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Sea otter populations could be key to carbon sequestration

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Undersea kelp forest are hugely important in scrubbing carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. But kelp forests depend on sea otters to survive, according to new research.

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Otters As Climate Defenders

Scientist discover critical role sea otter play in climate change

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Otters and Climate Change

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Sea Otters at Bay

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Sea Otters: Swimming for a Comeback

Now numbering 2,300, the sea otter population is beginning to grow slowly though steadily. Rachel Anne Goodman reports from Santa Cruz, California on whether the sea otter will be delisted from the Endangered Species Act anytime soon.

Slip-sliding Away

The river otter is an uncommon sight in Southern New England. But writer Mark Seth Lender is patient and, some twenty years after first glimpsing an otter, he was surprised and thrilled to see another.

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Sea Otter Revival

The sea otter population off California’s coast is coming back, and eating up the region’s lucrative sea urchin fishery. Producer Guy Hand reports on the dispute between California’s sea urchin fishermen and sea otter conservationists.

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