The Aral Sea Disaster Has Started What Could Be the Greatest Migration Crisis of Modern Times
This is Part 2 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…
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The Famous Aral Sea Disaster Is Only at Half Time
This is Part 1 of a two-part series looking at the Aral Sea recovery projects and the future of…
Before and After Pictures Show World’s Largest Dam Removal Dramatically Rewilding Klamath River
22 years ago, the Yurok Tribe of Native Americans launched a campaign to reclaim their ancestral lands along the…
Mongolia Signs Ambitious Conservation Agreement with The Nature Conservancy to Protect 75% of Land
Operating for over 100 years and renowned throughout the world for its dedication to preserving the natural world, The…
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…
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…