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Underwater Robot Deploys and Lifts Victims to the Surface When They’re Drowning in Pool or Lake
Many swimming pools in Germany don’t have enough trained lifeguards—and in many places, this skilled labor shortage is leading to closures. The solution could...
China Passes Landmark Law Protecting the Yangtze – One of China’s ‘Mother Rivers’
The Yangtze, one of China's two "Mother Rivers," is about to receive a salve of environmental protections aiming to restore the polluted waterway and...
After Facing Extinction, This Midwestern Bird is Now Soaring Off Endangered Species List
The interior least tern, a bird which survived waves of attacks from dam building, hat making, and more, can now be classified as an...
Scientists Uncover Secret In Centuries-Old Mud, Drawing A New Way To Save Polluted Rivers
A pair of east coast scientists met and fell in love over an interest in researching mud, years before producing a paper that would...
Once Left For Dead, The Aral Sea Is Now Brimming With Life Thanks to Global Collaboration
The World Bank's Kokaral dam project has raised water levels and replenished fish in the North Aral Sea, reviving Kazakhstan fishing towns.
Lone Canadian Sailing the Globe May Be Literally the Safest Human on Earth
Bert terHart set sail to become first North American to circumnavigate the globe without electronic navigation instruments, but is also safe from COVID-19.
Advocacy of Stunning Lands Pays Off: New Zealand Approves Largest National Park Expansion in History
The borders of this beautiful New Zealand park have been expanded by 158,000 acres (64,000 hectares), making it the largest addition of land to...
Good Samaritans Save Drowning Animal From Frozen River Only to Discover It Was a Wild Wolf
Though these construction workers had suspicions of this animal's true nature, they did not hesitate to come to its rescue when it was in distress.
Florida Set to Become a World Leader in Renewable Energy With 30 Million New Solar Panels
The initiative is expected to become “the largest installation of solar panels by a regulated utility in the world.”
For the First Time Ever, Developing Countries Added More Clean Power Capacity Than Fossil Fuel
Additionally, developing nations are building more clean energy capacity than wealthier nations.
Special Bacteria is Found to be a ‘Battery’ That Turns Sewage Waste into Clean Hydrogen Energy
Scientists have found that purple bacteria could be a groundbreaking new resource for producing clean hydrogen energy out of human waste.
New Battery Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide Before It Ever Reaches the Atmosphere
Lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere.
Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News
A new type of battery...
Remember the Young Man With a Plan to Rid Oceans of Plastic? His Massive Project to Launch This Summer
At just 18 years old, this Dutch teenager claimed he could tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – and starting this summer, he is going to do just that.
When Grandma With Alzheimer’s Can’t Do Her Puzzles, Teen Comes Up With Perfect Solution
Mary Frates has always adored doing word searches, but after dementia set in as she aged, the 86-year-old found herself unable to participate in her...
These Teens Developed a Seed That Can Cleanse Polluted Water
They may be young, but these Brazilian students are doing big things with their magic water-filtering seed that won them the Google Science Fair award.
After Two Centuries, Atlantic Salmon Return to the Connecticut River
For the first time since the American Revolution, wild Atlantic Salmon are spawning in the Connecticut River.
Industrial pollution and a series of dams constructed...
Salmon Numbers Jump at Central Idaho Mountain Lake
More endangered sockeye salmon have made the 900-mile journey from the Pacific Ocean to central Idaho’s high-elevation Redfish Lake this year than in the...
Texas Lake Welcomes Back Paddlefish Gone for Years
Deep beneath the surface of Texas' only naturally formed lake there used to swim a massive, open-mouthed dinosaur-era fish with a long snout and...
Restoring Lake Erie’s Largest Wetland After 75 Years
Only around 5 percent of the wetlands in western Lake Erie remain from the days before pollution and dam construction.
Now, a five-year process is...
Wild Salmon Making Huge Comeback in California
For years, fishermen, farmers and hydroelectric dams were in a tug of war on the Klamath River in California. Finally, the once bitter enemies...