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For many years, cities and nature were thought to be anti-one. Buildings rise, roads expanded and natural areas are gradually reduced. But in recent years, a different approach began to stand out. Architecture, city planning and infrastructure policies in various countries of the world are designed not only for people; for water, birds, insects and other living creatures. This conversion only...
Is it a new period in animal rights?
animals in most countries are considered in the property of people who are legal. But in recent years some courtesy and lawmakers began to reconcile this approach. In Argentina, a schempanzeye was given the status of “family person”, India courts said that animals have constitutional rights, a new law was designed for balinas in New Zealand. These developments are new in animal...
Microplastic to carbon storage: Super trees of nature
Trees produce oxygen, carbon stores, provide shade. But some species do much more than that. Microplastics clean from water, heavy metals attract from the soil, protect the coast from storms, regreen the broken terrains. These types grow fast, require minimal maintenance and offer solutions to multiple environmental problems. Here is the example that comes out of nature-based solutions...
Is there enough measures taken to protect the ecosystem?
Infrastructure projects are indispensable part of modern life. Roads, bridges, buildings are built. However, these structures affect the wild life directly: the migration tracks, disintegrates living spaces, species are compromised. In recent years, some projects adopt a different approach. Take special measures to protect the ecosystem. Bridges for deer are built, construction for the passage of dolphins...
1 threat from all 5 species under the soil
Penguens, polar bears, or pandalars, often carry on cuffs. But there is a much greater biodiversity crisis in the soil under our feet. A new research published in April 2026 reveals that 20 percent of soil-dependent types are threatened by global scale. Conservation International and International Union for Conservation of Natu...
Can blue nutrients be solution to food crisis?
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) draws a clear table for 2050: The world population will reach 10 billion and you will need to produce more than 70 percent of food from today. Agricultural lands are limited, the freshwater resources are reduced, the livestock is one of the biggest sources of climate crisis. So how to close this deficit? One of the answers; blue foods. Fish from ocean, lake and rivers,...
Meet 10 types that are rotated from the threshold of being None
Biodiversity loss to increase in global scale. But the table for some types is not completely negative. Due to its long-term protection studies, many types of populations have been re-existing. The international data shows that the types are protected when correct is valid. U.S. Nesli Tüken Species Act covered by the protection of the...
The story of the snake fish from the ocean to Lake Bafa
What makes Bafa Lake private is not only a view. The life of a fish living in this lake begins in Atlas Ocean, thousands of kilometers away. This fish; European snake fish. Located in the middle of the Atlantic, the Sargasso Sea. The life started here is moved to European coasts with ocean discharges. After years of this journey, some individuals reach Turkey and have the inner water like Lake Bafa...
10 films to reconnect you to nature
In the pace of modern life, the bond we build with nature can be weakened. Yet nature is not only a landscape; a basic system for sustainability of life. Sometimes you don’t need to go away to reinstall this bond. A well-known story can change our look at nature. Here are 10 films that invite us to rethink our relationship with nature... Freedom path (Into the Wild) Fits from a real story...
Agriculture digitalization in Europe
In the European Union, the agricultural sector has undergone an important transformation process due to climate change, increased costs and fractures in global supply chains in recent years. The European agriculture against these challenges is increasingly turning to more smart farming and digital technologies. Thanks to sensors, drones, satellite images and artificial intelligence-supported analysis systems, agricultural production is more efficient,...
Climate crisis threatens the passage of sheep
Climate crisis affects not only cities and industries, but also rural lifestyle forms. The future of the pastures is becoming more uncertain, especially for the communities moving with livestock. Research shows that climate change can risk the supply of millions of people by narrowing grass areas across the world. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), m...
Snow melts, game changes
Winter Olympics miss snow and ice for more than a century. But today this white floor is quickly planted. Scientific measurements indicate that global temperature rise directly affects the mountain ecosystems and snow cover. During the first Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France in 1924, the average day temperature of February was about 0.4 degrees. At the beginning of the 21st century...