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Local Environmental Stories: 2021 In Review (Part Two)

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 3rd, 2021. This week, we will take a look back at the stories we covered in the year 2021. In today’s episode, we will review the second part of environmental stories from this past year. You will hear Nathaniel Weinzapfel speak with an IU researcher on drylands, Kade Young covers lead …

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WFHB Local News – September 23rd, 2021

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, September 23rd, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel speaks with Professor Nathasha MacBean to better understand dryland ecosystems and why they are important in the global climate cycle, as well as the impact her NASA funded research would have on the scientific understandings of drylands. More in today’s feature …

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Indiana University Professor Awarded NASA Grant to Study Drylands

When you think of drylands, what first comes to mind? A field of zebras galloping across the savannas of Africa. Or, perhaps, a rattlesnake slithering past cacti in the deserts of Arizona. Maybe you think of a herd of cattle, munching their way through the Great Plains of the United States. Dryland ecosystems make up around 40% of the land …

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