"I finally figured out that the ducks and the geese were doing the same thing as what we were doing. It was free of charge" - a Mississippi River Basin rice farmer reflects on their growing symbiotic alliance with migratory birds. https://f.mtr.cool/dpneohusem

The latest edition of Fix The News is out — and it’s packed. World is getting less grumpy. Czechia becomes 69th country to ban corporal punishment of kids. Amazon deforestation at lowest level in nearly a decade. Astronomers unveil most detailed radio map of the Milky Way.

Healthier to play in a forest or on asphalt? This Finnish study demonstrates that forest play actually boosts kids’ immune systems. In 43 re-wilded kindergartens, children exposed to natural soil showed up with more protective blood cells and fewer harmful bacteria.  https://f.mtr.cool/qdfzuggeub

Picture this, feel the teeming life: a wetland-rich reserve hosting 237 bird species and more than 460 plant species. Know that from the end of this year it will fall within the protective boundaries of Poland's Lower Oder Valley National Park. https://f.mtr.cool/dozrvktrfy

When do you want to find out that you have cancer? Preferably, when you can do something about it. A new blood test has successfully detected over 50 types of cancer in a 25,000-person study. Half of these cases were in their earliest, most treatable stages. https://f.mtr.cool/ebjghoflub

An 'Alliance' feels like a pretty powerful thing to be part of, especially one with a clever, catchy name. No wonder so many countries have joined the 'Powering Past Coal Alliance' (see what they did there?) Morocco's the latest, with a pledge to be coal-free by 2050. https://f.mtr.cool/ckszlbndhw

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When essential supply is suddenly disrupted, rapid adaptation happens by necessity. Eastern Europe, once reliant on Russian energy is now leading Europe’s clean-power shift: solar output up 460% since 2019; battery storage capacity up 472% since 2022. https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr

"I might not look particularly Polish, but I'm sure glad to be home!" Biologists in Łódź have reported 100% survival among 50 European pond turtles, the first step in re-establishing Poland’s only native turtle, extinct locally for decades.  https://f.mtr.cool/bkyrworeim

"So now you're telling me that someone's developing a vehicle battery that stores twice as much energy, charges three times faster and cuts costs by a third?" Yes, that would be Nissan, and this news joins the "bigger better batteries" trend that's greening our future. https://f.mtr.cool/pzjkjbxqmn

Another ripple in Africa's 'restoration wave': a World Bank programme has revived 2,400 hectares of farmland in Chad and supported 434,000 people with irrigation, solar pumps and jobs, showing how regeneration and livelihoods can grow together. https://f.mtr.cool/ysshowkabr

Solar Panelled Cabbages. A new industrial noise band? Hi-tech cuisine? No, just a common sense approach to balancing energy goals with food security by the South Koreans.  https://f.mtr.cool/pobenipalx

If you knew that there was an area of the ocean was crucial to the earth’s carbon cycle, and estimated to contain the majority of the world’s fish biomass, shouldn't we protect it? Bristlemouths and lanternfish of the ‘twilight zone’ rejoice, for now it is so.... https://f.mtr.cool/rexlzcdtih

Why does it matter what China does to generate energy? Sheer capacity. Their recently announced target is to install at least 120 GW of new wind power every year from 2026 to 2030. That’s more wind each year than the entire world added in 2024.  https://f.mtr.cool/qqyinuzzwv

The hands in these pictures belong to human volunteers whose dedicated energy has helped barn owl numbers in Cheshire soar from just six breeding pairs to approximately 160, through their efforts in restoring habitats, installing nest boxes and monitoring chicks. https://f.mtr.cool/brrmgivseg

It's the ultimate horror of modern life - the car crash. Fortunately, in Poland it's now much less likely. Thanks to sweeping safety reforms - giving pedestrians priority at crossings, seizing cars from drunk drivers - road fatalities have fallen 35% since 2019. https://f.mtr.cool/ecjzlksbnt

Hello stoat, what fine creature you are! (But also a rare-bird gourmand) Fortunately, a stoat-detecting AI has come to the rescue. It's been in use on the Orkney Islands since 2019, helping boost curlew hatching rates by 1,267%. https://f.mtr.cool/hvfjaemryx

After months of standoff, European hands have reached across divides to shake on new 2040 climate targets, agreeing to ease green rules and support key industries through the energy transition, aligning with the bloc’s pledge for COP30 in Brazil. https://f.mtr.cool/hwvpxcnuej

We know in our own bodies the difference between sickness and health. That's why stories like Africa’s ‘restoration wave’ offer such a somatic boost. One example is in Ghana’s cocoa belt, where farmers are nurturing 9,300 hectares of land from 'degraded' to 'thriving'. https://f.mtr.cool/hgqckrjnyu

Did you know there's a category of affliction called a "Neglected Tropical Disease"? Makes one shudder to think of what such a disease might be capable of if left neglected. Fortunately, the WHO has paid attention to them: the number of people needing treatment for NTDs has fallen by 32% since 2010

"Cut the green crap.” said David Cameron. And now the 'green' is the one doing the cutting: at least £104 billion cut from energy costs in the UK by wind power since 2010. https://f.mtr.cool/dmxbluzbbe

Félicitations Paris!  10 years on from the Paris Agreement, the world’s projected temperature rise has fallen from 4°C to 2.6°C, solar capacity is growing 15 times faster than predicted, wind has tripled, and clean power now supplies over 40% of global electricity.  https://f.mtr.cool/tsoewcanjn

Wetlands, peatlands, forests. 495 km² of them. The Nature Conservancy's largest land acquisition in 25 years. Protection for critical wildlife corridors and the headwaters of the Rainy River system. Carbon stored, water filtered, climate resilience strengthened. Yes! https://f.mtr.cool/yrkofzqsfn

It's Monsoon o'clock (Thank you, AI) This year machine learning accurately forecasted the arrival of the monsoon 30 days in advance, allowing 38 million farmers across India to prepare for the rains - a powerful blueprint for AI helping us adapt to a changing climate. https://f.mtr.cool/kxfejlukbl

These are milu, also known as Pere David's deer. Once wiped out in the wild, they now roam across the Chinese landscape in great herds. From just 39 animals reintroduced from British zoos in 1986, their numbers have now topped 14,000. Wow. https://f.mtr.cool/whyomaepvl

It ain't just dirt. Soil health is at the heart of human sustenance and soil degradation has been a looming threat for humanity for decades. The EU’s recently approved Soil Monitoring Law marks a historic first step towards turning that degradation around in Europe.

It ain't just dirt. Soil health is at the heart of human sustenance and soil degradation has been a looming threat for humanity for decades. The EU’s recently approved Soil Monitoring Law marks a historic first step towards turning that degradation around in Europe. https://f.mtr.cool/jktnsapgap

Introducing: the clean-air-ocene... For the first time in centuries, global deaths from air pollution are falling; down by 21% between 2013 and 2023 thanks to a steep drop in household smoke as billions gained access to cleaner cooking.  https://f.mtr.cool/eirnnvqjbu

"They wrote me off as dead, now I'm coming back to life" Chesapeake Bay, the U.S.’s largest estuary is showing signs of revival thanks to decades of pollution controls. Water clarity has improved, underwater grasses are expanding, and crab populations are stabilising. https://f.mtr.cool/hueswydbwm

Solar is earning double green credentials in China. A peer-reviewed study found areas under solar arrays in the Talatan Desert scored far higher for soil and vegetation health than surrounding desert - the panels doubling as energy harvesters and micro-climate boosters https://f.mtr.cool/fxlizgfrye

"Let us show you what the land loves" Indigenous communities are restoring forests and leading eco-tourism in the Araucania region of Chile, via 861 projects that have restored 140 km² of native forest since 2020, blending traditional knowledge with national policy. https://f.mtr.cool/wqmdxwrtox

Nature knows no borders, so sometimes it takes working across them to stitch back her landscapes. A Rwanda–DRC–Burundi farmer-led tree planting and wetlands protection initiative is doing just that.  https://f.mtr.cool/jubrknhwso

Sometimes a group of humans falls in love with a creature on the brink of extinction and redirects its pathway back towards abundance. Meet the dusky gopher frog of Mississippi, once reduced to fewer than 100 adults at a single pond, now returning in leaps and bounds. https://f.mtr.cool/xhivkpekws

Need some blood for your Halloween get up?  Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a way to grow the real stuff from stem cells. The 3D “haematoids” they've created mimic how embryos form blood, enabling them to produce red and immune cells in the lab.  https://f.mtr.cool/zrbishqprg

"Renewables will never be able to supply as much energy as coal."  Erm, actually they just did... In September 2025, renewables supplied 48.8% of electricity on Australia’s National Electricity Market, surpassing coal’s share for the first time since records began. https://f.mtr.cool/fxsbjdsxof

Would you be prepare to become a little bit cyborg if it meant getting your sight back? A pinhead-sized retinal implant paired with camera glasses has helped over 80% of trial participants with age-related macular degeneration regain central vision.  https://f.mtr.cool/zgxiakupoz

Hearing with her own ears. It's easy or those without hearing issues to take this idea for granted, but for this 3-year-old born deaf, it's a world first. Two years after receiving a pioneering gene therapy, British toddler Opal Sandy can now hear unaided. https://f.mtr.cool/fsuemfwytm

Who owns the trees? When "we" do, we get more say over their protection. Today roughly 71% of the world’s forests are publicly owned, and globally, the area under management reached  more than half the world’s total forest area (21.3 million km²) in 2025. https://f.mtr.cool/dndmgmhdph

Imagine the inner turmoil as you realise that regular rains you've relied on, to grow the harvests that sustain you, are starting to enter an erratic dance of unpredictability. Now imagine the relief as smart technology and collaboration restore those reliable flows. https://f.mtr.cool/pfwgnjbnpf

Google's got nothing on Manta Maps. Off the coast of New Zealand, giant manta rays glide through midnight seas, diving 1.2 km deep to “taste” Earth’s magnetic whispers and map the ocean’s invisible roads. The planet, it seems, has many ways to know itself. https://f.mtr.cool/tlzyljjorq

You want to wear my pelt? Fur-get about it. Poland, the world’s No. 2 fur producer, has voted to phase out fur farming by 2033, with compensation for farms that close early.  https://f.mtr.cool/ikndttvdhr

What do you do when war turns off the tap that fuels you? Go green... When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut off supplies, Moldova’s villages turned to solar to power their schools and homes, and replaced gas with biomass, halving bills and boosting resilience. https://f.mtr.cool/gsqwjzyggd

We can't see the bacteria that causes trachoma, but Fiji has just become the 26th country to prove that we can eliminate the disease when we unite communities, governments, and partners around a powerful enough vision.  https://f.mtr.cool/gajrrbowua

Think you can navigate with some sort of sixth sense? You must be batty! On a tiny island near Tanzania, bats have revealed a stunning secret: a neural compass that points north no matter the moon, stars, or horizon - proving mammals have innate orientation abilities. https://f.mtr.cool/gxdfiphzcw

Surely the world is plagued by more and more crazy murderers every year? Nup, quite the opposite. Newly released data from the World Bank shows that the global homicide rate has fallen by around a quarter in this century.  https://f.mtr.cool/qphjscroiz

Ooh yeah baby, the money just can't get enough of that good clean energy. Renewables drew a record $386 billion in investment in the first half of 2025, up 10% year-on-year, taking global clean-energy investment to a record high.  https://f.mtr.cool/brnnyqrwnn

Not so long ago our wild flamingo friends, said "No, Florida, not until you clean up your act!" Now, following major Everglades restoration projects and improved coastal water quality, they're nesting again. https://f.mtr.cool/ecgvvnevmy

In times of darkness, turn to the sun. Facing chronic power blackouts, Iran is fast-tracking solar as “strategic necessity,” with a $2.3 Billion investment targeting 12GW of new capacity in three years (up from 2.5GW today). https://f.mtr.cool/kmddrhbfkl

When Mother is uninterrupted for 26 years remarkable benefits flow to her offspring.  China’s vast “mother river rejuvenation” has restored natural flow to 88 rivers and lakes, marking one of the world’s largest ecological water restoration drives. https://f.mtr.cool/hvngqujssy

Feliz biodiversidad! Spain is edging towards its goal of protecting 25% of it marine territory by the end of the year having just added six marine zones totalling 17,000 km² to its protected waters - all of them biodiversity hotspots.  https://f.mtr.cool/nhgpthhbnb