This week delivered a stack of good news worth sharing. Researchers at Lancaster University studied 28 tropical islands and found that restoring seabirds and native plants helps low-lying atolls grow and keep pace with rising seas. Seabirds deposit nutrients through their droppings that fertilize the reef, and reefs around seabird-rich islands grow up to 2.5 times faster. Nature, it turns out, has been running a climate resilience program all along.
In the Peruvian Amazon, a two-year basic income trial cut food insecurity from 73% to 26%, and 90% of participants adopted environmentally beneficial practices on their land. Economists are calling it a win for both people and the planet. Meanwhile, US clean energy is booming despite the political headwinds, with a record 45 gigawatts forecast to come online in 2026. Add in Norway’s proposed under-16s social media ban, Arizona’s new Chiricahua national park, a plant-covered Bangladeshi rug factory winning the RIBA International Prize and a Ghent museum wing built from recycled materials, and the week was stacked with wins.
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