natural

Nature’s small but mighty fix for algae blooms
Deepti Bansal Gage
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Algae blooms have created toxic conditions in lakes around the world, but is there a way to naturally control them?
Opportunity knocking for true plastic disposal

In 2014, scientists discovered that oyster mushrooms grown in a substrate of used diapers and lignin can break down cellulose found in the diapers for food, which reduces the diapers' weight and volume by up to 80%. (Martin Cooper/Creative Commons)

Freya Victoria Christensen
Suny-ESF
Certain biological processes harbor inherent potential for truly disposing of synthetic waste.
The stream in your backyard
The importance of stream restoration
The importance of stream restoration
Lauren Archer
SUNY ESF
My story aims to spread this idea of stream restoration using a specific design, and to teach why stream restoration is important to our environment, and how different measures can be taken to restore a stream.