News: Epic land art installation in form of Heritage Tree unveiled on ground in and around famous ruins of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire, England.
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Forest now covers 25% post-industrial landscape
News: National Forest in the heart of the UK hits major regeneration milestone with 25% tree-cover across an area of 200 square miles.
Continue readingContinent-wide study of plant life in Antarctica
News: First continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica uses satellite technology to reveal growth in uncharted areas.
Continue readingSatellites and AI to map biodiversity of highways
News: Public body to adopt green mapping of highways in England using satellites and AI to track changes in habitats and biodiversity.
Continue readingMilestone reached for cleanup of ocean plastic
News: Cleanup pioneer has now extracted 10 million kg of polluting ocean plastic and trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch and world rivers.
Continue readingConservation boost for endangered Tansy Beetle
News: Good conservation news out of Yorkshire tells the story of the remarkable resurgence of the most ‘bling’ endangered beetle ever.
Continue readingUltra-early wildfire detection raises pilot-site alarm
News: Wildfire detection happened within minutes at a site in Lebanon, thanks to a solar-powered mesh network, plus AI and machine learning.
Continue readingSpace satellites launch to detect ‘dark ships’
News: Designed to detect dark ships and illegal activity, two new space satellites are set to launch, helping safeguard marine environments.
Continue readingNursery to help plant 50 million mangrove trees
News: Regenerative tourism developer opens first seedlings nursery project, as part of plan to plant 50 million mangrove trees by 2030.
Continue readingCrowdsourcing waste clean-up on Mount Everest
News: With 200 tonnes of waste left around Mount Everest every year, a local clean-up initiative is crowdsourcing its removal in 1kg bags.
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