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    Protecting forests from disturbance across 3 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon reduced biodiversity loss by 68.5%, outperforming both deforestation avoidance and restoration, according to a Science study led by Lancaster University's Leonardo Miranda comparing conservation strategies.
    Science
    05.11.26

    Protecting Forests from Disturbance Outperforms Restoration for Amazon Biodiversity, Study Finds

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    A new 30-meter resolution map reveals 215 million hectares suited for natural forest regeneration in tropical regions, an area larger than Mexico, capable of sequestering 23.4 gigatons of carbon over 30 years, with Brazil, Indonesia, China, Mexico, and Colombia accounting for over half of global potential.
    Science
    30.10.26

    New Map Reveals Natural Forest Regeneration in Tropical Regions Could Absorb 23 Years of Global Emissions

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    Four hundred twenty seven documented cases of  primates forming cross-species friendships across 88 primate species and 127 partner species are compiled by the University of Oxford researchers and collaborators worldwide.
    Science
    29.10.26

    Study Reveals Primates Forming Cross-Species Friendships with Dogs, Deer, and Pigs Worldwide

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    Natural rubber latex is tapped from a rubber tree, the raw material at the heart of new research into sustainable polymers and natural rubber.
    Science
    28.10.26

    Sustainable Polymers and Natural Rubber Chart a Path Toward Greener Materials

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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   

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    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  

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    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

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    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

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    A two-year study of 18 Ohio urban farms found that pollinator conservation comes down to one practice that outperforms beehives, bee hotels, reduced mowing, and pesticide cuts combined: planting native flowers.
    North America
    08.10.26

    Simple Pollinator Conservation Steps are Transforming City Farms  

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    “Herbularyo” connects Filipino medicinal plants and science education through card gameplay where players act as traditional healers, matching herbs like tawa-tawa (asthma-plant), pansit-pansitan or pepper elder (photo above), and ampalaya (bitter gourd) with illnesses while learning the organic compounds responsible for their therapeutic properties.
    Science
    22.09.26

    Card Game “Herbularyo” Bridges Filipino Medicinal Plants and Science Education Through Traditional Healing

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    The bluebuck de-extinction project reconstructed the extinct antelope's genome from museum specimens scattered across seven European collections, revealing genetic variants responsible for its silvery slate-blue coat and distinctive facial markings before its extinction around 1799 near South Africa's Cape Floristic Region.
    Science
    17.09.26

    Bluebuck De-Extinction Project Aims to Resurrect Africa’s First Recorded Mammal Extinction

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    Solar-powered plastic-to-hydrogen technology cleared a major milestone as University of Cambridge researchers demonstrated a solar reactor converting plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel outdoors at near-commercial scale, moving one of the most promising dual-waste solutions out of the laboratory and into the real world.
    Northern Europe
    10.09.26

    Solar-Powered Plastic-to-Hydrogen Close to Commercial Scale      

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    Orangutan mothers arranging playdates travel farther and feed less to provide social opportunities for their offspring, according to 15 years of data from 31 mother-infant pairs at Tuanan Research Station, revealing deliberate multi-day planning rather than chance encounters among Borneo's most solitary great apes.
    Science
    04.09.26

    Scientists Discover Orangutan Mothers Arranging Playdates for their Babies, Just like Humans

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    Cape Froward peatlands’ carbon storage reaches 1,647 tons per hectare, nearly three times more than nearby forests, according to a Rewilding Chile and University of Chile study measuring carbon across the remote Brunswick Peninsula for the first time.
    Science
    02.09.26

    Cape Froward Peatlands’ Carbon Storage Triples that of Nearby Forests, Study Finds

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    Global mangrove forest recovery reached a turning point around 2010, according to Tulane University research analyzing four decades of Landsat satellite imagery, which found that mangroves are now expanding through natural colonization rather than active restoration.
    Science
    20.08.26

    Global Mangrove Forest Recovery Confirmed by Four Decades of Satellite Data Showing Unexpected Expansion

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    Mapping Earth's underground fungal networks for the first time, an international research team estimated that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the planet's topsoil stretch a distance roughly equivalent to traveling to the sun and back nearly a billion times.
    Science
    18.08.26

    Mapping Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Reveals a Hidden Giant

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    Zero-waste solar desalination technology turns seawater into drinking water using laser-etched black metal panels that capture solar heat with enough intensity to leave salt behind as dry solids rather than the toxic brine that conventional desalination systems discharge back into the ocean.
    North America
    13.08.26

    Zero-Waste Solar Desalination Technology Turns Seawater into Drinking Water

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    New species discovered in Angola's remote Lisima plateau include eight undescribed dragonflies among 103 species recorded, three new grasshoppers, and up to 6% of all documented moth species, found by 16 African and international specialists during The Wilderness Project's February 2026 Cassai Life Atlas expedition.
    Africa
    12.08.26

    Dozens of New Species Discovered in Angola’s Remote Lisima Plateau Headwaters

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    Moringa seeds for microplastic removal achieved 98% filtration of PVC particles, matching aluminum sulfate, while the drought-resistant tree acts as a carbon sink, thrives in degraded soils, and eliminates toxic sludge and bauxite mining associated with chemical coagulant production.
    Science
    08.07.26

    Moringa Seeds for Microplastic Removal Match Chemical Alternatives While Offering Greener Water Treatment

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    Wild honey and forest conservation research analyzing Palaui Island honey revealed a chemical fingerprint dominated by hypaphorine from endangered Pterocarpus indicus, the Philippine national tree, with palynological analysis confirming nearly monofloral sourcing while DNA barcoding detected narra genetic material, demonstrating indigenous Agta sustainable honey gathering reflects forest health in Sierra Madre's 1.4 million hectare range.
    Ecology
    15.06.26

    Wild Honey and Forest Conservation Unite Through Philippine Research Revealing Endangered Narra Tree’s Chemical Fingerprint

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