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Ambitious Master Plan to Rebuild Baghdad into a Green Oasis
Baghdad Reborn Green
After decades of war and neglect Baghdad is planning to build its future with trees. The “Baghdad Sustainable Forests” initiative aims to transform over 10 million square meters of land once occupied by the Al-Rasheed military campinto an ecological urban district.
The master plan includes dozens of sculpture parks and nature oasis sanctuaries.
Birds Captured in Remarkable Flight Path Photography by Xavi Bou
Spanish photographer Xavi Bou has discovered a way to reveal the hidden poetry of flight.
In his long-running series Ornithographies, he transforms the movement of birds into sweeping visual symphonies, condensing entire flight paths into a single mesmerizing frame.
Rather than freezing a bird midair, Bou records the arc of its journey, showing wingbeats as fluid ribbons across the sky.
The effect is both scientific and artistic, echoing natural calligraphy written in motion. It can also look profoundly alien or science-fiction in nature.
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Did Scientists Just Discover Microbial Life on Mars?
No big deal. Just possibly the biggest discovery in humankind.
It happened last year, in a remote corner of the Red Planet that once roared with rivers. In Jezero Crater, an ancient riverbed recorded in rock and sediment, NASA’s Perseverance rover sampled a rock dubbed Cheyava Falls.
That sample, named “Sapphire Canyon,” may harbor something extraordinary: a potential biosignature, meaning evidence that microbial life could have lived on Mars long ago.
This isn’t proof yet. But it might be the closest we have ever come.
Perseverance, NASA’s minivan-sized rover, on the Martian planet.
Of course, these massive claims aren’t made lightly. NASA has their own ranking system and course of action to measure how accurate these claims could be.
The Confidence of Life Detection, or CoLD scale, shows all the steps that need to be met for big declarations to be made.
But IF. If microbes are found, it will change everything.
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Nature fact of the day
A single teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microorganisms than there are people on Earth.
That’s bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, and more, all living in a hidden universe under our feet. They form intricate networks, recycle nutrients, help plants grow, and even play a role in regulating the planet’s climate.
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