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Flooding from Ukraine’s ‘Hero River’ may be a silver lining of war

Ukraine

​​​​​​​ In order to prevent Russian troops from advancing toward Kyiv, Ukrainian forces destroyed a dam on the Irpin River early on in the war. The flooding, as it turned out, created new wetland areas. Some conservationists hope to see the wetlands stay. Even residents whose cellars remain flooded are glad the water came and the Russian troops did not. 

Amid a multitude of trails with trees that reach dozens of feet overhead, conservationists with Casa del Agua lead tours and tell stories about the forests planted over three decades.

Conservationists focus on community reforestation efforts to save Mexico’s wetlands

Environment
Residents of the Accra suburb of Alajo patch up a road after severe flooding destroyed it.

‘Everything is destroyed’: Extreme flooding in Ghana tests climate resilience

Climate Change
A photo of a tan beavor

Beavers bring rich biodiversity back to Devon, England

Environment
Riparian forest in northern Mexico

This land and water preservationist is a ‘force of nature’ in northern Mexico

Environment
Manantali Dam

In Africa, dams and loss of wetlands are helping to fuel the migrant crisis

Conflict

Large dams often draw scrutiny for their impacts on the local habitat, from fish stocks to plant life, but they can also disrupt society, rendering traditional livelihoods obsolete in the name of economic development.

NYU professor studying the way humans use transportation

Environment

Transportation systems in America are incredibly hard on the environment — between cars and airplanes and the like — but a professor in New York says that doesn’t have to be the case.

Louisiana coastline

Louisiana’s coastline is disappearing at the rate of a football field an hour

Environment

Hurricane Katrina was bad, but the future could be considerably worse, a new report says. “One of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion, so far unabated and largely unnoticed.”

The World

BirdNote ® – Snail Kite – Bird of the Everglades

The Florida Everglades are home to a bird called the Snail Kite. It eats only one type of snail and is endangered because its wetland habitat has been altered.

Architect proposes natural-inspired rethink of New York City waterfront

Arts, Culture & Media

Rather than build large, immovable concrete and steel structures to hold back rising oceans, architect Adam Yarinsky suggests we focus on shaping the shoreline how nature did, with an emphasis on green space and absorbing the rising tides, rather than just trying to push it back.