Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and second in line to the throne, announced today a multimillion-dollar prize to encourage the world’s greatest problem solvers to tackle the climate crisis, as Reuters reported. The newly announced Earthshot Prize, which bills itself as “a decade of action to repair the Earth,” has been planned for the […]
The world’s largest gypsum dunefield is now the United States’ newest national park. The National Park Service (NPS) welcomed its 62nd member on Friday, when President Donald Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act into law. The act contained a provision redesignating White Sands National Monument in New Mexico as White Sands National Park. […]
By Tara Lohan In 2017 the Thomas fire raged through 281,893 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, California, leaving in its wake a blackened expanse of land, burned vegetation, and more than 1,000 destroyed buildings. More tragedy soon followed. When rains finally arrived in January 2018, the waters hit hills where grasses, trees and […]
Are tigers extinct in Laos? That’s the conclusion of a detailed new study that found no evidence wild tigers still exist in the country. What researchers did find during a five-year camera survey of the biodiversity-rich Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area was evidence of snares — lots and lots of deadly snares, which are […]
By Ashutosh Pandey H&M’s flagship store at the Sergels Torg square in Stockholm is back in business after a months-long refurbishment. But it’s not exactly business as usual here. In one corner of the store replete with plants and trees, H&M is offering some of its customers the possibility to rent rather than buy from […]
If you care about the planet, you’re probably thinking that the holidays are not a great time of year for the environment. There’s more mail and package deliveries, homes and buildings are decorated with holiday lights, people travel more, and there’s so much shopping as people buy presents for friends and family. So what’s an […]
By Kayleigh Long A court in Tehran last week delivered a guilty verdict in the case of eight Iranian conservationists accused of spying, with sentences ranging from four to 10 years. The eight were all affiliated with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF), a Tehran-based conservation organization that works to save the critically endangered Asiatic […]
By Alexandra van Alebeek As more home bakers rediscover how to capture wild yeast and turn it into nourishing loaves of bread, they are part of a growing kitchen movement standing up to the industrial food system. Step 1: Capture Wild Yeast and Make Your Own Sourdough Starter Sourdough bread begins with the starter, made […]
By Shreya Dasgupta At the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil, a framed exhibit of a massive dried leaf has been a local attraction for decades. But the complete identity of the tree it belongs to remained unresolved — until now. Researchers have known that the tree is a species of Coccoloba, […]
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