October 18, 2026

Science

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In 2013, astronomers discovered two rings around 250-km-wide Chariklo; nine years later, James Webb found the inner ring more opaque and the outer ring weaker

Aj Mix Editor September 23, 2026
Credit: L. Maquet, Observatoire de Paris In 2013, astronomers discovered two narrow rings around Chariklo, a 250-kilometre-wide...
Read More Read more about In 2013, astronomers discovered two rings around 250-km-wide Chariklo; nine years later, James Webb found the inner ring more opaque and the outer ring weaker
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In 2021, researchers began placing concrete-block oyster reefs in bare eelgrass patches on Prince Edward Island; within two years biomass was about 45 times higher and 45 taxa had colonised the structures

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Representative Image (AI-generated) What started as piles of concrete blocks on the seafloor off Prince Edward Island...
Read More Read more about In 2021, researchers began placing concrete-block oyster reefs in bare eelgrass patches on Prince Edward Island; within two years biomass was about 45 times higher and 45 taxa had colonised the structures
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In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish species had more than doubled from 5 to 11 and average catches rose from about 2 to 45 per net

Aj Mix Editor September 23, 2026
Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet. A major effort to remove invasive rice...
Read More Read more about In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish species had more than doubled from 5 to 11 and average catches rose from about 2 to 45 per net
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In 2004, Phillip Island launched a campaign to eliminate foxes after nine of its 10 little-penguin colonies had vanished; alongside habitat restoration, the surviving colony grew from 12,000 to 40,000 birds

Aj Mix Editor September 23, 2026
Phillip Island’s little penguins once faced a crisis that threatened to erase much of their presence from...
Read More Read more about In 2004, Phillip Island launched a campaign to eliminate foxes after nine of its 10 little-penguin colonies had vanished; alongside habitat restoration, the surviving colony grew from 12,000 to 40,000 birds
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Guyana planted more than 500,000 mangroves along its coast; 5 to 11 years later restored forests were already supporting fish communities similar to natural mangroves |

Aj Mix Editor September 22, 2026
Turuépano National Park. Image Credit: Wikipedia Guyana’s mangrove restoration programme planted more than 500,000 seedlings along 8...
Read More Read more about Guyana planted more than 500,000 mangroves along its coast; 5 to 11 years later restored forests were already supporting fish communities similar to natural mangroves |
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In 1910, Oregon planted European beachgrass to stabilize shifting dunes; it spread along the coast, reshaped the landscape and squeezed open sandy habitat used by native wildlife

Aj Mix Editor September 22, 2026
European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria) is now well established in the Oregon dunes In 1910, Oregon introduced European...
Read More Read more about In 1910, Oregon planted European beachgrass to stabilize shifting dunes; it spread along the coast, reshaped the landscape and squeezed open sandy habitat used by native wildlife