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Prescribed burns can help lessen the effects of a natural wildfire and also have benefits for restoring vegetation types disappearing from the landscape without the presence of disturbances like fire.
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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes iceAn unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates.
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A New York task force investigating the impacts of flooding throughout the Mohawk and Oswego River basins has released a set of recommendations to mitigate future flood damages.
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National Grid and Convergent Energy and Power are operating the largest, and perhaps the first, solar and storage energy system in Cicero. National Grid New York President, Rudy Wynter, says the site could be the path forward for clean energy systems.
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They allege that the EPA's current standards aren't good enough and that even if they were, the agency's testing and certification program is so ineffective that it has failed to ensure those standards.
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State officials are again warning that unhealthy, smoky air from multiple wildfires burning in Canada will drift over New York this week.
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For those trying to help their environment and grow their own garden, Cornell Cooperative Extension says it can be as easy as planting native plant species.
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The New York Sea Grant published a new guide to monitoring and understanding erosion following high water years leading to increased inquiries.
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Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it's the worst frost damage they have ever seen.
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The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada's northeast eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States on Friday, but Canadian officials warned it could be a marathon fire season and welcomed the help of firefighters arriving from other countries.
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Air quality alerts have been issued throughout New York state, with some areas reaching levels that could impact people's health.