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

The ammonia-powered Green Pioneer is an emblem of Fortescue's climate ambitions

An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giant

The classic monsoon weather pattern

South Asia monsoon: climate change's dangerous impact on lifeline rains

Researchers believe the reconstructed million-year-old skull belonged to the Homo longi species discovered in 2021

Digital reconstruction

Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline

Footage captured by a submersible of starfish on the exposed TNT of an unexploded Nazi bomb at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Sea life thriving on unexploded Nazi bombs, sub discovers

Rescuers in Taiwan's Hualien are racing against time to locate dozens of people still missing in the aftermath of a barrier lake burst brought on by Super Typhoon Ragasa

Taiwan races to rescue two dozen missing after barrier lake burst

An autonomous robot guides shared cars inside Toyota's new

Myriad inventions

Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future

Coastal businesses in Hong Kong areas such as Tseung Kwan O suffered extensive damage during Super Typhoon Ragasa

Trail of destruction

Hong Kong's coastal businesses pick up pieces after typhoon

This photo taken on January 23,2025 shows a worker holding a part of photovoltaic (PV) modules for solar panels in a factory in Suqian, in east China's Jiangsu province

Number one polluter

Under promise, over deliver? China unveils new climate goals

The batteries weigh 30 tonnes

30-tonne battery

Dutch lead charge on electric inland vessels

An aerial shot shows damage to an industrial estate in southern China's Guangdong province after Typhoon Ragasa ripped through

Amid power outages

South China cleans up after powerful Typhoon Ragasa

Watchdogs warned that nickel mining in Indonesia threatened coral reef hoptspots

'Domino effect'

Nickel mining threatens Indonesia coral haven, NGOs warn

The crash site where Chinese architect Kongjian Yu died with three others

Leading figure in sustainable planning

Famed 'sponge cities' Chinese architect dead in Brazil plane crash

The area likely holds substantial deposits of chromite, nickel, copper and platinum group metals -- minerals needed for products like cell phones and computers

Potential riches

Canada's Indigenous wary of mining push in rich 'Ring of Fire'

Brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park are - unwittingly - competing to be crowned chubbiest creature in the annual Fat Bear Week contest

Ahead of hibernation

Big news: Annual eating contest roars to life in Fat Bear Week

China's President Xi Jinping speaks remotely during the 'Climate Summit 2025' on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly

7–10% cut by 2035

In first, China unveils specific emissions targets

Tourism has long been the mainstay of the economy of St. Kitts and Nevis, led by Prime Minister Terrance Drew

St. Kitts and Nevis

Con job? Climate change is my job, says island nation leader

Electric cars by Chinese automataker BYD await export to South America

Underpromise, overdeliver

China unveils steady but restrained climate goals

Coral reefs are under pressure from multiple presures including global warming, pollution and ocean acidification

Dangerous gambling

Planetary health check warns risk of 'destabilising' Earth systems

Flood victims prepare to spend a second night sheltering in a local church after a barrier lake burst due to torrential rain from Super Typhoon Ragasa

Super Typhoon Ragasa

Taiwan lake flood victims spend second night in shelters

Residents clear mud from their property after the lake barrier burst

Amid super typhoon

14 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake bursts

Residents in southern China's Yangjiang are grappling with damaged property and power outages in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Ragasa, hours after the destructive storm made landfall near the city

Densely populated province

'Everything broken': Chinese residents in typhoon path assess damage

The wind farm will help France move towards its renewable energy targets

TotalEnergies and RWE

French-German duo wins mega offshore wind energy project

NASA's IMAP probe will use its instruments to study the Sun's high-energy particles and the protective magnetic bubble surrounding our solar system

Kennedy Space Center

NASA launches mission to study space weather

The German government wants to build more gas power plants

Protection without ideology

Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shift

Tajikistan produces 25% of the world's antimony, a rare mineral used in strategic industries

Race for rare minerals brings boom to Tajikistan's mines

Waves crash into the Heng Fa Chuen residential district as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches near Hong Kong

Destructive force

Schools shut, flights axed as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong, south China

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025

Hour-long speech

'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN

Artemis 2 is now scheduled to orbit the moon in April 2026

NASA says on track to send astronauts around the Moon in 2026

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