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As flood cleanup begins, Vermont governor warns this week’s rains could stress dams and complicate recovery – The Boston Globe

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Alejandro Ferrer, a worker with JCSA Services, a staffing agency, helped dispose of damaged food from a Shaws supermarket in central Ludlow after severe flooding in the area.

In Montpelier on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott and state and federal officials said concern about the nearby Wrightsville Dam has eased as levels dropped about a foot. Scott, however, cautioned that there is an ongoing concern that rainfall of up to two inches later this week will cause more flooding and increase stress on levees … Read more

Genetic changes decreased maize’s tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

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Genetic changes decreased maize's tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

image: While current corn hybrids are more resistant to moderate heat stress than older hybrids, they show lower tolerance to severe heat stress that is expected to become more common due to climate change. visualization Moreover Credit: Taylor Siebert, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) The ability of crops to withstand heat is critical to our food system’s … Read more