Today at Squirrel News, we’re exploring the creation of the world’s first marine protected area for sperm whales in Dominica, an interactive database bringing earthquake relief to off-the-map villages in Morocco, and an organisation aiming to demonstrate the transformative potential of solar power in Rio’s favelas.
First-ever whole-eye transplant, heroin users trained to detect ODs, drive against childhood illiteracy in Angola
The latest edition of Squirrel News explores a groundbreaking world-first surgery feat, an initiative to train opiate users to spot overdoses and intervene in Scotland, and a literacy project empowering children in Angola.
World-first gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children, free maternity care in DRC, Kenya’s tree-planting day
Today at Squirrel News, we’re talking about how a world-first gene therapy is restoring hearing in deaf children, the DRC’s significant step towards improved maternal healthcare, and a surprise announcement from the Kenyan government marking November 13th as a national tree-planting public holiday.
Norway’s biggest ever rewilding project, 45% drop in polluting vehicles in London, groundbreaking liver transplant
Today at Squirrel News, we’re talking about how Norway has successfully managed to transform a former mining town into a polar bear paradise, the removal of almost 80,000 polluting vehicles from London’s streets, and a revolutionary clinical trial giving a second chance to those diagnosed with terminal liver disease.
Colombia and Mali lead efforts to improve air quality, Romania’s forest reserve, guerrilla rewilders
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re exploring how low and middle income countries are spearheading the fight against air pollution, a project to create a “Yellowstone for Europe” in Romania, and rogue rewilders taking the reintroduction of lost and endangered UK species into their own hands.
Saving endangered river dolphins, golden age of medicine, Prison-to-Hollywood pipeline
Photo: Joachim S. Müller/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Deed) In today’s […]