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Don’t expect heroes (or evil villains) in this history of the climate crisis

Grist

It’s a tremendous task, and Bell resists the temptation to simplify the story, offering a nuanced look at the past instead of a tale of good and evil. “It It isn’t a simple story of villains and heroes, although there are some really heroic people and some really villainous people,” Bell told Grist. Coal was the star of the show.

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The Northeast’s hemlock trees face extinction. A tiny fly could save them.

Grist

Stepping into the healthy grove feels like entering a cathedral. Then if you think, wait, what if we lost all hemlocks? But adelgid isn’t the only invasive threatening native flora in the state, which has earmarked more than $13 million for invasive prevention and control activities in its 2021 budget. on Aug 4, 2021.

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These urchin slayers are trying to save California’s underwater ‘rainforest’

Grist

After all, the indefatigable invertebrates were not always the villains of undersea horror stories. I think that humans are a big part of the kelp loss, and I think we just need to stay out of it. Before the purple urchin explosion, the kelp forest was good to commercial divers and coastal communities alike.

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These urchin slayers are trying to save California’s underwater ‘rainforest’

Grist

After all, the indefatigable invertebrates were not always the villains of undersea horror stories. I think that humans are a big part of the kelp loss, and I think we just need to stay out of it. Before the purple urchin explosion, the kelp forest was good to commercial divers and coastal communities alike.

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