Mid-week collection of up beat news nuggets to put a spring in your step.

First Photo
Here's the first view of Earth from Europe's newest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager. It's the first of a constellation of six that will be in place by 2026. This level of resolution has been unachievable over Europe and Africa until now.
Urban Trees
If you live in an American city, get ready to see a lot more trees. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, $1.5 billion will be spent on funding urban tree-planting over the next decade, concentrating on communities that have historically been ignored. That's up from the $36 million per year under previous administrations, says the Associated Press.
Trees Are Getting Bigger: The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activities has been causing the rate of photosynthesis in trees and plants to increase, leading them to grow bigger and fatter. That part is good news...

Seahorses
Marine biologists restoring populations of seahorses off Australia’s east coast are delighted. Hundreds of White’s seahorses, the only seahorse or seadragon species on Australia’s national endangered species list, were released into the waters north of Newcastle into specially-made 'hotels.' Dr. David Harasti said: “That was the best one we’ve ever done - 350 baby seahorses sitting around in their new home. It’s great to see and I can’t wait to go back in a couple of weeks and see how they’re doing.”
Valuable Seaweed
Researchers have attempted to put a price on global kelp forests, offering a ballpark figure of between $465bn and $562bn per year. The figure was based on their role in fisheries production, nutrient cycling and carbon removal. The findings were published in the journal Nature.

Not Seen For 200 Years
Two recently rediscovered Rembrandt paintings will be up for auction at Christie's in London next month, expected together to fetch up to $10 million. They have not been seen in public since they were last auctioned off at Christie's - nearly 200 years ago. The two portraits depict relatives of Rembrandt, Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and Jaapgen Carels, who were an elderly couple, according to a news release from Christie's.
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." Harry Truman
On this Day
17 May 1900: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published, and it became a classic of children's literature.
Astonished astronomers have captured the biggest cosmic explosion ever detected - two trillion times brighter than the Sun. Mystery...
It's endlessly fascinating and endlessly baffling. Ever wondered how the expression 'stealing someone's thunder' came about? Origin...
After two decades, a rescued elephant returns to proudly show off her baby to the people who rescued her. Wild...
Mood Booster
Laughter is Contagious! As Laughing Buddha said: When you smile to the world, the world smiles back.