The Ivanpah Solar Power Plant, a familiar sight to those driving along Interstate 15 between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, is set to partially shut down, according to its operators.
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens plays a critical role in protecting wildlife and restoring desert habitats here and abroad. From local efforts to save California’s endangered desert tortoise to ...
Vast forests, desert land and even a volcano ... of wildlife habitats and preserve critical habitats for imperiled and rare species. Fifty rare plant and animal species are native to the region ...
In a study recently published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Professor Carlos Coimbra of the University of California San Diego outlines in detail the thermal balances between solar farm panels ...
which can then be used to examine the thermal effects of solar plants on desert habitats and vice versa. The work falls under the umbrella of the emerging field of “energy meteorology”, which ...
It says the plan will also expand existing wet woodland, create a "wetland complex" of ponds and reedbed to add to existing habitats, plant about 2.2km of new hedgerow around the southern ...