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Nearly all the tall coast redwoods in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park burned in a 2020 wildfire. But within a few months, the charred trunks had grown a fuzz of healthy green shoots. A paper documents how the trees were able to regenerate using energy reserves stored for many decades. Lead author Drew Peltier teaches at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and joins Host Jenni Doering to explain the science behind this stunning recovery.
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The devastating wildfires tearing across Southern California are being exacerbated by climate change, according to Drew Peltier, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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You dry pots with it, wipe your hands on it, and use it to swab the counter, but when you’re done—if you’re like me—you probably hang your trusty kitchen towel right back on the oven or dishwasher door handle. And this cycle repeats for days, weeks, maybe even months with a single dish rag.

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Łukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) participated in a large study led by the group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada. Their research focused on the hyper-unstable Chr9p21 locus associated with multiple diseases, including C9orf72-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and…
  The First-Gen Essay Competition is part of the annual campus-wide First-Generation Celebration held each year in November. The contest allows first-generation undergraduate and graduate students to share personal stories about their first-generation journeys at UNLV. Nearly…

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Experts

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Professor, Physics

A physics professor, whose specialties include high pressure science, explosives, and high radiation flux.

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Professor of Geology

Lachniet is an expert in paleoclimatology, quaternary geology, climate change and stable isotope geochemistry.

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Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology

An expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella

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