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From nearly 13 million tons in 2014, the biomass of spawning-age mackerel has plummeted to less than 3 million tons in 2025

Reversed course

EU ups mackerel quotas to match UK despite overfishing concerns

Changing the clocks

Why summer time takes a toll on our bodies

An open sea mine on the seafloor of the Baltic Sea, seen in an image from the GEOMAR oceanographic research centre

Slowly rusting away

Germany's WWII munitions a toxic legacy on Baltic Sea floor

The humpback whale, which was stranded for days on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, seen in an image by Sea Shepherd Deutschland

Animal 'very ill'

Beached whale frees itself from German coast

Gabon's 900 kilometres (560 miles) of coastline is home to four species of sea turtles

Fit in the palm of your hand

Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

Hmong volunteer firefighter Mongkol Yingyotmongkolsaen using a drone to monitor fires in the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park area of Chiang Mai

'If it burns, the city's lungs are destroyed'

Tech-equipped Indigenous firefighters protect Thai forests

This year's maximum Arctic sea ice level was reached on March 15 -- a week earlier than last year.

Significant repercussions

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

Members of the Mexican navy carry out cleanup operations in Boca del Rio, near Veracruz, to remove crude residue from the Gulf of Mexico following a spill first reported in early March, 2026

Named environmental disaster by activists

Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping

Lagos, Nigeria's coastal mega-city, is bound by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and a massive lagoon on the other

$7.5 million policy

Lagos secures flood insurance for 4 million at-risk Nigerians

The Milky Way: As humanity sets its sights on life in space, scientists are studying procreation without Earth's gravity

Lack of gravity effects

Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex

This episode of Ziel mir keng! was presented by Jean-Paul Bertemes and Michèle Weber from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).

Ziel mir keng! – Science check

Debunking fake news

The race for orbit

Are megaconstellations changing the night sky?

Officials on Terre-de-Haut are considering action to control the island's goat population

Species at risk

Goat vs gecko: A tiny Caribbean island faces wildlife showdown

Lyme disease is the most common illness transmitted by ticks

Mixed results for Lyme disease vaccine hit Valneva shares

Urban transformation

Turku showcases long-term strategy as cities face housing strain

After nearly going extinct in the 20th century, the European bison was saved by reintroduction projects

No passengers injured

A herd stop: Train kills 3 rare bison in Poland

The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is one of the world's most remarkable travelers, but its population has plunged 95 percent in four decades due to a complex mix of environmental changes across multiple countries

Increasingly fraught with peril

Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?

India's weight-loss drug sales are projected to soar to over half a billion by 2030

After key patent expiration

India to tackle global obesity with cheap fat-loss jabs

The Proba-3 mission imitates a solar eclipse to find out more about the Sun's mysterious outer atmosphere

Proba-3 mission

'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

Ziel mir keng! – Science check

How cancer develops and how our body fights it

Sea ice in Antarctic has behaved differently from the Arctic, where its extent has been steadily declining for decades

Storms, warm seas drove sudden drop in Antarctic ice: study

The lawsuit by farmer Hugues Falys is the first time a citizen in Belgium has brought a case against a multinational company

David versus Goliath

Belgian court suspends TotalEnergies climate trial

The black particles from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres away look unremarkable, but they hold components of life

Samples contained 'nucleobases' for DNA and RNA

Ingredients of life discovered in Ryugu asteroid samples

How artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping astronomy

Experts say that war harms the climate and pollutes the air, water and soil.

The environment, another casualty of war in the Mideast

In an English seaside village, researchers are mulling abandoning traditional sea defences against coastal erosion in favour of a 'managed retreat'

The tide cannot be held back everywhere

In sea-change, UK may abandon homes to coastal erosion

Ziel mir keng! – Science Check

Polarisation: How divided is our society?

Bonobos live in matriarchal societies where one would expect more aggression among females, but researchers observed more hostility towards males

Reported in journal Science Advances

Despite reputation, bonobos are aggressive, particularly toward males: study

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