Extreme cold and ice accumulation on wind energy systems is a major concern and an assessment of the climate where a wind farm is to be located includes not just cold, but humidity and wind speed. Strategies to minimize ice impact include adjusting turbine location and arrangement. De-icing or...
Mary Callahanhas the storyfor the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, writing that PG&E’s plan “fulfills long-held dreams of conservationists and fishery groups to see the cold, clear headwaters of the Eel River, part of the Mendocino National Forest, reopened to migrating fish and to restore natural...
"The answer was unambiguous: it is the species' tolerance to very cold or hot days that define their present distribution," says Johannes Overgaard. It is therefore theextreme weatherevents, such as heat waves or extremely cold conditions, which costs the insects their life, not an increase i...
600 weather stations across the plains of North America, the team found that precipitation is a better means of forecasting bird survival during drought. "Rows of corn may be a sign of vegetation when viewed in a satellite image, but they don’t help protect birds during a drought because t...
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