The Daily Populous

Sunday July 31st, 2022 evening edition

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To help revitalize millions of acres of burned and damaged forests across the American West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to plant more than one billion trees over the next decade.

Wildfires and other issues have devastated U.S. woodlands in recent years, and Forest Service arborists can’t keep up with replanting lost trees.

Now, with more federal resources and funding via the REPLANT Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the USDA's Forest Service plans to close the gap.

“Forests are a powerful tool in the fight against climate change,” says Tom Vilsack, the U.S. agriculture secretary, in a statement announcing the initiative this week.

Researchers are warning that climate change will likely only increase the intensity and frequency of wildfires.

Those conditions, exacerbated by climate change, can be particularly tough on young trees, so conservation experts cautioned that the Forest Service will need to be strategic with its reforestation efforts.

“There are some places that the climate has already changed enough that it makes the probability of successfully reestablishing trees pretty low. »

California aims to make its own insulin brand to lower price

Authored by apnews.com

Hoping to reduce the rising cost of insulin, California plans to make its own insulin brand.The state Budget includes $100 million to develop three types of insulin products and invest in a manufacturing facility.

Now, with several insulin patents nearing their expiration dates, California is looking to disrupt that market by making its own insulin and selling it for a much cheaper price. »

Dinosaur footprints from more than 100 million years ago were accidentally discovered by customer eating at a restaurant in China

Authored by yahoo.com

Two dinosaur footprints were discovered by a customer at a restaurant in Sichuan province, China.

Dinosaurs footprints from over 100 million years ago were accidentally discovered by a customer eating in the courtyard of a restaurant in China, The Washington Post reported.

Xing told CNN that the restaurant owner put up a fence around the footprints to stop people from stepping on them. »

The Geopolitics of Returns: Geopolitical Reasoning and Space-Making in Turkey’s Repatriation Regime

Authored by tandfonline.com

It first argues that Turkey’s geopolitical reasoning has led it to design an asylum regime, including repatriation and deportation procedures, centred on temporariness.

The article examines the prospective impacts of geopolitics on returns governance, emphasising the destination country’s geopolitical discourses and space-making strategies.

Turkey’s geopolitical reasoning has led it to design an asylum regime, including repatriation and deportation procedures, centred on time-limited protection. »