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And how to recycle old reads.
Dear Reader,
Today’s Climate Champ lived on our planet a full 97 years. Estella Bergere Leopold, youngest daughter of esteemed conservationist Aldo Leopold (don’t miss Bluedot contributor Christopher Lysik’s wonderful tribute to the elder Leopold’s contribution to modern conservation), was a palaeobotanist. Her work with fossil pollen and spores helped us understand how ancient environments evolved into those of the present. As the journal Nature wrote, “Few researchers before her had traced the rise of present-day ecosystems through time, and her discoveries helped to connect the relatively well-studied ice-age influences on vegetation with deep-time geological processes.”
She insisted that nature should be cherished and that science should be used to protect and preserve our planet — a belief that she promoted through her work.
She died in 2024, but her legacy, one of environmental stewardship and a pioneering spirit, lives on.
Botanically,
Dot
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