🌸 Chile's Atacama desert have been turned into a nature reserve
In Chile’s driest and sunniest desert known as the Atacama Desert, very rare flowers have bloomed, prompting the country’s government to name it their 44th national park to protect this natural phenomenon.
🐻 Five species that have recovered from near extinction
These five animal species have been on the brink of extinction but have made a booming comeback.
☀️ Engineer plans to make solar energy at night
An energy company, run by a 26 year old engineer, wants to make sunlight a 24-hour phenomenon by incorporating mirrors in space to redirect sunlight to solar panels on Earth at night.
🐝 Bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies
The UK is planning on getting more than 1000 bee bus stops where the roof of the bus shelter is turned into miniature gardens, filled with plants pollinators love.
🦬 Bison are bringing biodiversity back to Kansas prairie land
Conservationists and Native Americans have for decades been saying that the bison are critical to the prairie's health. Now, research shows that the bison presence makes the land more biodiverse and resilient to drought.
🌿 Kelp grows at unprecedented speed
In a recent study, researchers found that great forests of ocean kelp are 4 to 11-times more productive than the most productive crops grown today on land.
🇨🇦 Canada's largest airline purchases electric aircraft
Air Canada, which is Canada’s largest airline, recently announced a purchase agreement for 30 electric-hybrid aircraft from the Swedish company Heart Aerospace.
🌳 CTrees: A platform that calculates the carbon in every tree on Earth
A new startup has designed a platform that uses artificial intelligence to track exactly how much carbon every tree on the earth stores. This can help scientists determine the extent to which trees are helping the planet.
🇯🇲 Conservation project in Jamaica puts community first
Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary creates cooperation between nature and people where “nature helps support those who nurture it”.