Religious rituals have helped to maintain an estimated 100,000-150,000 holy groves across India, ensuring that they continue to be biodiverse habitats for a variety of endangered species. They have practicedContinue Reading
Planting a tree to rescue the globe is a noble idea since trees store carbon by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere through pores in their leaves. They store it inContinue Reading
UK tech company Dendra plans to plant 500 billion trees by 2060 – using AI and drones. According to them a drone can plant two trees per second. Dendra estimatesContinue Reading
Rather than benefiting the environment, large-scale tree planting may do the opposite, two new studies have found. The key message from both papers is that planting is not a simpleContinue Reading
Japan has made history by launching the world’s first wooden satellite, LignoSat. This innovative spacecraft, a collaboration between Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9Continue Reading
Climate change is pushing temperatures higher, and with that comes a hidden danger: scorching hot pavement on streets. Contact burns from touching asphalt become a bigger problem for many cities,Continue Reading
In 2014, a pioneering project in Romania reintroduced European bison to their ancestral home in the foothills of the Tarcu Mountains. These majestic creatures had vanished from the region forContinue Reading
A recent study shows that using advanced agricultural technology and management can not just decrease greenhouse gas emissions but actually get rid of them completely by removing more greenhouse gasContinue Reading
