{
  "id": 13318898,
  "title": "In 1940s New Zealand, cordgrass was planted to reclaim wetlands for grazing; it spread across tidal mudflats, forcing decades of eradication work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/in-1940s-new-zealand-cordgrass-was-planted-to-reclaim-wetlands-for",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-10T03:31:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-1940s-new-zealand-cordgrass-was-planted-to-reclaim-wetlands-for-grazing-it-spread-across-tidal-mudflats-forcing-decades-of-eradication-work-101791535884588.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the 1940s, New Zealand planted cordgrass for pasture. It now damages the estuary mudflats birds rely on, and officials are still fighting it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}