Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
Craig Welch has been writing about natural resources from the Pacific Northwest for a quarter century. He spent more than eight years as a senior staff writer for National Geographic, reporting from all seven continents. Before that, he worked as an environment reporter for The Seattle Times. Welch has been a fellow with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and started his career in Wyoming writing about Yellowstone National Park. He lives with his family in Seattle, a short jog from the Salish Sea.
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?