TOP 10 INNOVATION UPDATES

Abandoned mine pools could cool AI data centres; one Pennsylvania site handled 30.6 MW

189 years after import, possums damage half of trees in rare New Zealand forest

Australia’s Green Triangle forests grew; wetlands now face falling water levels

Trout stocking pushed Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs from 92% of their range

11-year-old inventor builds $38 moss filter that removes up to 95% of lead

Deer Learn To Ignore Deterrents: Human shouts scare best; habituation soon blunts effect

School project revives lost kelp forest with help from 15,000 students and 250 divers

In 2019, scientists shook earthworms and found waves oscillating at half the driving frequency

In 1870, Goats were left on a Seychelles Island; by 1920, they were forcibly eradicated

Crayfish invaded Crater Lake 100+ years ago; newt now vanishing from 95% shore

Wisconsin restored old farmland into prairie and rare bumblebees began returning

Scientists turn human poop into concrete that gets 42% stronger

Meet Vivian Liu, the 17-year-old who turned origami into a kindness movement across 50 nations

Fruit flies in space: How a 1947 experiment helped NASA study immunity

Underwater sensors capture porpoises’ rare distress calls off Cornwall

Sea otters returned to a California estuary; eelgrass expanded 600%, marsh-edge erosion slowed 69%

Mexico restored 1 million hectares; plant survival nearly doubled to 64%

Klamath River salmon reclaim 88% of historic range after dams are removed

Antarctica gained 695 billion tons in 2021-23 as tropical warmth drove heavy snowfall