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In Appleton, unmowed lawns had three times the species richness and five times more bees overall than nearby mowed parks. “It shows that a tiny thing is helpful,” says researcher Relena Ribbons.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark S. Johnson has turned in a first novel that imagines a world suffering from climate change, where the infrastructure has collapsed and the social order unraveled.
The bright side to planetary decline? Scientists are realizing that a big part of successfully reining in climate change has to do with mending damaged landscapes and conserving wild nature, something we can do.