A 25 year old Argentine scientist is developing an injectable gel that improved heart function and reduced heart attack damage in sheep, offering hope for a treatment that could one day regenerate heart muscle. Human trials are planned for 2028.
The EU has begun restricting PFAS “forever chemicals” in food packaging across all 27 member states, making everyday items like pizza boxes, bakery paper and takeaway packaging safer for people and reducing chemicals that persist in the environment.
A Finnish town is heating itself with 2,000 tonnes of crushed rock: its giant “sand battery” can cover almost a month of summer heating demand and has cut district heating emissions by 70%, while eliminating oil use and reducing woodchip burning by 60%.
White storks have returned to England's Midlands for the first time in more than 600 years, with three birds arriving at a restored Derbyshire wetland that is already home to the county's first beavers in 800 years.
Scientists spent a decade searching Taiwan's 950 million trees before finding an 84.1 metre giant hidden in the mountains, the tallest known tree in East Asia, known to the Indigenous Rukai as “the tree that hits the moon.” These trees are essential guardians of the environment.
Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation - energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns
After more than 20 years of work, 266 Indigenous clan leaders from 41 villages in Papua New Guinea have signed a legally binding agreement protecting 125,000 hectares of rainforest from logging and mining, creating a huge community led refuge for tree kangaroos and other wildlife.
South Africa just switched on Africa's largest solar and battery project, combining 216 MW of solar with 500 MWh of storage to provide clean electricity for about 200,000 homes from 5am to 9:30pm
A Bangladeshi man spent 597 days and his own money traveling across all 64 districts to plant an endangered native tree, putting a boilam sapling in every district to help restore a species that provides vital nesting habitat for kites and vultures.
Two community solar projects just opened on a 150 year old Illinois coal mine, replacing the former mining site with 16,950 solar panels that can power around 1,650 average homes.