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Ecological restoration

The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a beacon for global forest restoration.

The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a bright spot for restoration

The Big Fix

As the largest restoration effort in the last 20 years, the Atlantic Forest project provides a blueprint for the rest of the world.

People swim near a partially flooded pavilion near banks of Yangtze River

How China’s nature-based solutions help with extreme flooding

The Big Fix
Bioacoustics device

Listening to forests could aid conservation efforts around the world

Environment
Elwha River Dam 4

How ‘clean power’ dams actually damage the environment

Environment

New effort to dismantle aging U.S. dams aims to improve wildlife habitats

Environment
The World

Removing Dams in Maine

Next year the first of two dams on the Penobscot River in Maine will be removed. The local hydroelectric utility will still generate the same amount of electricity, but biologists expect fish populations to increase dramatically.

The World

Wildlife Crossings

Tagged animals now trigger flashing highway lights in Arizona, but will people slow down for elk?

The World

Meals for Microbes

In many places, leaking fuel from gas station underground fuel storage tanks is an environmental hazard threatening groundwater. In California, where clean-up has been a priority, use of a new cleaning method is starting to move ahead and it’s called bio-remediation. In bioremediation, microbes already existing in the soil go to work on the fuel […]