A flock of White Storks. Image Credit: Society for Ecological Restoration(SER) White storks once formed a familiar part of the landscape in southern Sweden, but by 1954 the species had disappeared as a breeding bird from the country. Their decline was closely linked to dramatic changes in the countryside, where wetlands were drained and other…

In 2019, scientists at the University at Buffalo developed an electricity-free cooling system that uses a thin aluminium film coated with the polymer polydimethylsiloxane, or PDMS, to send heat from its surroundings through the atmosphere and towards outer space. The approach, known as radiative cooling, was designed to overcome a key challenge: making passive cooling…

Wild saiga antelope. Image Credit: Andrey Giljov/Wikipedia In 2015, Kazakhstan’s vast grasslands became the scene of one of the most devastating wildlife losses in recent history. Around 200,000 saiga antelopes died within weeks, leaving a population already weakened by poaching and earlier declines facing another impossible setback. The disaster wiped out more than two thirds…