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Opium Production Ceases as Communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle Turn to Forestry
An area famous for cropping narcotics and cannabis has changed its moniker from the Golden Triangle of Opium to the Golden Triangle of Sustainable...
‘Stingless Bees’ Bring Life Back to the Amazon With Medicinal Honey and New Income
While the rest of modern civilization gets honey mostly from European honeybees, indigenous tribes in Peru's slice of the Amazon get theirs from stingless...
Eating Avocados Twice a Week is Linked With lowering Heart Disease by 16-22%
Eating two or more servings of avocado weekly was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and substituting avocado for certain fat-containing foods...
Neanderthals May Hold Clues as to Why Modern Humans Suffer Lower Back Pain
Neanderthals might hold clues as to why modern humans suffer lower back pain, according to a new study.
Their backbones show that much pain suffered...
Check Out These Victories for Old Growth Forests Worldwide on International Forest Day
Monday was International Day of Forests, a perfect moment for taking a walk under your local trees and reading a roundup of forest victories...
Carbon-Negative Plant Opens in Turkey Turning Algae Into Bio-Jet Fuel and So Much More
Europe's first large-scale biorefinery for turning algae into fuels and feedstocks has been completed on the Black Sea shore of Istanbul.
Set to head up...
City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than We Thought
(Original article by Jessica Colarossi, edited for length)
Boston researchers have found that trees and soils on the outermost edges of forests and city parks...
Guinness is ‘Brewing Good’ by Cutting Carbon Footprint of its Barley Farms
My goodness—Guinness is going green. The Irish brewery is launching an agricultural program to make its stouts more sustainable.
It’s already tapped 40 Irish farms...
Europe Realizes its Shepherds and Ranchers Are Key in Preventing Wildfires
European shepherds and ranchers are taking the lead in forest fire prevention, by leading their animals to clear away pervasive underbrush that allows fires...
Covering Crops in Red Plastic Can Boost Yields Up to 37 Percent
For centuries, humans have used greenhouses to help plants grow outside of tolerable conditions. Now, as it turns out, it might be much better...
Stunning 2,000-Year-old Glass Bowl is Still Flawless After Archaeologists Dig it Up in Netherlands
The Romans were excellent glazers, and an eye-opening testament to that fact was recently unearthed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. A blue ruffled-glass...
Woman Races to Save World’s Largest–and Stinkiest—Flower, the 3-ft Wide ‘Corpse Flower‘
What scientist wouldn't be drawn to try and save the world's largest flower, especially when it, Rafflesia, is their country's national flower?
However when you add...
Beavers Saved From Euthanasia Transform and Replenish Rivers in the Utah Desert
Beavers and their dams can positively impact essentially any environment they're placed in, even the scorching heat of the Moab Desert in Utah. And...
Eco-friendly ‘Jelly Ice Cube’ Could Transform Cold Storage: No Plastic and Doesn’t Melt
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new type of cooling cube that could revolutionize how food is kept cold and...
Royal Air Force Lifts Off With Guinness World Record for First Flight Using 100% Synthetic Fuel
As nations get more and more serious about climate change, certain sectors are finding it a more difficult subject than others. Commercial and military...
Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves to Be a Bumper Crop for Agrivoltaic Land Use
Agrivoltaics is a field of study that's blooming with knowledge: how to combine the harvesting of agriculture with solar energy in a way that...
Dramatic Boom in Nesting Sites of Sea Turtles As Conservation in West Africa Pays Off
The West African nation of Cape Verde has seen a dramatic increase in the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests on its beaches.
Increasing nearly...
The Many Health Benefits of Eating Mushrooms That Are Wild – And Picking Them Doesn’t Deplete Supply
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
A pair of anthropological forces are driving humans...
UK’s Largest Vertical Farm that Uses Only Sunlight Begins First Harvest
While hydroponic farms, also known as "vertical farms," swap land use for electricity use— one project is trying to take the best of both...
This Plant-Based Jet Fuel Can Reduce Emissions by 68% – Without Displacing Crops
Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with a sustainable alternative derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon emissions by up to 68%, according...