Sea otters have helped save a California marshland from erosion after returning to the area where they were once hunted to near-extinction.
The big picture: That's according to a study published in the journal NatureWednesday, which credits the semiaquatic mammals and their insatiable appetite for plant-eating marsh crabs for the turnaround.
Meteomatics, a weather intelligence and technology firm that makes a fleet of autonomous drones, has closed a strategic funding round from Lockheed Ventures, the companies tell Axios exclusively.
Driving the news: The new funding, totaling in the single-digit millions, is aimed at helping the Swiss-based company expand, and bring new weather and climate insights to business and government customers.
