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The tiny toad taking on a geothermal giant

The tiny toad taking on a geothermal giant

Could this renewable energy project really pose an existential threat to the Dixie Valley toad?

Nov 09, 2022
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I don’t usually send emails this close together, but earlier this week my latest feature for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was published:

Patrick Donnelly / Center for Biological Diversity

It is the story of the Dixie Valley toad, the first new species of toad to be discovered in the United States in 50 years. The Dixie Valley toad is the smallest…

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