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Wind turbines stand against a cloudy sky on a grassy landscape.

Brazil’s Wind And Sun Overtake Fossil Fuels, Now Powers Over One-Third Of The Country’s Electricity

For the first time in history, wind and solar power fueled more than one-third of Brazil’s electricity—enough to light up 119 million homes. Hydropower, long the country’s dominant source, fell...

Brazil’s Wind And Sun Overtake Fossil Fuels, Now Powers Over One-Third Of The Country’s Electricity

For the first time in history, wind and solar power fueled more than one-third of Brazil’s electricity—enough to light up 119 million homes. Hydropower, long the country’s dominant source, fell...

Aerial view of a curved irrigation canal near green fields and a solar-covered structure.

California Turns Sunlight Into Water Savings With First Solar Power Generating Canal

California just launched a world-first innovation — a solar-covered canal that both powers homes and protects precious water.

California Turns Sunlight Into Water Savings With First Solar Power Generating Canal

California just launched a world-first innovation — a solar-covered canal that both powers homes and protects precious water.

Person in a neon shirt tending to a green rooftop garden.

Boston Turns Bus Stops Into Living Shields Against Deadly Heat

What if your bus stop cooled the street, fed bees, and trapped stormwater before it hit the harbor? Boston just planted green roofs on 30 shelters along one of the...

Boston Turns Bus Stops Into Living Shields Against Deadly Heat

What if your bus stop cooled the street, fed bees, and trapped stormwater before it hit the harbor? Boston just planted green roofs on 30 shelters along one of the...

A grey-and-white lynx on the left; a spotted lynx on the right in natural surroundings.

Photographer Captures the Ghost Cat No One Believed Existed

In the misty mountains of southern Spain, a “white ghost” has emerged from the shadows—an Iberian lynx unlike any ever seen before.

Photographer Captures the Ghost Cat No One Believed Existed

In the misty mountains of southern Spain, a “white ghost” has emerged from the shadows—an Iberian lynx unlike any ever seen before.

Close-up of a hairy caterpillar clinging to a curved branch.

Mysterious Carnivore Found Rolling in the Depths of the Southern Ocean

Far below the frozen surface of the Southern Ocean, scientists have discovered a creature unlike anything they’ve seen before — a spherical sponge covered in hooks that traps and devours...

Mysterious Carnivore Found Rolling in the Depths of the Southern Ocean

Far below the frozen surface of the Southern Ocean, scientists have discovered a creature unlike anything they’ve seen before — a spherical sponge covered in hooks that traps and devours...

Two whales are swimming in deep green ocean waters, with water spouts visible.

Whales Turn Our Oceans Into Living Farms And We’ve Been Starving Them

Baleen whales don’t just swim through the sea—they feed it. New research shows summering whales recycle more than 800 tons of nitrogen a day in Nordic waters, lifting productivity where...

Whales Turn Our Oceans Into Living Farms And We’ve Been Starving Them

Baleen whales don’t just swim through the sea—they feed it. New research shows summering whales recycle more than 800 tons of nitrogen a day in Nordic waters, lifting productivity where...