Snow in Summer

As ice caps melt and the sun shines, writer Mark Lender sees the Snowy Egret’s fragile existence as a mirror to our own.

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A burger made from Cultured Beef, which has been developed by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
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Cultured Beef could help solve the coming food crisis and combat climate change. Commercial production of Cultured Beef could begin within ten to 20 years.
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Salt Marsh Diary’s Mark Seth Lender observes the brilliant white of the Snowy Egret does little to camouflage the bird, nor does it explain how the egret will survive the changing climate.