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Harnessing the Wind

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Maple seeds evolved to ride the wind. (Photo by Cathryn Hoyt)

By Megan Wilde

The breeze gently clapping a cottonwood’s leaves. The fierce gust that flings dirt into your eyes. Wind’s energy is revealed in myriad ways in the Chihuahuan Desert. Many plants and animals here, including people, have learned to exploit its perpetual motion. What is wind energy? And how do the desert’s inhabitants take advantage of it?

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