1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (697+ words) Long considered a nuisance, these furry construction experts are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems. This story is part of: Waterline is an ongoing series that explores how nature-based solutions preserve and protect our water resources. It…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1067+ words) Some hunters have come to see conservation as a more sustainable livelihood — and a way to restore the forest they depend on. “I met hunting at home,” he says. “My father was a hunter, and so was my grandfather. It…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (995+ words) By deploying autonomous “interceptors,” a Dutch nonprofit aims to remove 90 percent of all floating ocean plastic pollution by 2040. This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. In Los Angeles, in Mumbai, in Kuala Lumpur…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (648+ words) As the state faces harmful red tides and other water quality issues, it’s working to get more hardworking clams and oysters into its waterways. This story is part of: Waterline is an ongoing series that explores how nature-based solutions preserve…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (411+ words) Gradually sloped and lush with native plants, this new type of green infrastructure could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas. Visitors to the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, captivated by gliding birds overhead and golden hills across the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (215+ words) In the historic coal mining town of Gateshead, a different kind of energy is now coming from the same earth. At the business scale, Lanchester Wines says the two mine water systems have cut the warehouses’ carbon footprint by 80 percent,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) On the tiny island of Gili Air, a unique marine conservation course opens up career pathways for women while revitalizing reefs. When she was 21, Gabriela Nathania H dove underwater with a cohort of four strangers off the coast of Gili…...