Field, Farm, Forest, and City: Sustaining Pollinator Health to Build Ecosystem Resilience
Climate variability and change are among the many threats that pollinators such as bees, butterflies, bats, and other species face. Beekeepers and pollinator advocates are working to preserve pollinators and the ecosystem that depends upon them.
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Sarah Gibson and Rachel Dunn, UNC Asheville's National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC). Science review by Edward Gardner, PhD, Contractor to NOAA Climate Program Office.
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