[NEWS] Five science links: redwood clones, rhea of Germany, Pescadero Basin, deep biosphere, climate

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• Motherboard looks at how some ecological activists are cloning the stumps of dead redwoods to produce new trees.


• Rheas imported to the north German plains from South America are thriving, possibly even becoming indigenous. Well done! Deutsche Welle reports.


• Motherboard reports on the unique oceanic ecologies found in the upside-down lakes of the Pescadero Basin.


• The sheer mass of the deep biosphere underneath the Earth is immense, greater than that of humanity. Universe Today reports.


• The Conversation notes how we can use archeology to understand the impact of climate change.