Giant Study Says Increase Native Tree Richness and Control Maritime Ports to Prevent Invasive Species Epidemics
In Northern Italy, every year between May and June, the forests are alive with the humming of bees. Forest…
Category: Environment
Tree Growing Nonprofit in Madagascar is Sprouting Entrepreneurs With Unique Training and Funding
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive on World at Large. Out in the ultra-rural jungles of eastern…
Fishing Communities Finding Better Catch with Mangroves than with Artificial Aquaculture
In 1980 in Pangpang Bay on the island of Java, Indonesia, fishing communities believed they could make a better…
Loss of Mangrove Forest Worldwide Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amounts, New Report Demonstrates
Story at a glance… Mangroves had been one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems for years, but a new…
Carbon Capture Projects Severely Underperform While Mostly Helping Produce More Fossil Fuels
Story at a glance… Almost all CO2 stored underground is done parallel with natural gas extraction. These projects, according…
Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Swedish Fertilizer “Biochar” Set to Take Root Across the World
Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn and garden waste, you were actively fighting global warming. That’s…
Acres of Toxic Chemicals and Rusting Cars Becomes National Park After Amazing Transformation
Story at a glance… This story has been reprinted with express permission from Good News Network. A toxic waste…
There Are 9,000 Undiscovered Tree Species, Kept Genetically Healthy By Ancient Trees
Story at a glance… Ancient trees contain genetic information vital to helping forests adapt to changing conditions These trees…
Natural Regeneration is Much More Biodiverse and Cheaper Than Mass Tree Planting
Story at a glance… Reforestation is key to fighting the effects of climate change, yet not all strategies of…
The Hidden Lives of Trees Shows a World of Cooperation, Awareness, and Intelligence in Plants
PICTURED: Beech trees, like this one in the Carpathian Mountains, were what covered most of the forests in primeval…
Could this Third Heat-Tolerant Coffee Secure the Industry from a Changing Climate?
PICTURED: The leaves and berries of the c. stenophylla, noted for having black berries than the iconic red ones…
Test Drilling for the World’s Last Great Undiscovered Oil Reserve Commences in the Okavango Basin
160 miles upstream from the Okavango Delta, a drilling rig plunges through the sand looking for oil or natural…
Arctic Ocean Filled with Microplastic Pollution from Artificial Textiles
The dominant form of microplastic pollution in the Arctic ocean is bits of artificial textile fibers, a new study…
Global Coffee’s Sustainability Efforts Have Failed — New Report
The most recent Coffee Barometer, a report conducted by various fair trade and human rights organizations like Oxfam and…
Global Warming Has Achieved Self-Sustaining Permafrost Melt
A new scientific model of climate change is demonstrating that zeroing human emissions is only the start of what…
‘Negligible’ say Scientists: COVID-19 Shutdown Unlikely to Affect Climate Change, But What About Animals?
Short term cooling and reductions in emissions resulting from the monumental reductions in motorized transport due to Covid-19 shutdowns…
Tire and Brake Pad Particles Ride Atmospheric Winds: Polluting Environment Far and Wide
A growing number of scientific evaluations on the potential for airborne microplastic pollution are putting together a picture that…
Wildlife Disease Management Could be Key to Preventing Outbreaks of COVID-19-like Viruses
PICTURED: Two men in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary move their livestock across tiger habitat. Across the EU and US citizens…
Currents of Windblown Plastic Found Across North America’s Parks and Reserves
1000 metric tons of microplastic fibers that can travel thousands of miles on storm systems are predicted to accumulate…
America’s Largest Solar Plant Construction Approved with the Potential to Power 260,000 Homes
WASHINGTON. May 11th, 2020. The largest solar project in American history has been approved to be constructed on Bureau…
