M.C. Davis spent close to 90 million dollars buying up 54,000 acres of heavily logged land in the Florida Panhandle, turning what timber companies had stripped bare into one of the largest private nature preserves in the southeastern United States. Since founding what he called Nokuse Plantation in 2000, Davis and his team have planted…
On a remote island in the Marshall Islands, a concrete dome built more than four decades ago holds roughly 85,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste left over from the United States’ Cold War-era nuclear testing programme. Known officially as Runit Dome and locally as The Tomb, the structure was built between 1977 and 1980 to…
Punjabi man Moti Johal stopped his van and rushed to save an autistic toddler amid heavy traffic in Surrey. Moti Jahal is overwhelmed as his video of saving a child at a busy Surrey crossing in Canada has gone viral and everybody is praising him for his split-second decision to stop his car and pick…
In 1998, a Tucson resident named Brad Lancaster took a saw to the curb outside his home and cut six openings into it, creating small channels to divert rainwater off the street and into the space between the sidewalk and the road. Cutting into a public curb without permission was against city rules, and Lancaster…
From above, the Great Blue Hole is breathtaking. A near-perfect circle of deep blue sits in the middle of the turquoise waters of the Belize Barrier Reef, attracting divers from around the world with the promise of giant stalactites, reef sharks and one of the planet’s most iconic underwater landscapes. Yet beneath its postcard-perfect surface…
James Aren Duckett and Dominick Anthony Occhicon (AP Photo) Florida is preparing to carry out two executions on Tuesday, becoming the first US state in nearly a decade to execute two inmates on the same day. If both lethal injections go ahead, it will also mark Florida’s first same-day executions since 1964 and the first…
Rare Andean bear was captured on camera near the headwaters of Parapeti River (Fundacion Natura Bolivia photo) The rare Andean bear, locally known as the jukumari, has been spotted again near the headwaters of Bolivia’s Parapeti River. The sighting has given conservationists fresh hope because the species is rarely seen in the wild. Its presence…
For decades, the Taklamakan Desert has symbolised one of nature’s harshest environments, a vast expanse of shifting sand where strong winds, scarce rainfall and extreme temperatures make vegetation difficult to establish. Today, however, new technology is changing how restoration is carried out. Across parts of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, drones are being deployed to…
Senator Alex Padilla was called a traitor after he pushed a new bill to make getting Green Cards easier California senator Alex Padilla reintroduced his 2025 legislation demanding to make Green Card easier for foreign nationals. Those who have stayed in the US continuously for seven years and have no criminal record should get Green…
In Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, a massive mountain of discarded clothing has become a striking symbol of the global fast fashion crisis. Outside the northern city of Alto Hospicio, thousands of tonnes of unwanted garments from around the world now cover the desert landscape. Many clothes arrived through the…
