What Does It Look Like When an Ecosystem Collapses? Kelp Can Tell - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

MONTEREY — It’s 1988. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is four years old, and so am I. It is my favorite place on earth, and the sea otters are my favorite animal. During a presentation, an aquarium employee...

After a mass algal die-off in the Pacific, researchers used satellites, undergrads, artificial intelligence and children in tide pools to figure out what was lostand how it might come back. Image by … [+13008 chars]

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