Author: Hannah
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The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
KNOWABLE — An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
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On this Social Network, Sea Ice, Traditional Foods, and Wildlife Are Always Trending
HAKAI MAGAZINE — Using an app developed by Inuit in Nunavut, Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing data to make their own decisions.
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As Canada’s boreal forests burn again and again, they won’t grow back the same way
THE GLOBE AND MAIL — Recurring wildfires are giving young coniferous forests too little time to mature, and leafy trees, shrubs and grasslands are taking hold in new, unfamiliar ecosystems.
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Climate change is making forest fire season longer, more extreme
TORONTO STAR — In the years to come, smoky days may become normal as human-caused climate change worsens wildfires across Canada and makes them harder to control.
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This is your brain on trees — why is urban nature so good for the mind?
THE GLOBE AND MAIL — Green space helps people feel less depressed and fatigued, and science is still exploring all the other ways it lifts our spirits. In a global crisis, we could all use more time in nature.