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

Rainforests in Australia's northern tropics are no longer acting as net carbon sinks, according to new research.

'Very concerning' trend

Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: study

The implosion of the Titan submersible in 2023 killed all five passengers onboard

US agency blames faulty engineering for Titanic sub disaster

A court ruled that while youth plaintiffs had presented 'overwhelming' evidence the administration's actions would further destabilize the climate, their case 'must be made to the political branches or to the electorate'

Fossil fuel expansion

Judge 'reluctantly' tosses youth case challenging Trump climate policies

The jump in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year is the highest ever recorded, according to the UN

Biggest one-year jump

CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UN

Quorn, in central England, was flooded after heavy snow and rain in January

Current efforts not enough

Climate advisers warn UK to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

India is home to the majority of the world's remaining wild Asian elephants, like this herd bathing in Assam

Already endangered

Jumbo drop in estimates of India elephant population

China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, and will determine the planet's climate change trajectory

Prosecutors, not activists

In China, climate litigation starts with the state

Republicans are moving to block what they describe as 'lawfare against the energy industry'

'They have no shame'

US Republicans seek to shield oil giants as climate lawsuits advance

Brazil, India, Italy and Japan have vowed to dramatically increase production and consumption of renewable fuels ahead of the UN's planned climate summit in Belem, Brazil

Brazil, other nations agree to quadruple sustainable fuels

Washington has threatened to sanction countries supporting a UN plan to cut maritime emissions

Net Zero Framework

China, EU stand firm on shipping emission deal despite US threats

Anti-drone measures are being tested at a former Soviet airfield in eastern Germany

An increasing challenge

At secluded German airport, researchers tackle tricky drone defence

SpaceX's Starship rocket 38 launches during the 11th test flight on October 13, 2025 as seen from South Padre Island in Texas

Amid concerns of over-promises

SpaceX launches Starship megarocket on successful test flight

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) talks to Petrobras President Magda Chambriard

Can oil pay for its own demise?

Black gold, green promises: Brazil's climate paradox

Globally, deforestation is driven overwhelmingly by the expansion of agriculture.

Ahead of UN climate summit

Global goal to end deforestation nowhere near being met: experts

Brazil is expecting 50,000 people to attend the UN COP30 climate summit in Belem

Much-hyped summit

Brazil hopes Amazon summit can unite world for climate action

The claims were brought on behalf of 1.6 million motorists against 14 carmakers

Rocked auto industry for a decade

Massive UK dieselgate lawsuit reaches court

Death toll risen sharply

At least 64 dead, 65 missing in Mexico floods

Scientists camped out high on a glacier in Tajikistan to take the ice core samples

'Karakoram anomaly'

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

At least 44 people have died due to floods and landslides in Mexico in October 2025

Caused by seasonal shift & cloud formation

In minutes, Mexico's rains swept away homes and people

Belem in northern Brazil is known as the gateway to the Amazon rainforest

A decade since the Paris Agreement

Trees, targets and trillions: what's on the agenda at COP30?

Brazil is expecting 50,000 people to attend the UN COP30 climate summit in Belem

50,000 attendees expected

Brazil hopes COP30 in Amazon can unite world for climate action

The US soybean harvest is underway but a strong yield won't guarantee a good income for farmer Travis Hutchison

China halting orders

US soybean farmers battered by trade row with China

Coral reefs are highly sensitive to changing conditions in the oceans and global warming poses the greatest threat to these vibrant ecosystems.

Point of no return

World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts

128 new moons: Advances in technology change our view of the solar system

The RRS Sir David Attenborough is set to depart to undertake research in the Antarctic as part of the British Antarctic Survey

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back

Seychelles' opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential run-off

Environmental concerns

Seychelles opposition leader wins presidential run-off

Covid-19 infection causes changes to sperm in mice that may increase anxiety in their offspring, according to Australian researchers

Concerns for future generations

Covid virus changes sperm in mice, may raise anxiety in offspring: study

Albania experienced a summer of devastating forest fires

Climate disaster

Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating fires

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