NOAA partners restore bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico
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Restoration of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hinge on market for native plants
The forests of the world are teeming with life, from the towering trees down to the microscopic organisms that quietly recycle and refuel the soil. That’s why clearing forests leads to biodiversity loss, problems with water and soil quality, and…
Canadian Robotic Arm Releases Japan’s Spacecraft for Departure
Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm with Earth in the background. NASA+ At 12 p.m. EST, JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s) HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, which…
Sri Lankan waters under ‘close watch’ following wreckage of Iranian warship
GALLE, Sri Lanka — On March 4, an Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena sank some 40-50 nautical miles off the southern coast of Galle, an important maritime route in Sri Lanka. According to the Sri Lanka Navy, at least 180…
From 2011: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71
A Kenyan environmentalist, she began by paying women a few shillings to plant trees and went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
IR STIG Seminar Series, 6 April 2026
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Nations not on track to meet UN 2030 pesticide risk reduction targets: Study
The world’s nations committed to halving overall threats to biodiversity from pesticides and other highly hazardous chemicals by 2030 at the 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference in 2022. But new research finds most countries are trending in the wrong direction…
Japan Spacecraft Departing Station Soon on NASA+
The HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is pictured in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm after arriving at the International Space Station on Oct. 29, 2025. NASA NASA’s live coverage of the departure of JAXA’s…
The rate of global warming is accelerating, study finds
Earth has been steadily warming since the start of the Industrial Revolution, when humans began emitting greenhouse gases at scale. And while the rate of warming has been largely constant for the past half-century, a recent study finds it has…
Weekends on the Space Station
NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronaut Jessica Meir trims the hair of fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway in this March 1, 2026, image. Meir uses an electric razor attached to a vacuum that collects loose clippings to keep the station’s atmosphere clean…