Short Wave

The Purple Urchins Don't Die

Mar 26, 2021 · 12 min · 12.1 MB
0:00-12:33

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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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