From factory roof to backyard: where nature is reclaiming space these days

These days, the Environment category shows that nature restoration can begin at every scale: on an old industrial site, on a farm, even on the roof of a car factory. Time and again, it turns out that animals and plants return quickly once space becomes available for them, large or small. In England, a former landfill has developed into an important breeding ground. At Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve, created from land that became available during the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, 64% of all ringed great crested grebes in the United Kingdom now breed [1]. In the United States,...