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

El Nino can lead to droughts in some parts of the world and flooding in others

Weather phenomenon

This year's El Nino likely to become record-breaker: top expert

A health ministry worker showing vaccine doses for an immunisation campaign in Guatemala

Refreshed sense of urgency

Jolted by Ebola, countries try again to finish pandemic treaty

An artist's impression of a quasar, the black hole-powered brightest objects in the universe

Universe's brightest objects

Oldest quasars ever discovered add to 'perplexing' space mystery

Surfers in Guam have taken advantage of high waves ahead of the storm's arrival in the region

'Catastrophic' Super Typhoon Bavi aims at US Pacific island Rota

A tailored approach

Tackling wild boar overpopulation at Haff Réimech

Hidden all along?

Green toad confirmed in Luxembourg for the first time

Scientists are determining whether a new species of ghost shark has been discovered in waters off Costa Rica

Latest discovery

New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

Workers secure a gas station ahead of the arrival of the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on July 3, 2026.

'Super typhoon' Bavi heads for US Pacific islands

Scientists say heatwaves are becoming stronger and longer due to climate change.

Not in a good way

One for the history books: what we know about the European heatwave

Darkness returns

The July night sky in Luxembourg

Oceans store about 90 percent of the excess heat trapped in the Earth's climate by excess greenhouse gases

Ahead of El Niño

World's oceans break June heat record: EU monitor

D'Pisciculture zu Lëntgen.

High water temperatures threaten Luxembourg's aquatic life

The World Bank said it was renewing its climate policy indefinitely but dropped climate-financing targets that the Trump administration has objected to

After objections from Trump administration

World Bank drops climate finance targets in renewed action plan

Den Hydrolog Laurent Pfister a sengem Labo zu Bieles.

Rising temperatures

Luxembourg heading towards a Mediterranean-style climate, says hydrologist Laurent Pfister

France is still facing a weekend of extreme heat

Records shattered

Latest developments in Europe's heatwave

Small rocks, big questions

Asteroid Day returns to Luxembourg

The Po River has never fallen this low so early in the year

'Never dropped so fast, so early'

Farmers fear drought as Italy's longest river runs dry

Switzerland's glaciers are taking a hammering from the European heatwave

Swiss glaciers facing drastic loss from heatwave: expert

Switzerland's Beznau plant, near the northern border with Germany, is Europe's oldest functioning nuclear reactor

Europe's oldest

Swiss nuclear plant shut down due to heatwave

Weather comparison

Places in Luxembourg could feel like Dubai on Saturday

The first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our home galaxy the Milky Way

The 'point of no return'

'Fingerprints' of black hole's event horizon detected for first time

Asteroid zooming past Earth on Saturday visible to stargazers

An image of the bright heart of the Milky Way taken by Europe's Euclid space telescope

Captured over 26 hours

Euclid telescope snaps best photo yet of Milky Way's heart

The world's population is suffering through more extreme heat stress driven by climate change, according to a new study

Propelled by climate change

Dangerous 'heat stress' has surged worldwide, study shows

Based on new study

Heavy drivers can save hundreds of euros each month by switching to electric

Summer solstice

The longest day of the year in Luxembourg

FIFA president Gianni Infantino flew to 10 matches in seven days at the World Cup including co-hosts USA against Paraguay at the Los Angeles Stadium

FIFA draws criticism as Infantino clocks up air miles at World Cup

German forecasters warned of severe heat in parts of the country but also thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain

'Intense and long-lasting' heatwave

Europe swelters as more heat records set to tumble

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