An Australian “forest maker” helped farmers in Niger regrow more than 200 million trees by pruning living stumps, roots and seeds hidden beneath dry land

Tony Rinaudo, famously known as ‘The Forest Maker’ (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Australian Embassy, Ethiopia) An Australian agronomist’s simple idea has transformed one of the world’s driest landscapes into a remarkable environmental success story. According to World Vision, Tony Rinaudo, widely known as the “Forest Maker,” helped farmers in Niger regenerate more than 200 million trees,…

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Meet Evan Budz: The 16-year-old Canadian who built an AI-powered robot turtle to detect microplastics with 94% accuracy |

At just 16 years old, Canadian student Evan Budz has developed an autonomous AI-powered robot turtle that could help scientists tackle one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental problems: microplastic pollution. Inspired by the graceful swimming of a snapping turtle he encountered during a family camping trip, Budz spent nearly 4,000 hours designing and refining a…

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France Heatwave Deaths: France’s deadly June heatwave caused nearly 5,800 excess deaths, highest toll since 2003

File photo: France recorded its hottest June since records began in 1947 France recorded 5,764 more deaths than expected during a record-breaking heatwave that swept the country between June 17 and July 2, health authorities said on Wednesday, highlighting the deadly impact of increasingly frequent extreme weather events linked to climate change.According to France’s public…

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Thousands of idle ships trapped near the Strait of Hormuz could become floating nurseries for invasive marine species and spread them worldwide when trade resumes |

(Representative Image) Image source: Getty Images Having escalated into open hostilities on February 28, 2026, the current United States and Iran war has been going on for nearly five months. In this period, the Strait of Hormuz, the only open-ocean exit for major producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE has been…

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Orcas in the Gulf of California were filmed using a coordinated ramming technique that made a giant sunfish break into thousands of pieces, possibly to help a juvenile feed

The animals worked together to hold and ram giant sharp-tail sunfish. (Picture: Live Science) Orcas have been filmed using a hunting technique that scientists say has not been recorded before. Researchers observed the marine predators working together to hold and ram a giant sunfish so forcefully that its body broke into thousands of small pieces.The…

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Arctic: Climate change is making Beavers expand into Canada’s Arctic, where their dams are changing the landscape

North American beavers began colonising parts of Arctic in 2008. (Getty images) Beavers who are normally found in forests and woodlands, are steadily moving farther north into the Canadian Arctic. A new study has found out when they reached different parts of the Arctic by studying scars on shrubs and comparing them with satellite images…

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