For the First Time, Part of the Ocean Has Been Granted Legal Personhood
By affording rights to its iconic waves, a Brazilian city is paving a new path to marine protection.
Sep 6, 2024 | 850 words, about 4 minutes
Topic: Environments
Subtopics or categories
Article list
The Big Baltic Bomb Cleanup
The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers are making the Baltic Sea safer.
Sep 5, 2024 | 2,700 words, about 14 minutes
Saltwater Aquaculture Is More Climate-Friendly than Freshwater Aquaculture
As the aquaculture industry grows, new research finds that seafoods raised in marine waters have a smaller carbon footprint than those raised in fresh water.
Aug 30, 2024 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee
Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest—highlighting how little we know about native pollinators.
Aug 20, 2024 | 4,500 words, about 22 minutes
Encounters with the Maverick Archaeologist of the Americas
It took a mountain of data to shake off the skeptics and rewrite the history of human migrations, but archaeologist Tom Dillehay was always interested in so much more than an argument.
Aug 13, 2024 | 3,900 words, about 19 minutes
Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Turn Anyone into an Expert Tracker
Scientists are working on a machine learning tool that could, one day, identify individual animals from photographs of their footprints.
Aug 12, 2024 | 750 words, about 3 minutes
One Great Shot: Don’t Look a Brain Coral in the Mouth
Just say ahhh.
Aug 8, 2024 | 200 words, 1 photo
Scandinavia’s Missing Bronze-Age Boatyards
Archaeologists argue that ancient Scandinavian boat-building infrastructure has been hiding in plain sight.
Aug 7, 2024 | 450 words, about 2 minutes