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They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit
Ecologist Daniel Janzen wades into the field, clutching a walking stick in one hand and a fist full of towering green blades of grass in the other to steady himself. Winnie Hallwachs, also an ecologi… [read more]
Facility seen polluting part of anti-pollution program promoted by plastics industry
A plastics facility listed as a member of an environmental stewardship program created by American plastics industry groups appears to be regularly discharging plastics into the Malaysian river besid… [read more]
See inside the eerie abandoned Air Force base that spawned conspiracy theories and inspired ‘Stranger Things’
Outside the radar tower.Gabbi Shaw/Business Insider
Camp Hero is a state park in Montauk, the easternmost tip of Long Island, New York.
It used to be Montauk Air Force Station, whi… [+21372 chars]read more
Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling tracked to facilities in Southeast Asia
Pua Lay Peng lives on the front lines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old’s hometown of Jenjarom, Malaysia has been transformed in recent years by thousands of tons of imported pl… [read more]
A Gen X couple moved from California to Massachusetts to escape high housing costs: ‘We still pinch ourselves over how lucky we are.’
Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber recently moved from the Bay Area to Worcester, Massachusetts.Steve Dalton
Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber left California for a lower cost of living in Massachu… [+7333 chread more
Allman Brothers Band guitarist Betts dies at 80
Dickey Betts, a lynchpin of The Allman Brothers Band, one of the most popular and influential US rock groups of the 1970s, has died at the age of 80.
The guitarist and vocalist also wrote classic so… [read more]
After catch and release here’s how to make sure reef fish survive
University of Miami Marine Sciences student Lauren Hayes with her catch, a 7 or 8 pound mutton snapper, which was released and returned to its reef habitat more than 100 feet below the surface.
Greg… [read more]
Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them
In 2014, a fishing vessel caught a colossal squid, which New Zealand researchers dissected.Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images
Kolossal hopes to film a colossal squid in its natural habitat,… [+6130 chread more
How Biden’s new student-loan forgiveness plan could be jeopardized before it even goes into effect
US President of the United States Joe Biden delivers remarks on student debt and lowering costs for Americans at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, United States on April 8, 2024. Kyle Mazza/Anad… [read more]
I moved to Ecuador because the US was too expensive. I’d love to move back to Montana and be near my grandkids but I can’t afford it.
Lonita Jensen in Montana; The view from Jensen’s kitchen window in Ecuador.Lonita Jensen
Lonita Jensen, a retired nurse, said she moved to Ecuador because of high prices in the US.J… [+4266 chars]read more