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Along the coastal barrier islands of the Atlantic coast, maritime forests are home to mammals, reptiles, insects, plants, and migrating birds. They’re vital to coastal and storm resilience. And some coastal trees date back to the 1st century. In recent decades, commercial development has threatened these ecosystems — but now, another threat is not only clearing forests, but burying them beneath the sea.
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Whales are the largest mammals on earth. They’ve also been around a long time. According to the University of California, Berkeley’s Evolutionary Biology…
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Coral reefs are among the clearest harbingers of climate change. That’s because they live at the upper end of their thermal spectrum – which means they’re…
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NASA ranks 2017 as the second hottest year on record behind 2016. The National Climate Assessment, a report published by the federal government in…
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The business of pork production in North Carolina employed nearly 13,000 people in 2012. That’s according to a Duke University report. The swine industry…
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A motley assortment of retirees, marine biology students and children gathered yesterday at the St. James Plantation to help build wildlife-protective…