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A five-year Scottish study finds that urban woodlands and mental health are directly linked, with well-maintained city woods associated with measurably fewer antidepressant prescriptions in the country's most deprived neighborhoods.

Northern Europe

27.10.26

How Urban Woodlands and Mental Health are Connected, According to a Major Scottish Study

Burrowing owls nesting on solar farms near Phoenix are proving that clean energy and wildlife habitat can share the same land, with more than a dozen owlets hatching this summer inside artificial tunnels at Longroad Energy's 10,000-acre Sun Streams complex.

North America

26.10.26

How Burrowing Owls Nesting on Solar Farms are Rewriting a Species’ Future

The Union of Comoros in Southeastern Africa is accelerating its climate transition through a $6.6 billion plan focused on reforestation, water security, community resilience, and the development of geothermal energy.

Climate

26.10.26

The Comoros Turns Climate Ambition into Action with a Plan Focused on Forests, Water, and Geothermal Energy

Supporting and protecting mature trees offers an effective and natural solution to an abundance of issues that urban communities currently face, much like this large Silver Maple in Fergus, Ontario, that is estimated to be over 100 years old.

Contributed Articles

23.10.26

Provincial Tree Pageant Reminds Communities to Honour Their Big Trees

PANORAMA's replicable conservation solutions database hosts 1,897 conservation solutions from over 1,300 contributors worldwide, structuring each entry as adaptable building blocks that distill complex projects into stepwise blueprints practitioners elsewhere can apply to their own contexts.

Eco Amplifier

23.10.26

PANORAMA Builds Replicable Conservation Solutions Database Spanning Nearly 1,900 Case Studies Worldwide

Engineers from the University of Illinois and Toyota have developed a battery-like technology that uses electricity and saltwater to capture CO₂ directly from the air, offering a promising pathway to make direct carbon capture more efficient and affordable.

North America

22.10.26

Battery-Like Technology Offers a New Path for Capturing Carbon Dioxide

Soil literacy education is taking root across Europe through CURIOSOIL, a four-year EU-funded initiative led by the University of Aveiro that brings together 14 partner organizations across 10 countries to help students, teachers, and citizens understand why healthy soil is the foundation of life above ground.

Europe

22.10.26

Soil Literacy Education Gets a Hands-On Makeover in Europe

From a Dutch teenager's question in 2013 to 50 million kilograms of debris removed, Ocean Cleanup has turned one young person's ingenuity into a globally recognized solution to one of the ocean's most overwhelming pollution problems.

Contributed Articles

21.10.26

The innovative approach of Ocean Cleanup

A turquoise poza reflects the desert sky, one of hundreds of pools at the center of ongoing Cuatro Ciénegas conservation work.

Central America

21.10.26

Cuatro Ciénegas Conservation Restores Mexico’s Ancient Desert Oasis

An urban food forest thrives on the 51st floor of a Singapore skyscraper, producing roughly a ton of organic food annually through layered tree, shrub, and vine plantings including bananas, star fruit, and native kadong, supplying a restaurant that sources directly from the rooftop.

Southeast Asia

21.10.26

Urban Food Forest Transforms Singapore’s Skyscrapers into Edible Landscapes

Dense forest surrounds a traditional village at the base of a mountain, the kind of layout inspiring research into greening upwind of cities to reduce heat.

Climate

20.10.26

Greening Upwind of Cities Could Cool Megacities by Nearly Half a Degree

Through its Rivers of Hope project, the river rights movement in the UK is helping communities reconnect with local waterways and explore legal protection.

Northern Europe

20.10.26

River Rights Movement in the UK Gains Ground as Communities Rally to Protect Local Waterways

Restoring healthy, carbon-rich soils could help cool the planet by improving water retention, evapotranspiration, soil fertility, and natural water cycles, while complementing greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Science

19.10.26

The Soil Carbon Sponge Opens a New Path to Cooling the Planet

The Klamath River salmon comeback is outpacing scientific predictions, with Chinook salmon reclaiming 88% of their historic upper basin territory just two years after the removal of four hydroelectric dams that had blocked their passage for a century.

North America

19.10.26

Klamath River Salmon Comeback Surprises Scientists After Record Dam Removal

Across four Canadian communities, students given the tools and trust to build their own greenhouses and vertical farms are discovering something harder to name than a school project: a sense of ownership, a connection to where food comes from, and a reason to show up after school with dirt under their fingernails. Pictured is Sussex Middle School’s greenhouse in the winter.

Contributed Articles

16.10.26

Soil, Seeds, and Student Power: How Four Canadian Schools are Tackling Food Sovereignty

Researchers at the University of British Columbia developed an edible seaweed coating that significantly extends the freshness of fruit while reducing food waste and reliance on refrigeration.

Food

16.10.26

Scientists Develop a Seaweed Coating to Extend the Freshness of Fruit

Silkworm cocoons are the natural source material behind new research into silk bicycle tires in Thailand.

Science

15.10.26

Silk Bicycle Tires Outperform Nylon in New Thai Research

Under the EU packaging rules and PFAS ban, harmful "forever chemicals" are now restricted in items like takeaway boxes, pizza containers, microwave popcorn bags, and bakery paper.

Europe

15.10.26

What the New EU Packaging Rules and PFAS Ban Mean for Consumers

Mission Blue and IUCN have joined forces through the One Ocean Partnership to accelerate locally led ocean conservation, connecting coastal communities worldwide with the science, partnerships, and finance needed to protect and restore the seas on their own terms.

Contributed Articles

14.10.26

Mission Blue and IUCN Join Forces with the One Ocean Partnership

Solar panel recycling could transform future photovoltaic waste into a valuable resource, generating nearly $1 trillion in economic value while reducing emissions and pressure on mineral resources by 2060.

Circular Economy

14.10.26

Solar Panel Recycling Could Turn a Waste Problem into an Economic Opportunity

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