June 10 2025: The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria.
Category: Happy Earth
Stories that turn Climate Anxiety to Hope
Jan 29 2025: Students in a Discovery Core class harness the power of storytelling to teach ecology to the next generation.
Kokanee salmon recovery partners release record-high number of young fish into Lake Sammamish
Oct. 18, 2024: As a recovery team coordinated by King County released a record-high number of young salmon into Lake Sammamish, new research shows that the population would recover much sooner if lake conditions improve.
Record-breaking results for olive ridley turtles in Australia and Bangladesh
High Schoolers Who Found ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discover 9 More Solutions to itIn Bangladesh, conservation efforts have led to a 53 per cent increase in olive ridley turtle eggs, coinciding with the species’ first-ever nesting discovery on Australia’s east coast.
Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago
Despite ongoing deforestation, fires, drought-induced die-offs, and insect outbreaks, the world’s tree cover actually increased by 2.24 million square kilometers — an area the size of Texas and Alaska combined —
We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized
Earth is coming out of the hottest year on record, amplifying the destruction from hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, and drought. The oceans remain alarmingly warm, triggering the fourth global coral bleaching event in history. Concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere have reached levels not seen on this planet for millions of years, while humanity’s demand for the fossil fuels that produce this pollution is the highest it has ever been.
Smarter Irrigation for a Greener Campus
The University of Washington is testing sensor-driven technology to reduce its water footprint and create a more sustainable campus.
Satellite Data Empowers Farmers
Today, India is among the world’s most water-scarce countries. This means that it does not have enough freshwater resources to meet the needs of all the people who live there.
NASA Data Helps Bangladeshi Farmers Save Water, Money, Energy
Through the Integrated Rice Advisory System program, researchers use NASA and other satellite data to deliver information to Bangladeshi farmers about how much water they are using, how much they have, and how much their crops need.
Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report
New vehicle CO2 emissions and fuel economy had the biggest annual improvement of the last 9 years, reaching record low CO2 emissions and record high fuel economy. The four largest vehicle types are at record low CO2 emissions; however, long term market shifts away from cars and towards sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have offset some of the