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Scientific diver Morgan Murphy-Cannella holds bull kelp with a dark patch of reproductive spores as she surveys a reforestation project, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, near Caspar, Calif. Kelp forests play an integral role in the health of the world’s oceans, one of the issues being discussed at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Fri,12/08/23-11:11PM , 56 Reads
CASPAR BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning to do her part to save Northern California's vanishing kelp forests.
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Evacuees from Afghanistan wait with other evacuees to fly to the United States or another safe location in a makeshift departure gate inside a hanger at the United States Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Sept. 1, 2021. The Afghan man who speaks only Farsi represented himself in U.S. immigration court, and the judge denied him asylum. The Associated Press obtained a transcript of the hearing that offers a rare look inside an opaque and overwhelmed immigration court system where hearings are closed and judges are under pressure to move quickly given the backlog of 2 million cases. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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He spoke no English, had no lawyer. An Afghan man's case offers a glimpse into US immigration court
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Sun,09/24/23-9:07AM , 50 Reads
The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves.
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Large waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2023. Giant waves, measuring as high as 13 feet, are becoming more common off California's Pacific coast as the planet warms, according to new research that used a unique approach to gather historical data over the past 90 years to track the increasing height of the surf. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Big waves becoming more common off California as Earth warms, new research finds
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Wed,08/02/23-4:57PM , 48 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years.
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A man walks along a trail lined with clusters of wild mustard in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Mustard was among the most prominent of wild flowering plants that seemingly popped up everywhere in California this spring. As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it tinder for wildfires in a state that has been ravaged by blazes. Its stalks can act as fire ladders, causing flames to climb. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive 'superbloom' of wild mustard
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Thu,06/15/23-11:53PM , 208 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — While ripping out yellow blooms blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been questioned about his fervor for killing flowers.
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