twib.news

19. March 2024

Back to Life: River All Cleaned Up Here

Life has returned to Penobscot River in Maine, the United States, with the removal of hindrances and the multiplying of ancestral fish species, much to the delight of the local indigenous people.

Health

Health Ethiopia

11. February 2024

Water and Sanitation: a Priority in Schools

The Ethiopian government is partnering with the World Bank to ensure access to clean water, proper sanitation facilities, and hygiene education within schools

Animals

Animals France

5. February 2024

No More Dams: Fish Swim Back to Free-Flowing River

Since the removal of two dams, a river located in northern France is flowing freely for the first time in almost a century, with marine animals returning and nature resuming its course.

Society

Presenting recycled wastewater turned into drinking water

Society USA

21. January 2024

Recycling Wastewater into (Quality!) Drinking Water

Highly subjected to droughts, California, the United States, has greenlit the recycling of wastewater, thus turning it into drinking water for homes, schools, and businesses and securing reliable sources of potable water for more than 39 million citizens.

Animals

Animals Australia

17. January 2024

Intelligence Caught On Camera: Dolphins Are Even Smarter Than We Think

Off the coast of far southwestern Australia, researchers have filmed dolphins cleverly taking fish used as bait from crab pots and nets, a behavior that might have started some 20 years ago.

Technology

This illustration picture taken on May 30, 2019 shows plastic waste floating in the sea in Marseille. (Photo by Boris HORVAT / AFP) (Photo by BORIS HORVAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology Japan

6. January 2024

“Self-Healing” Biodegradable Plastic Could Replace Its Weak Counterpart

A team of researchers based in Tokyo, Japan, has developed an eco-friendly, self-healing plastic that could potentially be a game-changer for many industries and for the planet.

Environment

Environment UAE

3. January 2024

Nursing Coral Back to Health: a Promising Experiment

The experiment taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to save coral by nursing and regenerating it in aquariums before relocating them outside of the capital’s waters could become a conservation model for other projects and programs.

Environment

Environment Canada

17. December 2023

Indigenous-Led Marine Conservation – a Win for Nature, and Culture

A national park located in northern Labrador, Canada, will be home to the very first Inuit-led national marine conservation area, thus protecting ecosystems and culture alike.

Technology

Technology Sweden

10. December 2023

Public Transport Evolution: First All-Electric Flying Boat in the Works

A Swedish tech company has designed the world’s first all-electric hydrofoil passenger boat, and should the test flight be a success, the vessel could join Stockholm’s public transport network in 2024.

Society

African children collecting water from a well with a pump, Bafing, Yo, Ivory Coast

Society Ivory Coast

13. November 2023

One Million Rural Citizens Will Get Better Access to Drinking Water

The government of the Ivory Coast has launched the “drinking water” phase of its social program to grant access to potable water to almost one million citizens in rural areas by 2025.