August 28, 2026

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Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund: In 1976, Michigan created a conservation fund from oil, gas and mineral revenues; 50 years later it has awarded nearly $1.4 billion and is putting $6.5 million toward almost 22,650 Keweenaw acres

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026
One of the biggest allocations is for the Keweenaw Peninsula (Photo: Michael George via The Nature Conservancy)...
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In 2018, Florida opened America’s first permanent underwater sculpture garden 58 feet below the Gulf; it has grown into a living reef where more than 100 species have been documented

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026
According to its official website, the museum was a collaboration between the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton...
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A Scottish scholar and his American wife bought the remote island of Canna; 43 years later they gifted it, their home and their life’s work preserving Gaelic culture to the National Trust for Scotland

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026
Campbell and Margaret moved to Canna in 1938 after spending three years living on Barra. John Lorne...
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Columbia engineers built a pigment-free polymer coating filled with microscopic air pores; under Arizona desert sun, the coated surface stayed about 6°C below ambient air

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026
Porous polymer coating reflects sunlight and releases heat, keeping surfaces cooler than the air As temperatures rise...
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A small Scottish town raised £6 million to buy 10,500 acres from a major landowner; its new nature reserve is now restoring 190 hectares of degraded peatland | World News

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026
When people in the small Scottish town of Langholm set out to raise £6 million, they were...
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