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Covers:  food safety, environmental issues, spirituality, politics, health, books, agriculture
Doesn't Cover: financials
Environmental journalist, author and poet.

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Richard Schiffman’s Biography

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Richard Schiffman is an environmental journalist who started doing stories for NPR before moving on to print. He has published two books, and his poetry has appeared in major literary journals. He has also written extensively on the confluence between spirituality and science.

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Mystery of the disappearing bees: Solved!

Mystery of the disappearing bees: Solved!

If it were a novel, people would criticize the plot for being too far-fetched - thriving colonies disappear o…

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For your own sake, stop working so hard

For your own sake, stop working so hard

Americans already work hundreds of hours a year more than their counterparts in other developed countries, in…

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'Frackademia': how Big Gas bought research on hydraulic fracturing

'Frackademia': how Big Gas bought research on hydraulic fracturing

Last week, the oil company Chevron took out a full-page ad in the Atlantic Monthly to say - seemingly innocuo…

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How Did a Tortoise Survive 30 Years in a Box?

How Did a Tortoise Survive 30 Years in a Box?

Tortoises are famous for living to a ripe old age. One giant tortoise named Adwaita is said to have lived 255…

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How Cubans' Health Improved When Their Economy Collapsed

How Cubans' Health Improved When Their Economy Collapsed

Enrique De La Osa/Reuters When Cuba's benefactor, the Soviet Union, closed up shop in the early 1990s, it sen…

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A sunny day we must avoid

A sunny day we must avoid

NASA/Getty Images The after-effects of solar eruptions like this one could harm our power systems, the author…

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Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up

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By Richard Schiffman Verified
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This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.​ In the coastal waters off British Columbia, tribal volunteers from the Haida Nation dive for purple sea urchins amid a dense forest of rippling golden-brown kelp fronds.
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Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up

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Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Efforts to Save Kelp Forests from Ocean Warming Are Ramping Up

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At one time, kelp forests — which shelter fish, slow erosion, and sequester carbon — grew along a third of the world’s coastlines. Now, scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties. In the coastal waters off British Columbia, tribal volunteers from the Haida Nation dive for purple sea urchins amid a dense forest of rippling golden-brown kelp fronds.
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