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Beach at sunset, for article on ocean plastic cleanup

2024 C.E. June 11

China announces 3-year plan to combat ocean litter and clean up coastal areas

Ocean plastic cleanup just got a major boost: China is targeting 65 bay areas along its 18,000-kilometer coastline in a coordinated three-year campaign, with four ministries working together to set up permanent cleanup systems by 2027. What makes this different from past efforts is the focus on stopping waste before it reaches the sea — local governments will build full chains to monitor, intercept, and process garbage flowing through rivers and storm drains inland....

Earth's atmosphere glowing blue from space for an article about ozone layer recovery, for article on Montreal Protocol ozone layer, for article on HCFC atmospheric decline

2024 C.E. June 11

For the first time, researchers detect significant dip in global atmospheric levels of HCFCs

Atmospheric HCFCs are finally falling — the first decline since scientists began tracking these ozone-depleting chemicals in the late 1970s, and it arrived about five years ahead of what the leading models predicted. Researchers at the University of Bristol pinpointed the turnaround to 2021, drawing on a global network of air-sampling stations that has quietly watched the skies for decades. The drop is a direct result of the Montreal Protocol, the only environmental treaty...

Horses on grassland, for article on Przewalski's horses

2024 C.E. June 10

Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after two-century absence

Przewalski's horses—the only truly wild horse species left on Earth—are back on the Kazakh steppe after a two-century absence, with seven animals arriving from zoos in Berlin and Prague in June 2024. Their 30-hour flight aboard a Czech air force transport ended in the very landscape where humans likely first domesticated horses some 5,500 years ago. The herd is set to grow to 40 over the next five years, and the horses will quietly...

Bison, for article on Portugal wild bison

2024 C.E. June 6

Portugal welcomes first wild bison in 10,000 years as part of plan to rewild a quarter-million acres

European wood bison are back in Portugal for the first time since the last Ice Age, with a small herd settling into the Greater Côa Valley. They came from Poland, where more than 4,000 wisent now roam wild — a remarkable turnaround for a species that survived the 20th century with just 50 animals left in zoos. Conservationists hope the bison will reshape the landscape through grazing and trampling, encouraging biodiversity and even helping...

X-ray image of the intestine, for article on dostarlimab bowel cancer trial

2024 C.E. June 4

New bowel cancer drug is found to be 100% effective

Immunotherapy just delivered something almost unheard of in cancer research: every single one of 42 patients in a rectal cancer trial showed no detectable tumour after treatment with the drug dostarlimab. Even more encouraging, the first 24 patients have now been tracked for an average of 26 months, and their cancers haven't come back. For people with this specific subtype, it could mean skipping the chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery that often leave lasting damage....

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