Science Writer
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Invasive Wild Pigs = 1 Million Cars Per Year of Carbon Emissions
Australian scientists estimate that invasive wild pigs release the carbon-dioxide emissions equivalent of more than 1 million cars per year.
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Can Kelp Help Mussel Farms Thrive?
Scientists in New Zealand and the United States are using everything from GoPros to kitchen sponges to study the ecological benefits of kelp farms.
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Satellite Tracking Leads to Action for Hawksbill Sea Turtles
New science on hawksbill sea turtles in the Solomon Islands provided critical information to strengthen protection for turtles on their nesting grounds.
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Cool Green Summer Book Picks 2021
As unbelievable as it might sound, summer 2021 is here. I found myself thinking about just how much comfort books […]
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Table Corals Could Be the Key to a Resilient Great Barrier Reef
Scientists discover that table corals regenerate Great Barrier Reef habitats 14 times faster than other coral species.
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Meet the Argonaut, The World’s Weirdest Octopus
Octopuses are awesome. These eight-legged oddballs of the ocean have always had a dedicated fanclub, and the recent documentary My […]
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How Cattle Egrets Took Over the World
In the past 150 years, cattle egrets have self-populated nearly every continent on earth. Just how, and why, remains somewhat of a mystery.
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Stayin’ Alive at the Seabird Disco
Seabird discos - complete with fake birds, mirrors, and a sound system - help restore breeding bird populations in the Caribbean.
