Soil is essential for life on this planet by storing water and nutrients, providing habitats, and taking up and releasing gases (such as oxy

Over the last 50 years, wild vertebrate populations have dropped by 73%, the World Wildlife Fund said in a 2024 report released in October. 

Since the dawn of civilization, humans have used wood as a primary building material. Strong, bountiful, easy to shape—its suitability for c