In today’s Good News, a floating wind turbine aims to solve the problem of how to power resource-draining data centers. And in California, gray wolves are making a surprise recovery, with the population on the rise more than a century after the animals were wiped out across the Golden State.

Catherine Garcia
The Week Digital

Dr. Susan Abookire leads Boston doctors through forest therapy sessions to boost their well-being and promote the benefits of nature-based medicine. Studies have shown that forest therapy — the practice of being immersed in nature — reduces stress and lowers blood pressure. Abookire takes groups to the Arnold Arboretum, where they smell plants and listen to birds sing. The goal is for more physicians to combine medicine and forest therapy to help people improve their “whole health,” she told WBUR.

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In India’s Nagaland state, residents are learning how to protect and track the critically endangered Asian giant tortoise, an animal once hunted in the area. The Nagaland Zoological Park brought the tortoises back from the brink of extinction through its captive breeding program, which started in 2018 with 13 rescued tortoises. More than 110 tortoises have been born since, with several released into the wild. Officials hope to replicate the breeding and guardian programs in nearby Manipur state.

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A century after being hunted to extinction, gray wolves are making an “improbable” comeback in California, said the Los Angeles Times. In 2011, a “plucky” wolf dubbed OR-7 entered California from Oregon, and his offspring followed, forming the state’s first pack in decades. The population has been “slowly and steadily increasing,” and as of late 2025, there are 55 gray wolves in nine packs. Gray wolves are apex predators that help balance ecosystems by keeping mid-level predators in check.

A prototype of a wind turbine that contains a data center is set for testing in the North Sea next year. Tanks at the bottom of the floating installation hold fresh water that keeps the turbine upright and absorbs heat from the data banks. The project, designed by wind-power company Aikido, is the latest “creative” way of avoiding the “substantial” amounts of land and water now being used for data centers, said Good News Network.

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