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 The iconic Doomsday Clock, symbolizing the gravest perils facing humankind, is now closer to midnight than at any point since its creation in nineteen forty-seven. Madagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant sixty million trees in the coming months. The mounting climate emergency may spur the next global financial crisis, and the world’s central …

The Sycamore Land Trust added over 80 acres to its Bean Blossom Bottoms Nature Preserve, last week. The new land contains wetlands, forests and existing farmland. Abbie Henkel, communication director for the Land Trust, said building Bean Blossom Bottoms has been a continual process since the first acquisition twenty years ago. Bean Blossom Bottoms, and its new land, hosts a …

Eco Report’s Norm Holy interview Chris Craft about Beanblossom. Chris Craft is a professional wetlands scientist based at Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Craft discusses the wetlands, the wood ducks and more in tonight’s Eco Feature.

In today’s Eco Report two-part feature, Norm Holy interviews Dave Schirokauer from Denali National Park in Alaska about the effects of climate change in the park.