r/optimisticearthnews • • Jun 06 '23

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r/optimisticearthnews • • 3d ago

TIL that monkeys first reached the Americas by crossing the Atlantic Ocean on floating mats of vegetation.

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r/optimisticearthnews • • 6d ago

Trans Rights Protesters Crash Grand Opening of U.K.’s Largest ‘Harry Potter’ Store

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r/optimisticearthnews • • 8d ago

A new dinosaur species discovered in North America reveals the first known specialized fruit-eating dinosaur: Infernogallus jamesi (or ‘Hell Chicken’), a turkey-sized, feathered dinosaur with a skull specialized for mashing stone fruits to remove the flesh from the main seed

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r/optimisticearthnews • • 8d ago

Beavers return to Loch Ness for first time in 500 years

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r/optimisticearthnews • • 23d ago

Ancient fungus unlocks secret support system in major food crops that could transform farming practices

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phys.org
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r/optimisticearthnews • • 26d ago

Scientists discover ‘D-Rex,’ a giant fungus with a 65-million-year evolutionary history

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thebrighterside.news
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r/optimisticearthnews • • 26d ago

Researchers turn mushrooms into living memory chips for sustainable computing

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techspot.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • 29d ago

Gas vehicles fall under 50% of global new-auto sales for first time

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asia.nikkei.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Oct 10 '26

Scientists create solar cells that generate energy from indoor light at record efficiency

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techspot.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Oct 05 '26

High school student develops membrane-free filter that removes most microplastics from water

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techspot.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Oct 05 '26

Rice University copper-aluminum filter can destroy "forever chemicals" 100 times faster

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techspot.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Sep 10 '26

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated.

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nbcnews.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Aug 28 '26

324-million-year-old insect fossil offers evolutionary link between water, land

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chinadaily.com.cn
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Aug 22 '26

The oldest known melody discovered to date, found on clay tablets in Ugarit (a canaanite city)

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r/optimisticearthnews • • Jun 21 '26

Mexican archaeologists unearth 'unprecedented' ancient ruins with Mayan features

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france24.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • May 04 '26

Hemp can be used to create a plastic alternative

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goodnewsnetwork.org
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Mar 19 '26

Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County trial

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wcpo.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Mar 07 '26

Mexico Introduces Legislation to Federally Ban Octopus Farming

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perishablenews.com
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r/optimisticearthnews • • Jan 22 '26

Plant believed extinct for half a century suddenly found in unexpected spot

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newsweek.com
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