As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase, plants may need to open their stomata less frequently, leading to decreased transpiration and preserving more groundwater.

Famiglietti and other experts have stressed that preserving groundwater will be crucial for the future of California and other arid Western states.

The developer is suing protesters for trespassing onto the property in attempts to gather evidence for why the land should be preserved.

After a visit to Tadamon, Human Rights Watch issued a report Monday urging Syria’s transitional authorities to secure and preserve physical evidence across the country of “grave international crimes by members of the former government.”

“Vengeance Most Fowl” preserves the essence of this silly hand-molded universe — Gromit remains as clever as ever and Wallace stays as clueless, if always well-intentioned — while simultaneously striving for more ambitious visual components.