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A nearly two-decade study of whale songs recorded in the Southern Ocean suggests that blue whales, the largest creatures ever to have roamed the Earth, may be recovering in Antarctica after being hunted to the edge of extinction.

Offset Schemes Failing to Benefit Forest Communities, Report Finds

Facing increasing land subsidence, saltwater intrusion, and flooding linked with development, Vietnam has committed to changing its approach to managing the Mekong Delta. New initiatives call for retrofitting dikes and dams to restore flood regimes, using nature as a guide.

Journalist Marcel Gomes has traced beef in supermarkets and fast food restaurants in the U.S. and Europe to Brazilian ranches on illegally cleared land. In an e360 interview, he talks about the challenges of documenting the supply chains and getting companies to clean them up.

Together, coal and gas generated 21 percent of electricity in the EU last month, a new low that reflects the rapid adoption of renewable power.

Since October, Los Angeles County has saved up enough stormwater to meet the demand of one in four residents for a year. Uncommonly heavy rains allowed the county to capitalize on its billion-dollar investment in storage infrastructure.

This map shows how much warmer, in degrees Celsius, the Earth was in the summer of 2023 as compared to the average summer from 1951 to 1980. Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory

Researchers and companies are aiming to draw key minerals, including lithium and magnesium, from ocean water, desalination plant residue, and industrial waste brine. They say their processes will use less land and produce less pollution than mining, but major hurdles remain.

European bison in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. Daniel Mirlea / WWF

How Airborne Dust Is Helping the Southern Ocean Soak Up Our Emissions