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Arctic Routes, Forest Rollbacks, and Shrews | Science News
China’s new Arctic shipping route, dubbed the “Ice Silk Road,” is unlocking a faster path to Europe as sea ice melts—thanks to climate change—but it risks accelerating environmental damage through black carbon emissions and oil spills. Meanwhile, U.S. policymakers are pushing to dismantle protections for roadless forests, despite warnings that more roads could worsen wildfires, which are mostly human-caused. And in a bizarre twist of adaptation, long-clawed shrews are physically shrinking their skulls and brains in winter to conserve energy—a phenomenon scientists call Dehnel’s effect. These…
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