The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

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Laurel Sutherlin is the senior communications strategist for Rainforest Action Network and a contributor to the Observatory. He is a lifelong environmental and human rights campaigner, naturalist ...

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