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An Ecohydrology study of Forestry England’s Cropton Forest beaver trial found a 46.6% drop in median peak flows and a 417% rise in baseflow after five years, as partners begin public talks on a wider Yorkshire Derwent return.
Just News Desk · Correspondent · 17 September 2026 · 3 min read
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An Ecosphere study led by UMBC with Smithsonian and NOAA researchers finds Harris Creek’s restored oyster reefs keep high cover and support larger resident fish six to ten years after construction.
Just News Desk · 17 September 2026
A cross-border reintroduction effort documented a record 30 nesting adults and 126 young in the Cowichan Valley this year, according to The Tyee and the Cowichan Bring Back the Bluebirds Project.
Just News Desk · 16 September 2026
The validation, announced 14 September 2026, follows more than five decades without a dog-mediated human case and places Chile third worldwide after Mexico and Bhutan.
Just News Desk · 14 September 2026
The Ushindi Energy Cooperative in Kisumu County now powers clinics, shops, and night study halls from a community microgrid. Women hold a majority of the board seats, and the lights stay on after dusk.
Amara Okonkwo · 12 September 2026
Ghana, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso have crossed a once-unthinkable threshold in routine childhood immunization. Hospital wards that used to fill after the rains are quieter — not empty, quieter.
Priya Raman · 11 September 2026
Selectively bred coral fragments on a Philippine reef survived a marine heatwave at rates that stunned even the scientists who planted them. The work is slow, wet, and newly convincing.
Elena Voss · 9 September 2026
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NeighborHour started as a school project. It now logs thousands of visits in three cities, with teenagers earning service hours and older neighbors getting a knock on the door that is not a scam.
Jordan Hale · 8 September 2026 · 3 min read
A rare all-hands city council vote funds trees, misting stations, and night-time cooling centers on former parking lots. The first sites are already taking root in the neighborhoods that bake first.
Naomi Brooks · 6 September 2026 · 3 min read
The old Ridgeway Spinning Mill in Calderdale reopened as a community land trust: affordable workrooms, a Saturday market, and a town that got its Saturday back.
Mateo Alvarez · 4 September 2026 · 3 min read
The Table of Abraham in Minneapolis is not a metaphor. It is a production line of soup, bread, and dignity, staffed by people who pray in different rooms and clock in to the same steam.
Lila Haddad · 2 September 2026 · 3 min read
Greenleaf Market, a 31-store Pacific Northwest grocer, converted to 100 percent employee ownership in 2021. Five years on, wages are up, turnover is down, and the books — published in the break room — look like a dare to the industry.
David Chen · 28 August 2026 · 3 min read
On 20 February 2026, partners released 158 juvenile giant tortoises of Floreana lineage onto Floreana Island, the first return in more than 180 years, as part of a multi-decade ecological restoration project.
Just News Desk · 20 February 2026 · 2 min read
