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A student at Roy High School plants seeds in a new greenhouse at the school Thursday. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Roy High greenhouse teaches life cycle, life lessons

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 9:09pm

ROY — Roy High School agriculture students are planting seeds to grow their understanding of the botanical world.

The school’s new greenhouse makes its public debut at an open house March 28, but four soil science classes already have gotten their hands dirty and learned a few life lessons.

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Mountain vegetation moving to lower elevations despite climate change

Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 4:38pm

LOS ANGELES -- Predictions that climate change will drive trees and plants uphill, potentially slashing their range to perilous levels, may be wrong, suggests a new study that found vegetation in California actually crept downhill during the 20th century.

The research, to be published in Friday's issue of the journal Science, challenges widely held assumptions about the effect of rising temperatures on shrubs and trees that play a critical role in mountain environments.

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