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Wildfires stretch Europe as Serbia deploys Russian, EU help; Ankara blaze contained

European wildfires expose hidden threat of buried WWI, WWII bombs and mines

Europe wildfires: 2 dead, 500 evacuated as twin blazes hit Greek island near Athens

Virginia re-wet a swamp across 150 miles of old ditches; peat traps 200,000 tonnes of carbon

North Carolina is restoring its coastal peatlands by bringing water back to areas damaged by drainage, farming and timber activities. The projects aim to reduce the risk of severe peat fires while…

CAG finds 98% shortfall in Green India Mission forest cover targets, red-flags multiple lapses

The Comptroller and Auditor General raised concerns about the inadequacies within the Green India Mission program, noting that the goal of increasing forest cover was far from realized over a decade.…

Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China

In 2010, Shanghai turned a polluted industrial brownfield into Houtan Park

Shanghai’s Houtan Park showcases the remarkable transformation of a contaminated industrial site into a thriving wetland that effectively purifies river water daily. The design cleverly integrates…

In 2002, a Kansas landowner began restoring 320 neglected acres with winter burns; 20 years later, native tallgrass and wildflowers had returned

Mike Moddrell revived tallgrass prairie on his Kansas land using controlled winter burns. This ancient Indigenous practice effectively combats invasive woody plants and stimulates native grass…