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Planting Trees in a City 30 Years Ago May Have Lowered the Risk of Deaths From Diseases
Planting trees destined to live long healthy lives is believed to be a good way to save the planet, but what about ourselves?
30 years...
Australia’s Ocean Kelp Forest is Growing at Light Speed–Rivaling the Mighty Amazon for Absorbing CO2
Great forests of ocean kelp were found in a recent study to be between 4 and 11-times more productive than the most productive crops...
Guam Kingfishers Could Soon Return to the Wild After a 30-Year Absence Thanks to Ambitious Scientists
A long shot rescue plan for the Critically-Endangered Guam kingfisher is set to take place on the wilds of an island nowhere near Guam.
Having...
Getting Plants ‘Drunk’ Insulates them Against Drought, According to New Research
Main crop plants thrived when their soil was soaked in ethanol alcohols even after two weeks without water, report scientists.
Climate change may be affecting...
California Begins Covering Canals with Solar Panels to Fight Drought
State utilities in California are preparing to launch a pilot project to cover California's irrigation canals in solar panels.
The decision was influenced by a...
Farmer Thrives by Growing Gluten-free Grain Needing No Water During Drought
What doesn't need irrigation, requires no pesticides, and needs only a third of the fertilizer of wheat?
It's a potential big-problem-solving grain called sorghum, which...
Rare Singing Hummingbird Unexpectedly Rediscovered in Colombia Cloaked in Iridescent Blue and Green
A hummingbird species was rediscovered in Colombia after scientists had recorded no documented sightings for over 13 years.
It was only the third time that...
Gardening Can Lift Your Mood Even if You’ve Never Done it Before and Have No Mental Health Issues
There's a deep satisfaction that arises from tending a garden, so deep that it can enliven even those who don't need to be, and...
Aquatic ‘Superplants’ Are Local Food for Cows That Lead to Lower Emissions
Using a water-born crop that grows at breakneck speed, an innovative cattle feed startup could reduce livestock emissions in a variety of ways.
By reducing...
Scientists Discover Strange Carnivore Plant in Borneo that Traps its Prey Underground
In the dark jungles of Borneo, a plant has adapted to an ecological niche that none of its kind or kingdom has ever entered...
Artificial Photosynthesis Can Produce More Food in the Dark Than With Sunshine
Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the...
Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Fertilizer Set to Take Root Across the World as ‘Biochar’
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn...
Adults Understand a Need to Do Their Bit for Biodiversity–Even 73% of Allergy Sufferers Planting Flowers to Help
A study of 2,000 UK adults revealed that, although 63 percent suffer from allergies, nearly 9 out of 10 are happy to put up...
Making Wine the Way the Romans Did: These Wineries are Cutting The Additives
The Lesson: American winemaking is a racket. A few companies use public money to control all wine imports into our country, while artificially creating wines...
Common Clay in Kitty Litter Could Be the Friendliest Way to Cut Emissions and Fight Climate Change
MIT researchers have come up with a dirt-cheap solution to curbing methane emissions in the air—a major cause of global warming—using minerals commonly found...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
Scientists Invent De-icing Coatings to Cut Airline Delays by Lasting Longer Without Toxic Runoff
Airports delays are common, but especially during winter when jets need to be dowsed with thousands of gallons of deicing fluids to prevent ice...
After US Declared Largest Woodpecker Extinct, New Evidence Supports Belief They Are Still Here
The largest woodpecker on the continent, the ivory-billed woodpecker was proposed to be extinct last year after more than 70 years without a sighting.
New...
New Mesh for Crops Keeps Out Insects, But Lets in Sun and Rain for up to 3x the Yield
Researchers have designed a textile called Plant Armor that forces insects to navigate a maze-like path if they want to reach a farmer's crop.
Based...
Adorable Cotton-top Tamarin Babies Born, Bolstering One of Most Endangered Primate Species (LOOK)
Adorable photographs are celebrating new births for one of the world’s most endangered primates. All were born recently to lucky zoos in America and...