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deserts
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Scientists Want to Unlock the Joshua Tree's Secrets
Post date:The genetic map of the Joshua tree may hold hints as to how to keep the trees around a while longer.
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environment
SoCal Wanderer
The Drought Is Killing Our Beloved Joshua Trees
Post date:New research confirms that the historic drought is killing an iconic Southern California tree.
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joshua trees
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What I'm Thankful For, 1,000 Times Over
Post date:It seems like a good opportunity for reflection.
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Why Joshua Trees Look The Way They Do
Post date:There are a few reasons Joshua trees look different from other trees.
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joshua trees
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Is That a Cactus? A Guide to Identifying Cacti and Their Look-Alikes
Post date:A plant with swollen stems and sharp spines has invaded your personal space. "Stupid cactus!" But is it a cactus?"
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Mojave National Preserve
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What Good Are Joshua Trees?
Post date:Is a piece of land better filled with Joshua trees or pavement?
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USGS
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Joshua Tree Bloom Due To Climate Change? Not So Fast
Post date:I've warned of the danger of human-created climate change since the early 1970s, so you might expect me to be completely on board with this analysis. I'm not.
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commentary
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Butterflies in the Desert
Post date:A memoir from September 2007 of butterflies, and night skies, and coming to terms with loss in the Mojave desert.
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yucca brevifolia
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Joshua Trees and Family Trees, A Remembrance
Post date:I left New York at 22 and hitchhiked west. I awoke one morning in northern Nevada. The emptiness of the desert landscape completely unnerved me. The landscape seemed unadorned and ugly, and yet I could not tear my eyes off the far hills.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
TED Talk Teaches Us to Disparage the Desert
Post date:I've often noticed that many environmentally inclined people dislike deserts. Sometimes it's as benign as a matter of personal preference for where to spend outdoor time. Sometimes it's an actual dismissal of the land's value. Allan Savory takes it eve...
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joshua trees
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Rains May Unlock An Enduring Mojave Mystery
Post date:If the Mojave Desert gets some rain in the next six weeks, then we might just see one of the desert's least-understood phenomena take place, as Joshua trees work to create a new generation of themselves.
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joshua trees
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Joshua Trees, Taxonomy, and Divorce
Post date:All life on earth, every thing that lives and has ever lived, every bird and beetle and box elder tree shares a common ancestor. We are each and every one of us related, each and every one of us the front of an impossibly ancient flood of genes rising ...
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deserts
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Winter in Joshua Tree Country
Post date:Joshua trees may denote hot deserts in many minds, but the place they live in gets pretty cold as well.
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sdg&e
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Another Wind Project Goes Online in the West Mojave
Post date:Another wind turbine installation goes online in the West Mojave
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commentary
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It Takes Minutes to Trash the Desert, but Centuries to Repair
Post date:You don't need a bunch of venture capital to trash the desert. All you need is a some wheels and a stunted set of ethics.
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SoCal Focus
Southern California Without Joshua Trees?
Post date:Will there be any Joshua trees left in Joshua Tree National Park in 2111? That depends on who you ask.