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Flora & Fauna

Dr. David Vaughan wants to plant 1 million corals in only 2 years

Meet Florida-based Dr. David Vaughan, who wants to plant a million corals in just 2 years. He accidentally found a way…

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Sustainable Planet

Energy giant Ørsted to grow coral under offshore windmills

The Danish utilities giant Ørsted is going to experiment with growing coral on the frames of wind turbines in the sea…

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Sustainable Planet

If you see this, don’t touch it, and don’t kill their mother… Those are octopus eggs!?

The mother who laid them conceals herself beneath, keeping watch, and doesn't move from there even to forage for food. Somehow…

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Sustainable Planet

Good news. Here is what happened after activists dropped boulders in the sea!

UK Government bans bottom trawling—an environmentally destructive fishing technique—from four UK offshore Marine Protected Areas, including the Dogger Bank, the nation’s…

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Inspiring People

Endangered green turtles bounce back on Seychelles beaches

After several decades of protection and monitoring, the endangered green turtle is making a comeback to the Seychelles’ Aldabra Atoll. More…

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Inspiring People

How simple green lights could save birds, sharks and turtles from fishing nets

New research shows that affixing green LED lights to fishing nets significantly reduces the catch of nontargeted sealife without affecting the…

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Sustainable Planet

These brilliant barriers help block plastic pollution in Indonesia

Bali-based environmental organisation Sungai Watch has installed 100 river-barriers, so far capturing almost 350 tonnes of plastic waste that would otherwise…

4 mins
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Sustainable Planet

Check out the winners of the Ocean Photographer of the Year Award 2021

The Ocean Photography Awards™ are a celebration of our beautiful blue planet, as well as a platform to highlight the many…

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Inspiring People

From zero to 500 in 25 years: breeding humpbacks return to Seattle coast in unprecedented numbers

As many as 500 humpback whales and a record 21 whale calves have been documented in the Salish Sea off Washington…

4 mins
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Sustainable Planet

How Lego could help save Singapore’s coral reefs

Scientists in an offshore research facility are rebuilding Singapore’s coral reefs with LEGO bricks, due to their flat, stable and durable…

5 mins
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Dr. David Vaughan wants to plant 1 million corals in only 2 years

Energy giant Ørsted to grow coral under offshore windmills

If you see this, don’t touch it, and don’t kill their mother… Those are octopus eggs!?

Good news. Here is what happened after activists dropped boulders in the sea!

Endangered green turtles bounce back on Seychelles beaches

How simple green lights could save birds, sharks and turtles from fishing nets

These brilliant barriers help block plastic pollution in Indonesia

Check out the winners of the Ocean Photographer of the Year Award 2021

From zero to 500 in 25 years: breeding humpbacks return to Seattle coast in unprecedented numbers

How Lego could help save Singapore’s coral reefs

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