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Short Wave

Short Wave

Science:Life Sciences

The Purple Urchins Don't Die

The Purple Urchins Don't Die

2021-03-26
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NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer explains how scientists are getting creative to deal with the hordes of urchins overtaking kelp forests in the Pacific Ocean — and why this kind of drastic ecological change may become more common as the climate gets hotter.

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