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Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have officially named 125 new plant species and 65 fungi over the past year, revealing extraordinary discoveries that highlight both nature’s incredible diversity and its alarming fragility. Among the most striking finds are…
Archaeologists have uncovered extraordinarily rare Iron Age artifacts – a war trumpet and boar standard – that offer valuable insights into ancient environmental conditions and human-nature relationships. These remarkable discoveries provide environmental scientists with crucial data about historical climate patterns…
The United States experienced its first increase in greenhouse gas emissions in three years, marking a concerning reversal in the nation’s climate progress. The uptick in planet-warming gases stems from two primary factors: unusually cold weather patterns that increased energy…
America's emissions increased for the first time in three years due to cold weather and data centers, while rising seas force another coastal home demolition. Meanwhile, a federal judge allows Danish offshore wind construction to resume in Rhode Island waters.
The American Climate Corps, which employed 15,000 young Americans in green jobs by September 2024, was quietly shut down by the Biden administration in January 2025 before President Trump took office. However, several states have found ways to continue climate…
In a groundbreaking legal precedent, New Zealand’s Whanganui River has become the world’s first river to be recognized as a living entity with legal rights equivalent to a human being. This historic achievement represents the culmination of a 140-year struggle…
Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery beneath one of Wales’ most beloved recreational spaces, uncovering what experts are calling the largest Roman villa ever found in the country. The ancient structure lies buried less than a meter below the surface…
A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that conservation’s biggest failures can’t be solved with better science alone—they require confronting uncomfortable truths about race, power, and historical exclusion that continue to influence environmental protection today. The research, led by Moreangels…
Twenty-one years after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami claimed over 200,000 lives in Aceh, Indonesia faces a new wave of natural disasters that could paradoxically point toward solutions for the climate crisis. The author, reflecting on that fateful December…
A chance encounter on a coffee farm in southern India has led to an exciting scientific discovery—a new species of burrowing snake that had been hiding in plain sight for years. Tour guide Basil P. Das first spotted the small…
