Students win Dyson award for wildfire-detecting 'pinecone' device
The groundbreaking device was designed by four students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
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Saving rhinos: Rewilding mission planned for entire herd from breeding farm
African Parks, which manages national parks in several countries across the continent, plans to rewild all 2,000 southern white rhinos from Platinum Rhino, winding up John Hume’s controversial intensive rhino breeding project.
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Solar power in US schools has quadrupled in the last decade, new report finds
Tax incentives and federal investments have made solar power much more accessible for schools.
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Scientists bring Arizona river, biodiversity back from the brink — by adding sewage water
Strategically adding effluent to the waterway has reintroduced an estimated 200 species to the local ecosystem, new research finds.
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How one man’s battle against gas leaf blowers sparked a national movement
More than 100 US cities have banned gas-powered leaf blowers. Not only do gas-powered leaf blowers create extreme noise pollution — the most powerful can produce sounds of up to 100 decibels of low-frequency noise.
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Your guide to September's major awareness months, weeks, and days
The ultimate calendar of September’s awareness days, national months, and more...
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Buried kelp: seaweed carried to the deep sea stores more carbon than we thought
New studies show coastal vegetation such as seaweed forests are more important to natural carbon storage than we thought.
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A new 'living plastic' self-destructs in just 30 days
Plastics can take years — even lifetimes — to decompose. But scientists have a new solution in the works.
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