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Eric Ralls

Nashville, Texas
As seen in: MSN, Aol, Flipboard, EIN News, Genetic Literacy Project, NewsBreak, Earth.com, Climate Depot, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Ex Bulletin and
With 15 years of experience developing technology-focused online properties, Eric Ralls currently leads RedOrbit, Inc.
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Animal life exploded in a burst of evolution, and scientists may have discovered why

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By Eric Ralls
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An illustration of Anomalocaris, an ancient marine predator that lived during the Cambrian period, when animal life underwent extraordinary diversification. Credit: Shutterstock Evolution often unfolds over millions of years, yet many of the major animal groups alive today made their first clear appearance in the fossil record during a remarkable burst of diversification about half a billion years ago. Scientists call it the Cambrian explosion.
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Warming seas are giving hungry fish more time to destroy kelp forests

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By Eric Ralls
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Warming oceans are destroying kelp forests around the world, but along one stretch of Japan’s coast, rising temperatures have delivered a double blow. Summer heat has become intense enough to kill the kelp outright, while warmer waters have given plant-eating fish up to 86 additional days each year to devour whatever grows back. The kelp forest collapsed from covering three-quarters of the reef to covering none of it in about a decade.
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Canada’s wildfires could cause more than $2 trillion in climate damage

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By Eric Ralls
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Massive wildfires in Nova Scotia, Canada, sent thick plumes of smoke across the region as dry, windy conditions fueled the flames. Credit: Shutterstock Ask what a wildfire costs and the answer usually comes back as firefighting bills and burned timber. In a new projection of Canada’s wildfire costs through 2100, firefighting, lost timber and recreation account for only about 2% of the estimated combined costs.
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