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Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on

  • Written by: Matthew Sturchio, PhD Student in Plant and Ecosystem Ecology, Colorado State University
imageSolar panels shade grassland at Jack's Solar Garden, an agrovoltaic farm in Longmont, Colo.Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND

As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists view it as the tool with the greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide...

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