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slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By May, it was clear that California’s almond growers — who supply 80 percent of the world’s almonds — had successfully negotiated the threat of a bee shortage, and were expected to produce a record crop of 2.5 Then billions of crabs died.
slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By May, it was clear that California’s almond growers — who supply 80 percent of the world’s almonds — had successfully negotiated the threat of a bee shortage, and were expected to produce a record crop of 2.5 Then billions of crabs died.
slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By May, it was clear that California’s almond growers — who supply 80 percent of the world’s almonds — had successfully negotiated the threat of a bee shortage, and were expected to produce a record crop of 2.5 Then billions of crabs died.
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