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Spring is cherry blossom season. Some cities get millions of tourists during this time. But the trees are blooming earlier and earlier. This is a sign of global warming. In the 1960s, cherry trees in Tokyo started blooming around…
Plastic is everywhere. About 2,000 garbage trucks’ worth of plastic waste is dumped into oceans, rivers, and lakes each day. That’s according to the United Nations. There’s plastic at the bottom of the ocean. There’s plastic at the top of…
People everywhere celebrate Earth Day on April 22. It’s a day set aside for us all to do our part to help the planet. But you don’t have to wait for April 22 to show your appreciation for the environment.…
Mia Tramz spent 11 years working at a desk in an office. Then one day, she felt ready to try something totally new. Your Hot Job spoke with Tramz about her career change and her new life working at Tributary…
Enric Sala is standing under a replica of a right whale, at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C. Sala is talking about whale poop. That poop is food for tiny ocean organisms called plankton, he says. Plankton absorbs carbon…
This is the first article in a new TFK series about kids changing the world. We’ll tell you all about it in a special issue in October—stay tuned! Nirvaan Agarwal found out early that a kid’s voice can be powerful.…
Imagine venturing into the depths of the jungle to observe the chimpanzees who call it home. With a scrawl in your notepad and a click of your camera, you document groundbreaking information about the species. Sounds awesome, right? Jane Goodall…
In the middle of the night, a baby chimpanzee is having nightmares. Chantal, his caretaker, tries to soothe him back to sleep. They’re at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center. It’s in the Republic of the Congo, in Africa. The chimp’s…
Earth Day comes every April 22. It’s a day to do some good for the planet. It’s also a time to think about how to help year-round. Get inspired by reading about four young people who have taken action for…
Jane Goodall is the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees. She began studying them in what is now Gombe Stream National Park, in Tanzania, in the 1960s. She spoke with TFK Kid Reporter Shaivi Moparthi. 1. What inspired you to dedicate…
