farmland from wind erosion and drought. These tree rows, planted decades ago, continue to shield farms and support biodiversity. While many shelterbelts remain, some have been removed or degraded over…

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People Living in These 10 States Might Struggle With Money — See If Your State Makes the List

From the Gulf Coast to the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest, people living in these 10 states might struggle with money. See if your state makes the list.

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Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way

Work crews are mopping up but bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains

The Independent UK

Meet the storm chasers who drive into hailstorms for science

Hail causes about $10 billion a year in damage in the US

The Independent UK

Even storm chasers get bored at work – here’s what they can teach us about focus

Two vans pull over on a grassy hilltop. Inside sit a dozen meteorology students and their professor. From here, you can see in all directions because we are in the Great Plains of North Dakota. You can also hear the rumbling from a thunderstorm overhead. This is what they have…

The Conversation

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Large swaths of the U.S. are facing severe weather. Here's what to know

Blizzard conditions are expected in the Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest, while the Northeast braces for more precipitation following weekend snowfall.

WEKU

Hundreds of flights canceled due to storms across US

A duo of winter storms has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout the United States, with the storms dumping over a foot of snow in New York's Hudson Valley and triggering blizzard alerts in the Great Plains.

The Times of India

Ken Burns: ‘The only thing that changes people is storytelling’

The documentarian talks about his new series on the American Buffalo and how its destruction became a cautionary symbol of what was to come

The Guardian - US

New DNA Analysis Reveals an Untold Story of Horses in America

Few places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America.

Inverse

Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West

Few places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America. Romanticized stories of cowboys and the Wild West figure prominently in popular culture, and domestic horses are embedded in everything from place names, like Wild Horse Mesa, to…

The Conversation

US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal

Nearly three dozen bison from a mountain park outside Denver, Colorado, have been transferred to several tribes from across the Great Plains

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