By Liza Lester, Phys.Org Widespread 20th-century reforestation in the eastern United States helped counter rising temperatures due to climate change, according to new research. The authors highlight the potential of forests as regional climate adaptation tools, which are needed along with a decrease in carbon emissions. “It’s all about figuring …
Fixing Our Ailing Food System Could Bring US$10 Trillion a Year in Benefits
By Natalie Alcoba, Corporate Knights A new report analyzed a food system model that can address the global climate, nature and health emergencies while offering a better life to hundreds of millions of people. In Bolivia, a tax on hydrocarbons pays for a healthy meal program in schools. Paris is …
‘I was Thrilled and Shocked’: Images Raise Hopes of Return of Wild Jaguars to the US
By Samuel Gilbert, The Guardian A series of sightings suggests the big cats are, against the odds, growing in numbers in New Mexico and Arizona. But Trump’s border wall could yet halt their progress. A jaguar dubbed ‘the Boss’ in Tucson, Arizona. Rare sightings of the mammals in the Whetstone …
Inside the Amazon’s Tallest Treehouse, Where Peruvians are Taught to Combat Deforestation with Tech
By Euronews Green Education is changing the lives of Indigenous Peruvians in the Amazon. From a classroom in the Amazon’s tallest treehouse, young Peruvians are learning how to defend their rainforest home. Nestled in the crown of a strangler fig tree, the rangers have a bird’s eye view over the …
This State is Quickly Becoming America’s Clean Energy Paradise. Here’s How it’s Happening.
By Elizabeth Weise, USA Today Americans don’t have to imagine what it’s like to live someplace that’s aggressively switching to 100% clean energy, where one in three people has rooftop solar, 15% of new cars are electric and giant batteries store energy for use when the sun goes down. They just have to go to Hawaii. …
MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Remarkable New Way to Clean Up Air Pollution — By Starting With Our Oceans
By Brett Aresco, Yahoo Tech from The Cool Down Carbon capture — commonly thought of as the use of technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air — is a hotly debated topic. Though the U.S. Department of Energy committed $131 million to various carbon capture projects, opponents claim that focus on carbon capture …
This National Park Installed ‘Wildlife Crossings’ to Protect Animals from Car Collisions – And the Results were Staggering
By Laurelle Stelle, The Cool Down The project has been so successful that the same model has been adopted in Costa Rica, Argentina, and parts of Asia. The Banff Wildlife Crossings Project in Canada’s Rocky Mountains has dramatically reduced the amount of wildlife being hit by cars on the …
Why a Rare Image of One of Malaysia’s Last Tigers is Giving Conservationists Hope
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Emmanuel Rondeau has photographed tigers across Asia for the past decade, from the remotest recesses of Siberia to the pristine valleys of Bhutan. But when he set out to photograph the tigers in the ancient rainforests of Malaysia, he had his doubts. “We were really not …
‘Smart’ Trap Trial Raises Hopes American Mink Can Be Driven From UK
By Patrick Barkham, The Guardian Conservation groups target ‘impossible dream’ of eradicating invasive predators after success of East Anglia trial American mink have decimated populations of water voles and other native birds, fish and amphibians in the UK. Photograph: blickwinkel/Alamy American mink – the mustelids escaped from fur farms who have …
The Largest US Dam-Removal Effort to Date has Begun
By Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica As US dams age, removal is always an option—and it can be done well. Wending its way from the Olympic Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington’s Elwha River is now free. For about century, the Elwha and Gilnes Canyon Dams corralled these …