Rob Stein

No, no, which is good news. So far, testing hasn't spotted any signs that the whirring bird flu that's infecting dairy cows and poultry is spreading widely in people. So it's a bit of a mystery. It could just be kind of natural variation that happens with the flu.

That said, the more people who catch the flu, the greater the chances that people could get infected with both viruses, the regular flu and bird flu. And that could give the bird flu the opportunity to kind of swap genes with the regular flu and evolve into something more dangerous. even potentially cause another pandemic. That's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein.

That said, the more people who catch the flu, the greater the chances that people could get infected with both viruses, the regular flu and bird flu. And that could give the bird flu the opportunity to kind of swap genes with the regular flu and evolve into something more dangerous. even potentially cause another pandemic. That's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein.

That said, the more people who catch the flu, the greater the chances that people could get infected with both viruses, the regular flu and bird flu. And that could give the bird flu the opportunity to kind of swap genes with the regular flu and evolve into something more dangerous. even potentially cause another pandemic. That's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein.

You bet.

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It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

It's funny, reforestation a lot of times, I think the general public, myself included, before I got into this, you know, you think you put a tree in the ground, it's just it's going to grow, right? Turns out that's not the case. A lot of times we put things in the ground and they die. And it's the same thing for tree seedlings as well.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

We're dealing with more severe droughts, just more harsh conditions in general. So it's just the seedlings need more of a leg up to kind of get established.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

The way in which the experiment works, we're testing essentially four kind of types of seed sources at each site. And so we test the historic seed that would have existed there historically, the current seed that would exist under the current climate, and then we project out to the future climate and then end of century climate.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

All we're doing is we're matching what that future climate is with a different spot that's currently on the landscape. So as long as we match up some of those climate variables, like a mean cold month temperature is a very common one we use, or a summer heat moisture index are two really common variables that we use for seedlot selection.

We're just matching them in space from what's predicted in the future to what currently exists on the ground.