{
  "id": 11629666,
  "title": "In 1998, 12,000 tonnes of orange peels and pulp covered ruined Costa Rican cattle pasture; 16 years on, tree diversity tripled, woody biomass up 176%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/in-1998-12-000-tonnes-of-orange-peels-and-pulp-covered-ruined-costa",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-03T07:20:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-1998-12-000-tonnes-of-orange-peels-and-pulp-covered-ruined-costa-rican-cattle-pasture-16-years-on-tree-diversity-tripled-woody-biomass-up-176-101790838005157.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1998, a juice firm dumped orange waste on a Costa Rican pasture. By 2014, it had triple the woody species and 176% more woody biomass than a nearby plot.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}