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Celebrating the comeback of Kentish milkwort Great British Life
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record Arizona Daily Sun
Robert Lindemann is a 32-year-old accountant from Germany. He’s also had a heart transplant, a life-changing experience shared by just a few hundred people each year in his country. But at the Transpl…
Kenya Sets Guinness World Record with 4,124 Mangrove Seedlings Planted in 30 Seconds 001fm.co.ke
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Avon Wildlife Trust says it will transform the 44-acre farm into a haven for birds, bats and newts.
Former agricultural land is turned into a public park in Plymouth, the National Trust says.
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Birds from previous releases pair up and return to nest at the site on the Isle of Sheppey.
Nearly two centuries of maize-based agriculture in the U.S. Midwest has halved soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks compared with tallgrass prairies native to the region. Replacing annual maize/soy croppi…
India Targets Record 20 GW Distributed Renewable Additions This Fiscal Whalesbook
One day in late June, a forest patrol deep in the jungles of Central India came across a distressing sight. Twelve spotted deer and two sambar deer lay dead around a poisoned pond. This was among the …
With a hot summer drying out Syston Brook, volunteers have prepared the waterway ready for rain.
Utah produced more power from solar than any other source in May, marking a new first The Salt Lake Tribune
Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.
"An island of biodiversity in a sea of monoculture": This is how a recent study characterized the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Territory (TIPB), located in the northeastern part of Mato Grosso state in…
Stunning video shows marine life’s comeback off New York, New Jersey AOL.com
Renewables hit record high, coal's share in India's power mix falls to one-year low in July The Hans India
India's record renewable generation in July cuts coal's share in power mix to 1-year low Reuters