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268 feet tall, 1,600 years old: Meet the second-largest tree in the world. Travellers can hike through towering giant sequoias to reach this natural marvelThe General Grant Tree, located in Kings Canyon National Park, California, stands as the world's second-largest tree, over 1,600 years old....- In 1917, the loudest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb shook the world. It was heard over 100 miles awayBritish forces detonated nineteen underground mines during the Battle of Messines in 1917. This created the largest man-made explosion know...
- Japanese Proverb of the Day: “Money grows on… — Life lessons on perseverance, discipline, resilience, determination and why the best investment is in yourselfJapanese Proverb of the Day highlights the meaning of “Money grows on the tree of persistence.” The saying emphasizes that lasting success ...
- 5 years before Apollo 11, a landlocked African nation tried to send teenagers to the Moon to beat the US and USSR, but the failed mission was probably never about the space race at allEdward Mukuka Nkoloso led Zambia's ambitious space program after independence. He trained teenage "Afronauts" using unconventional methods ...
- In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl devastated America but Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive tree-planting project is still protecting US farmland nearly 90 years laterThe Dust Bowl is one of the worst environmental disasters in American history, but it also sparked one of the country's largest conservatio...
- In 1904, Newfoundland released just four moose to boost hunting opportunities. Years later, their population had soared to nearly 200,000, transforming island's forests & becoming one of North America's largest moose populationsMore than a century after just four moose were introduced to Newfoundland, the animals multiplied into one of North America's largest moose...
- Nature's first cat! Every time your cat purrs, it echoes 30-million-year-old legacy that began with predator scientists call the world's first true catFirst Cat Proailurus: Long before modern cats evolved, an ancient feline called Proailurus roamed the forests of Europe and Asia around 30 ...
- How Australia’s Brown Tree snakes reached Guam after World War II and left biologists baffled by the invasionBrown tree snakes, an invasive species on Guam, have baffled biologists for years. Their population is believed to have started with only a...
- From 2007 to 2015, New York City planted one million trees across its five boroughs, a $400 million campaign to widen the shade canopy and cool streets baking under urban heatNew York City's MillionTreesNYC initiative planted one million trees between 2007 and 2015. This project aimed to cool neighborhoods and im...
- In 1962, China sent young 369 foresters, to a former Qing hunting reserve that had become desert and was throwing sandstorms at Beijing; three generations later, it is the largest man-made forest on EarthIn 1962, a determined group of young foresters set out to change the landscape of Saihanba, transforming a barren desert into a thriving ec...
- Centuries Ago, a Hidden Catastrophe Shaped One of America's Most Dangerous Volcanoes That Still Matters TodayMount Rainier remains one of America's most iconic mountains, attracting hikers, climbers and nature lovers from around the world. Yet its ...
- From a 1937 garden planting to an ecological crisis: One Miconia tree now spreads 8.9 million seeds, endangering Queensland's iconic rainforestsToday, a single mature Miconia tree can produce over 8.9 million seeds in one season. What began as a 1937 garden introduction in tahiti ha...
- Since 2016, China has turned phone users' daily purchases into 122 million real trees; the digital forest now covers 112,000 hectares of drylandAn innovative Chinese app called Ant Forest encourages users to adopt greener habits. Everyday low-carbon actions earn users virtual points...
- In the 1980s, Niger regrew 200 million trees across five million hectares without planting them: farmers revived the "underground forest" beneath their fieldsNigerien farmers successfully regrew millions of trees by protecting existing underground root systems. This farmer-managed natural regener...
- In 2011, an Australian woman climbed 60 meters into a forest tree and refused to touch the ground for 449 days; 170,000 hectares were later protectedMiranda Gibson lived in a tree for 449 days to protect a forest. She stayed in the Observer Tree, breaking Australia's previous record. Gib...
- In 1935, the United States began planting 220 million trees from Texas to Canada to stop the Dust Bowl, creating 18,600 miles of living windbreaks by 1942Giant dust storms ravaged the American Great Plains during the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a massive tree planting pro...
- A Brazilian farmer used government credit meant to expand cattle grazing to do the opposite; neighbors called him mad, but 50,000 trees later, more than 20 springs have returned to his 31 hectaresA Brazilian farmer defied government policy by planting trees instead of cattle pastures. His actions, initially deemed foolish, led to the...
- A couple gave up on a failing Sussex farm, pulled out the fences and let 3,500 acres go feral; it became the template for British rewildingA British farm, once burdened by debt, became a successful rewilding project. Free-roaming herbivores were introduced to restore the land's...
- Not a crocodile or alligator: Massive 10-feet-long lizards, world's second largest, roam in India's SundarbansIAS officer Sanjay Kumar highlighted the Asian water monitor and Bengal monitor thriving in the Sundarbans. The Asian water monitor, the wo...
- In 1962, a former newspaper editor bought a barren Seychelles island for $11,000; over the next 46 years, he planted 16,000 trees by hand and turned it into the world's smallest national parkBrendon Grimshaw bought Moyenne Island in 1962 and spent decades transforming it. He and René Antoine Lafortune planted sixteen thousand tr...
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