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In Environment, ECOnews covers wildlife and biodiversity, oceans, forests, climate change, pollution, recycling and conservation. Surprising stories from around the planet that explain how nature works and how people are changing it.

Lush, intact rainforest canopy in Suriname, highlighting the biodiversity and primary forest cover currently at risk from agricultural expansion.

The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form

By ECONEWS

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July 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Soybean plants growing in an agricultural field as researchers study how climate change could increase yields while reducing nutritional quality.

A mixed bag for soybean farmers growing the crop in our future climate: higher yields but with poorer nutritional profiles

By Adrian Villellas

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July 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Yellowfin, an autonomous surface robot, surveys coral reefs in Majuro Lagoon to identify heat-resistant coral communities.

It looks like a yellow toy floating in a lagoon, but it has a huge mission: to find the most resilient corals before the ocean warms up again

By ECONEWS

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July 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM

The Spanish research vessel Odón de Buen sails during the MORIA 2 expedition to study Mediterranean Outflow Water and its influence on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

It all began with an extremely salty current flowing every day from the Mediterranean; now, a ship is traversing the ocean to investigate the Atlantic’s great climate engine

By ECONEWS

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July 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Clean globe visualization showing a band of unusually warm water across the equatorial Pacific linked to El Niño.

The enormous mass of warm water in the Pacific that has just “woken up” and could influence storms, wildfires, monsoons, and temperatures through 2027

By Adrian Villellas

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July 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Cozumel dwarf fox resting on pale limestone ground in Cozumel, Mexico, in the first confirmed modern photograph of the rare canid.

An animal about the size of a small house cat has just caused quite a stir in Mexico after becoming the first known photographic evidence of the mysterious Cozumel dwarf fox

By Adrian Villellas

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July 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM

Aerial view of farmland and wooded rural land in Georgia at sunset.

Georgia has just created a $2 million fund to save farms before these centuries-old fields are turned into housing developments, warehouses, and data centers

By ECONEWS

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June 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Wide view of red-rock canyons and desert cliffs in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Everything pointed to another cut, but Grand Staircase-Escalante has just narrowly avoided, at the last minute, a decision that would have forever changed one of the most impressive natural monuments in the United States

By ECONEWS

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June 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Side-by-side satellite comparison of San Carlos Reservoir in Arizona, showing much higher water levels in June 2023 and severe shrinkage by May 2026.

NASA photos reveal San Carlos Reservoir shrinking to a mud-ring, visual proof that drought plus demand equals trouble

By Adrian Villellas

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June 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

People walk through a flooded neighborhood street after intense rainfall.

Sponge-city tech is teaching concrete to drink stormwater like a thirsty park — and it can’t happen fast enough

By ECONEWS

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June 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Colorful coral reef with tropical fish under clear blue water, illustrating coral habitats that may better withstand ocean warming.

Coral reefs seemed doomed by marine heatwaves, but a new global map has just identified 64,200 square miles that may still have a real chance

By ECONEWS

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June 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Satellite image of Tropical Storm Arthur swirling over the Gulf Coast as heavy rain bands spread across the Southeast.

The season’s first named storm might morph out of Gulf Coast rainclouds—Mother Nature’s reminder she writes the calendar

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Malawian woman farmer standing in her homestead with chickens and small-scale farm structures

A Malawian farmer’s tiny plot became a blueprint for climate-smart ag without billionaire budgets

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Open-pit view of the Panguna mine in Bougainville, where communities are demanding justice for decades of pollution

Bougainville locals want justice for a toxic mine scar, proving “ghost” pollution never sleeps

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Mother and child overlook mining pollution in Cerro de Pasco, Peru

Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Box of smuggled shark fins hiding illegal marine wildlife products inside a shipment

Traffickers’ new nightmare: Artificial intelligence detects shark fins hidden in suitcases with 95% accuracy

By Adrian Villellas

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June 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A diver illegally harvesting protected purple sea urchins from the rocky seabed within the Gaiola Underwater Park marine reserve.

Farewell to sea urchins: Italy sounds the alarm after discovering nighttime poaching that is depleting the Mediterranean seabed

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM

A wild chacma baboon sitting on a residential fence in Rooiels, South Africa, while residents maintain a cautious distance.

Rooiels surprises the world with a herd of 47 baboons that appears without warning, forcing residents to lock their doors, while demonstrating that coexistence between humans and wildlife is still possible in the 21st century

By Adrian Villellas

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June 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Williams' electric blue day gecko perched on a pandanus plant in Tanzania's Kimboza Forest Reserve, where conservation efforts are helping the endangered species recover.

A tiny blue gecko staged an epic comeback, reminding conservationists size doesn’t dictate surprise factor

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Blue-fronted Lorikeet perched in the cloud forest of Mount Kapalatmada on Buru Island, where researchers confirmed the rare parrot's rediscovery.

A “lost” parrot was rediscovered on a remote Indonesian peak, proving extinction rumors can be greatly exaggerated

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM

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Environment

The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form

A mixed bag for soybean farmers growing the crop in our future climate: higher yields but with poorer nutritional profiles

It looks like a yellow toy floating in a lagoon, but it has a huge mission: to find the most resilient corals before the ocean warms up again

It all began with an extremely salty current flowing every day from the Mediterranean; now, a ship is traversing the ocean to investigate the Atlantic’s great climate engine

The enormous mass of warm water in the Pacific that has just “woken up” and could influence storms, wildfires, monsoons, and temperatures through 2027

An animal about the size of a small house cat has just caused quite a stir in Mexico after becoming the first known photographic evidence of the mysterious Cozumel dwarf fox

Georgia has just created a $2 million fund to save farms before these centuries-old fields are turned into housing developments, warehouses, and data centers

Everything pointed to another cut, but Grand Staircase-Escalante has just narrowly avoided, at the last minute, a decision that would have forever changed one of the most impressive natural monuments in the United States

NASA photos reveal San Carlos Reservoir shrinking to a mud-ring, visual proof that drought plus demand equals trouble

Sponge-city tech is teaching concrete to drink stormwater like a thirsty park — and it can’t happen fast enough

Coral reefs seemed doomed by marine heatwaves, but a new global map has just identified 64,200 square miles that may still have a real chance

The season’s first named storm might morph out of Gulf Coast rainclouds—Mother Nature’s reminder she writes the calendar

A Malawian farmer’s tiny plot became a blueprint for climate-smart ag without billionaire budgets

Bougainville locals want justice for a toxic mine scar, proving “ghost” pollution never sleeps

Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess

Traffickers’ new nightmare: Artificial intelligence detects shark fins hidden in suitcases with 95% accuracy

Farewell to sea urchins: Italy sounds the alarm after discovering nighttime poaching that is depleting the Mediterranean seabed

Rooiels surprises the world with a herd of 47 baboons that appears without warning, forcing residents to lock their doors, while demonstrating that coexistence between humans and wildlife is still possible in the 21st century

A tiny blue gecko staged an epic comeback, reminding conservationists size doesn’t dictate surprise factor

A “lost” parrot was rediscovered on a remote Indonesian peak, proving extinction rumors can be greatly exaggerated

Saturn’s moon Enceladus sorts its own ocean into tiny ice grains that hit up to 620 mph, and scientists say that could make signs of life much easier to spot

Chemists are turning ammonia into pure hydrogen at 482°F, far cooler than standard cracking, and the trick is using electricity to pull the gas through a palladium membrane

Roman soldiers guarded a German forest fort for 150 years, and archaeologists digging just inches below the forest floor have found a temple of Mars and a pin hinting at who came after

A volunteer diver picking up trash at the bottom of a Wisconsin lake found a 1,000-year-old dugout canoe, and the Wisconsin Historical Society has decided the safest place for it is exactly where it lies

Czech cave explorers and a robot have measured the Hranice Abyss to 1,476 feet underwater, and a decade after it became the world’s deepest flooded cave, nobody knows where the bottom is

A Hawaiian tree snail vanished from the wild after Hawaii brought in a predator to fight a garden pest, and 33 years later it is back behind walls that keep its hunters out

A Swiss glacier has pulled back far enough to reveal a larch that stopped growing about 10,300 years ago, and its still-attached roots show the tree grew on ground the ice later buried

Chinstrap penguin droppings across Antarctica release an estimated 540,000 tons of methane a year, and the bare ground between the guano patches gives off almost nothing

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