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The Three Nations Working Together to Protect the Mayan Jungle
Stretching across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and western Belize, the Great Mayan Jungle also known as the Selva Maya is one of the last great tropical rainforests of the Americas. This vast expanse of emerald canopy shelters ancient Mayan ruins, rare wildlife, and some of the planet’s most vital carbon-storing trees. Now, in an unprecedented…
Scientists Catch Grumpy Cat of the Himalayas on Camera for the First Time
High in the rarefied air of the eastern Himalayas, where the clouds hang low and the wind howls across desolate ridges, a small camera blinked to life and captured something no one had ever seen in India before. In that moment, at nearly 16,400 feet above sea level, the icy wilderness revealed one of its…
These Wax Worm Caterpillars Can Eat & Digest a Plastic Bag in Just One Day
Scientists held their breath as they cut open the belly of the world’s largest animal. What tumbled out was horrifying: thousands of pieces of plastic weighing 220 pounds. In winter 2019, a young sperm whale died on Luskentyre Beach in Scotland. Plastic bags and nylon fishing nets had clogged the digestive system and starved the…
Earth’s Energy Imbalance Doubles Speeding Up Climate Change
Climate scientists thought they understood the pace of global warming. Their sophisticated models, refined over decades of research, predicted how Earth’s energy balance would shift as greenhouse gas concentrations increased. Then the latest satellite data arrived, revealing something that caught the entire scientific community off guard. The numbers showed a pattern so dramatic that researchers…
Scientists Turn Wine Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic That Breaks Down in 17 Days
Something extraordinary happened when Dr. Srinivas Janaswamy finished his presentation about agricultural waste solutions at South Dakota State University. A colleague approached him with an idea that would transform how we think about both vineyard waste and plastic pollution. What emerged from their conversation would challenge the fundamental assumption that strong packaging materials must persist…
Rare Orange Shark With Ghostly White Eyes Captured in First-of-Its-Kind Sighting
What are the chances that the ocean covering more than 70 percent of our planet and home to some of Earth’s oldest creatures still has surprises waiting in plain sight? For centuries, sharks have been painted in shades of gray and brown, their muted tones the very blueprint of stealth. Yet off the Caribbean coast…
Never Leave a Charger in Outlet Without Phone. Here Are the Top 6 Reasons Why
Most of us rarely notice the small things that keep running in the background of our daily lives. A phone charger left in the wall after the device is unplugged. A television set humming in standby mode. They feel too minor to matter. Yet these tiny oversights tell a bigger story. One about energy wasted,…
Retired Couple With Real Life ‘Money Tree’ in Garden Produce Seeds for First Time That Are Worth Over $6k
Most of us grew up hearing that money doesn’t grow on trees. But in a quiet English garden, a pair of retirees have found something far stranger than currency sprouting among the leaves a living relic from the age of dinosaurs, producing seeds for the first time on British soil. The tree is no ordinary…
The Grand Canyon Megafire is Still Growing and It’s Now So Out of Control It’s Making Its Own Weather
The Grand Canyon is a place where time feels eternal, where wind and water have carved the earth for millions of years. But this summer, a very different force has been reshaping its North Rim: fire. Since a single lightning strike on Independence Day, the Dragon Bravo Fire has grown so vast and fierce that…
Human Connection to Nature Has Declined 60% in 200 Years, Study Finds
Two hundred years ago, a walk to school might have meant crossing a meadow alive with the hum of bees, skirting a brook that shimmered in the morning light, or pausing under the blossom-heavy branches of an old fruit tree. Today, for many of us, that same walk is more likely to follow a pavement…