Environmental news can feel exhausting, but Costa Rica proves that damage does not always have to be permanent. In 1983, forests covered only 26% of the country after decades of logging. Today, that figure has risen to 52%. This recovery was not accidental. Costa Rica restricted forest clearing and paid landowners to protect existing forests […]
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While most oceans are warming, one part of the North Atlantic is doing something unexpected: it is getting colder. South of Greenland and Iceland, the so-called “cold blob” has cooled by nearly 1 degree Celsius since around 1900. Scientists have debated its cause for years, but new research suggests the cooling reaches deep below the
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Behind each search, image, or generated paragraph are massive data centers consuming electricity and water to keep powerful computers running. As AI grows, so does the infrastructure required to support it. According to Allianz Trade, AI may already account for 15% to 20% of global data center electricity use, potentially rising to around 40% by
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At Waite Ranch on the Oregon coast, a levee once kept hundreds of acres of former estuary separated from the Siuslaw River and the ocean tides. In May 2026, that barrier was breached, allowing water to return to land that had been cut off for more than a century. What moves me about this project
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More than 120 mines reported production in recent quarters, but most of the coal is no longer coming from mountaintops or large surface pits. In 2025, underground mines produced about 97.4 million of the state’s 113.6 million tons, nearly 86% of the total. The pattern continued into early 2026, when underground operations produced roughly 25.9
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In a North Yorkshire greenhouse, young black poplar saplings are being grown from some of the county’s few surviving mature trees. Each one offers another chance for one of Britain’s rarest native trees to remain part of the landscape. Only around 7,000 black poplars are believed to survive across the UK and Ireland, and just
