Potty Talk

Smart and simple, this toilet turns poop into fruit while boosting public health and clean water. The Arborloo, invented by Peter Morgan, uses a shallow pit, a movable slab and a tree planted on top. No chemicals, no electricity. Just nature's recyclers transforming human waste into shade, timber or delicious fruit.

When the sea sings out, these six women answer. In honor of Women's History Month, meet some of the Ocean Sewage Alliance steering committee leaders protecting coral reefs, safeguarding public health, and reimagining our relationship with water, inspired by Amanda Gorman's call to be "the ocean's saviors."

For the ocean, whale poop is life-sustaining. Human sewage? Not so much. Biologist Joe Roman with the University of Vermont studies these marine "gardeners" who recycle nutrients from the Arctic to the Caribbean. His conclusion is simple: human waste in the ocean is the wrong nutrients in the wrong place. Whales, on the other hand, make the right poop in the right place, benefiting the ocean food web.

A landmark global treaty to protect the high seas goes into effect, establishing the first legal framework to govern and conserve over half the planet's waters that lie beyond national borders.