Scientific American
Careful monitoring and up-front investment are necessary to ensure reforestation efforts yield benefits for communities and biodiversity
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In Senegal’s Siné-Saloum and Casamance deltas, green seedlings poke through the water’s surface, standing on end like string beans reaching to the sky. There, in spindly clusters and lines, is the next generation of mangroves: six native species selected, seed collected from mature groves, then planted directly, or sometimes grown first in nurseries.
Some villagers say that without reforestation, they would have left their ancestor’s lands. Mangroves, reaching down into the salty water, provide habitat for fish and oysters that support local diets and livelihoods. They buffer inland communities from storms. But they also sequester more carbon than any other ecosystem; their potential for carbon sequestration may be up to 50 times greater than some tropical forests.
Black With a Capital B Why do you capitalize Black when you refer to Black people, but not white when you refer to white people? Is this something new? I notice Bob Woodward did the same thing in his most recent book,
Rage. I really don t get it. Eric Johnson Editor s note:
Seven Days began capitalizing Black when it refers to racial, cultural and ethnic identity last June, shortly before the Associated Press Stylebook formalized the same recommendation, stating that doing so conveys an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black . The lowercase black is a color, not a person. Why treat white differently? As the AP writes, White people generally do not share the same history of culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. Additionally, Capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to s
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Randolph Fire Chief Richard Donovan shared the Randolph Fire Department, in collaboration with the Randolph Elder Affairs Department, recently handed out Stay Safe At Home bags to seniors in Randolph.
Deputy Chief Mike Rennie, firefighter Cheri Patten, town councilor Ryan Egan and Director of Elder Affairs Kerri Sullivan handed out the bags at a drive-thru event on Dec. 3 at the Randolph Intergenerational Community Center.
A total of 102 Stay Safe At Home bags were handed out to seniors. The bags included COVID-19 information, fire safety information, a File of Life, magnets, stickers, pens and pencils, a mask and hand sanitizer.
Departure is a series that hits the ground (and the ocean) running and doesn’t slow down. It’s six episodes of twists and turns as a team of investigators tries to figure out exactly what caused a passenger plane to crash in the Atlantic Ocean. With so much going on, it can be a little tricky getting a grip on who’s who: here’s our guide to who you need to keep your eye on.
Transportation Safety and Investigations Bureau Chief, Howard Lawson (Christopher Plummer)
Lawson is played by Christopher Plummer, a legend of the big screen and one of the smoothest actors alive, so you know he’s going to be charming in a way that suggests he could have you killed at a moment’s notice. Not that Lawson is having anyone killed, but as the man in charge of the investigation – and the one who hand-picks his TSIB protégé Kendra to handle it – it’s clear he’s going to be supportive, right up until the moment things stop going exactly how he wants them to go. And the pressure is