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The Largest Landfill in Latin America has Been Turned into a Mangrove Forest
At nearly 150 acres, the Jardim Gramacho landfill in Rio de Janeiro was one of the largest and most infamous in all of Latin...
Loss of Climate-Crucial Mangrove Forests Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amount Worldwide, Report Hails
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
They are one of the most unique and fundamental...
Mangrove Trees Can Save Americans Tens of Billions in Flood Damages– So New Alliance Gets Planting
Research from UC Santa Cruz shows flooding causes $750 billion in property damage worldwide, but conservation of mangrove forests can prevent a lot.
What Can One Person Do in 10 Years? This Man Got 152 Million Mangrove Trees Planted
The former Environmental Minister of Senegal has now spent over a decade reforesting a mangrove forest in the Casamance Delta.
After Dedicating 16 Years of His Life to Mangroves, Man Has Helped to Plant 2 Million Trees
The “Mangrove Master” has spent the last 16 years protecting mangrove forests – and his efforts have helped to plant roughly 2 million trees.
Teen Plants Hundreds of Mangroves to Replace Trees Trampled by Hurricane Irma
This 18-year-old was heartbroken by the amount of mangroves that were damaged in Hurricane Irma – so he decided to do something about it.
West Africa Sets Out to Protect Dying Mangroves
Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing...
Surfers On Board in Climate Fight After Big Wave Areas Found to be Significant Carbon Stores
Nearly 90 million metric tonnes of planet-warming carbon have been found surrounding surf breaks across the world, making these coastal locations essential climate allies...
‘Sponge’ Cities Combat Urban Flooding by Letting Nature Do the Work
In China, a landscape architect is reimagining cities across the vast country by working with nature to combat flooding through the 'sponge city' concept.
But...
Good News in History, March 14
93 years ago today, Alam Aara, the first Indian talking film was released to popular appeal. Directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani, he was...
Unprecedented Gift Preserves 8,000 Acres of ‘The Land Between the Rivers’ in Alabama: ‘America’s Amazon’
When considering the great victories of America's conservationists, we tend to think of the sights and landscapes emblematic of the West, but there's also...
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019
Deforestation across the Amazon Rainforest has fallen by 55% this year, marking the lowest amounts since 2019, and somewhat of a major victory to...
Good News in History, December 6
111 years ago today, the bust of Nefertiti was discovered in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose's workshop by German archaeologists. It has become...
Discovery of Electric Blue Tarantula Stuns Scientists Who Auction Naming Rights for Charity
Even arachnophobes may have to tip their hat to this beast, who seems to bend all the rules of his race by sporting electric...
Inspired Youth Pulls 2.6 Million Pounds of Trash from Indonesian Rivers
In Indonesia, the worsening plastic pollution crisis has led young Sam Benchegjib to start Sungai Watch – an environmental organization dedicated to keeping Indonesia’s...
Analysis Shows We’ve Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x
Scientists in the Netherlands have shown quite convincingly that the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans is far smaller than anyone believed.
Their research...
13-Foot Sawfish Spotted Farther North Than Any in Decades Hints at Recovery of Species
While on a fishing trip with some students, hoping to be able to teach them about the habits of sharks, a scientist in Florida...
Newly Discovered Rock Art Panels Depict How Ancient Ancestors Envisioned Creation and Adapted to Change
Australia's vast wildernesses are famous for many things, but rock art, specifically one of the largest concentrations of rock art known in the world,...
Utah and California Snowpacks Break All Previous Records–Will Completely Alleviate Droughts
The desert state of Utah is experiencing "a year to remember" in terms of snowfall, with every single part of the state experiencing 130%...
Otherworldly Scenes Show Plants Breathing in Close-Up Detail: A Long Sought Discovery
It looks like a scene from a horror movie, but eerie research shows plants breathing in close-up detail.
A new study reveals biologists are gaining...