Have you a daughter?
I have my lord.
Let her not walk in the sun. Conception is a blessing but as your daughter may conceive, Look to’t.

Hamlet II:2
 

Will somebody please put a wet blanket over this story once and for all? Or find the NOAA scientist that spawned it and send him on a one way trip to Jamaica? You would think that Chevron drilling holes in the ice and driving huge trucks back and forth across the permafrost would get an occasional mention, but obviously the BEAVER CALAMITY is taking up all the bandwith.

After all, there are only so many pages in a magazine like the Smithsonian.

Beavers Are Reshaping the Arctic Tundra. Here’s Why Scientists Are Concerned

Beavers have the ability to completely transform landscapes. They gnaw through trees, build dams and flood new areas to create ponds, earning them the title of “ecosystem engineers.” But a northward migration of these bucktoothed builders has scientists concerned, Hannah Osborne reports for Newsweek. (more…)