When you live in Mexico, you get used to people in other countries thinking you are in a war-zone sort of apocalypse state. If it’s not narcos, it’s earthquakes, kidnappers, or chupacabras. These days, the thing for Americans to fear in Mexico is the volcano Popocatepetl, lovingly called Popo, which is chucking ash all over […]
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Nature certainly works in dark, mysterious ways. A few weeks ago, we marveled here at the seemingly miraculous return of 35 million sockeye salmon to Canada’s Fraser River, after many people feared that the run was nearing extinction. As Canadians were rejoicing, however, fisheries scientists were frantically working their chalkboards, trying to figure out what on […]