The Purple Urchins Don't Die

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The Purple Urchins Don't Die

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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. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.

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Mar 26, 2021

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