by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
On the Caribbean coast of Honduras, artisanal fishermen are celebrating the creation of a marine protected area to be managed in collaboration with their communities The 112 square-mile zone includes coastal mangroves, pristine beaches, and tropical rainforest, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
A painting by a lesser-known Dutch master has sold for $7 million at Sotheby’s more than 25 years after being found in the dusty attic of an old barn in Connecticut. Proving themselves to be worthy of their status as the world’s top auctioneers, Sotheby’s managed to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Researchers have recorded a video sighting of a three-foot-long deep-sea squid species that’s never been filmed nor seen alive. Gonatus antarcticus squid, an elusive squid found only in the frigid waters around Antarctica, was discovered on Christmas Day by the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
100-year-old townhomes were razed in West Baltimore recently to make room for a new Amtrak tunnel. Though the homes may be gone, the historic and economic value they contained was not simply cast aside, because the national train operator contracted a salvage company...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Americans often refer to our country as undergoing a continual experiment in self-government. Well, down in Mexico, that experiment has been taken to a whole other level. On the first of June, the North American nation became the first in modern history to elect its...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Called the Indian Greta Thunberg, this 12-year-old is on a mission to green India’s skies and minds. Armed with determination, a charming personality, and a great marketing concept, she’s planting a grassroots movement towards environmentalism that’s staggering to see...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Having achieved incredible results in improving water quality across the nation, China is embarking on a ten-year project to ensure the ecosystem beyond the shoreline meets similar standards. The plan, unveiled recently by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
In late 2023, GNN reported that a construction worker had been rescued from the side of a burning high-rise building thanks to a heroic crane operator. A basket was suspended on the end of Glen Edwards’ crane meant for holding people while they work along the facades...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Northern California, a native American tribe is celebrating the return of ancestral lands in one of the largest such transfers in the nation’s history. Through a Dept. of the Interior initiative aiming to bring indigenous knowledge back into land management, 76...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last month in Arizona a young man profited unexpectedly from choosing honesty over greed after finding a lost wallet. 14-year-old Cody Chalmers found the wallet while riding his bike in Chandler on May 2nd, finding 300$ cash and credit cards inside. But even though he...
