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Coverage of scientific research and breakthroughs, environmental issues, and health.

In New York and neighboring New Jersey, where the final will be played on Sunday in an open stadium, the metro area was experiencing air that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups

Unhealthy air quality alerts

Trump threatens to increase Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke pollution

One million animals -- including antelopes -- migrate through the South Sudanese site each year, leaving scars visible from the sky

Sending a message

UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change

Fishers are concerned about the large black-feathered bird's ravenous hunger for fish

From near-extinction to overabundance

'Chainsaw massacre': Europe mulls culls for fish-guzzling cormorant

More than 400 firefighters have been battling the growing blaze in the region of Aragon

Razed nearly 14,000 hectares

Fickle winds whip up huge Spanish wildfire

Brussels has been under intense pressure to overhaul the two-decade-old Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Emissions Trading System

EU reforms carbon market under pressure from industry

Miners taking part in wind turbine operation training at the Gorzyca Wind Farm

Green transition

From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

Thousands of hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest outside of Paris were burnt in a fire

Dozens arrested

Macron pledges 'zero tolerance' for arson after spate of fires in France

This aerial view shows deforested areas in the Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Nova Esperanca do Piria, Para State, Brazil

1.4 million hectares affected

Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study

Birds sit on tree branches in a wetland in Ulcinj on June 2, 2026.

Sprawling salt flats

'We don't have time': Montenegro's bird haven fading

People battle the heat with misting stations during extreme heat along the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2026

New climate reality

Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada

The UK experienced two unprecedented heatwaves in May and June

Profoundly different

UK climate now hotter, sunnier: weather agency

Wildfires that ravaged historic forest outside Paris contained

The grizzly bear could be threatened by a Trump administration rule change excluding habitat destruction from the definition of 'harm,' conservationists say

Excluded habitat destruction

Green groups sue to block Trump rule gutting species habitat protections

Ziel mir keng! Science Check

Quantum computers: opportunities and risks

Acetaminophen is the primary active ingredient in over-the-counter medications including Tylenol, and is the safest medication for treating pain and fever in pregnant women according to scientific and medical consensus

Unsubstantiated claims

US appeals court revives private cases alleging Tylenol link to autism

Visible from Luxembourg

A rare solar eclipse is coming this August

Scientists are using drones to collect gases from a volcano on Italy's Aeolian islands

Volcano monitoring

In Sicily, drones at work to predict volcanic eruptions

The Trump administration has sought to weaken the landmark Endangered Species Act, credited with saving iconic animals including the bald eagle

Narrowing definition of 'harm'

Trump administration weakens habitat protections for endangered species

Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu in a greater crested tern, the first time it has been found in Australia's local wildlife

Highly contagious

H5 bird flu detected in Australian seabird for first time

President Donald Trump's administration moved to loosen truck pollution regulations put in place by his predecessor Joe Biden, in its latest environmental rollback

Latest environmental rollback

US pushes for weaker truck pollution rules

El Ninos are linked with warming sea surfaces in the eastern tropical Pacific, with global knock on effects, including wetter winters in East Africa

To avoid chaos scenarios

Artificial cloud brightening could tame El Nino, but with risks: study

Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.7C on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records

Barcelona sets new heat record at 40.7C: weather agencies

Fast-flowing muddy water burst the banks of 40 rivers and waterways in China's Guanxi province

130,000 evacuated

Rescuers search for survivors of China storms as super typhoon nears

An employee points to a computer monitor display showing the temperatures inside the display cases as they monitor the temperatures during the heatwave, at London's Grant Museum of Zoology

Heat and flooding

UK museums at 'sharp end' of climate change challenge

Samata Mahmoud unfurls the sail on his 'lanche' boat in Mauritania's Banc d'Arguin National Park

Amid climate change, overfishing

In Mauritania, Imraguen people's desert-ocean paradise under threat

Cambodia's last confirmed tiger sighting was in 2007 camera trap footage but conservationists say they may soon be able to reintroduce the big cats

Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?

A man wears eclipse-viewing glasses in Burgos on July 2, 2026

'Unique event': Solar eclipse fever fills empty Spain

Rome eventually vanquished its Carthagenian rivals in the Third Punic War

Crossroads of biology and history

Study points to likely route for Hannibal's legendary Alpine crossing

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