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

Nations are trying to secure the world's first treaty on plastic pollution

Landmark treaty

Plastic pollution treaty talks open with 'global crisis' warning

Scientists documented the

Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread bleaching on record

With the return of wolves in Europe, sheep are in more danger

Predators targeting flocks

'Human presence': French volunteers protect sheep from wolves

BP has launched a major pivot back to its more profitable oil and gas business, shelving its once industry-leading targets on reducing carbon emissions and slashing clean energy investment

Pivot away from green energy

Oil giant BP surprises with better than expected earnings

BP has launched a major pivot back to its more profitable oil and gas business, shelving its once industry-leading targets on reducing carbon emissions and slashing clean energy investment

In contrast to rivals

Oil giant BP returns to profit in second quarter

A resident seated on a couch checks her mobile phone while cleaning her house following deadly flooding in Taishitun village, Miyun district, Beijing on August 5, 2025

Risk of natural disasters

Beijing lifts rain alert after tens of thousands evacuated

Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in Pakistan, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities

Ecological collapse

Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks

Northern Vietnam is sweltering under a blistering heatwave, with 17 places across seven provinces reporting record highs for the month of August

Record heatwave blasts northern Vietnam

Archaeologist Richard Oslisly leads a dig at Youmbidi Cave in eastern Gabon where unearthed vestiges of prehistoric human activity offer insight into central Africa's past

Ancient secrets

Gabon forest cave reveals clues about prehistoric central Africa

A newly built complex in Izmir province, along Turkey's western coast, where several local authorities have imposed daily drinking water restrictions

Prolonged drought

Water shortages spell trouble on Turkey's tourist coast

Nations are trying to secure the world's first treaty on plastic pollution

Three years of negotiations

Decision time as plastic pollution treaty talks begin

Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by heavy rains on Tuesday

Four high-tier storms in eight days

Hong Kong hit by flooding after flurry of rainstorm warnings

The Dragon Bravo fire continues to burn on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, a month after being started by lightning

Since independence day

Grand Canyon fire rages, one month on

People in Finland slept next to the cooling shelves in a grocery store to escape the heatwave

'Coolcations' ruined

Exceptional Nordic heatwave stumps tourists seeking shade

Threat to ecosystems

Pacific algae invade Algeria beaches, pushing humans and fish away

BP is undergoing a major overhaul to focus on its more profitable oil and gas business, shelving its once industry-leading renewable energy strategy

Fossil fuels back on the table

BP makes largest oil, gas discovery in 25 years off Brazil

Italy's competition authority accuses Shein of having 'adopted a misleading communication strategy regarding the characteristics and environmental impact of its clothing products'

'False and confusing'

Italy fines fast-fashion giant Shein for 'green' claims

The site of a landslide that swept away a section of road causing a car transporting five people to plunge into a ravine, in a mountainous area of Kaohsiung

Over two metres of rain

Torrential rain in Taiwan kills five over past week

Damaged cars seen at the end of July in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing after heavy rains caused widespread flooding

Triggered highest alert

Beijing issues new storm warning after deadly floods

The huge kite could provide electricity for remote outposts where traditional wind turbines are not practical

Blustery western seaboard

'Let's go fly a kite': Capturing wind for clean energy in Ireland

Chasing the Perseids

A stargazer's guide to August 2025

Heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent worldwide because of human-caused climate change, scientists say, and Japan is no exception

Hottest ever June and July

17 heat records broken in Japan

The broadcast of this dark, cold, and vibrant underwater universe has gone viral

Discovering new species

Patrick Star and 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater robot live stream captivates Argentines

Plastic waste has been found from the bottom of the seas to the tops of mountains

Fresh talks in Geneva

New push to reach plastic pollution pact

The Space Shuttle Discovery is currently housed in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia

Plan faces legal complications

Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback

Crew-11 mission astronauts pause outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to launch complex LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 1, 2025

Astronauts join six-month mission

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station

Japan sweats through hottest July on record

Crew-11 mission astronauts pause outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to launch complex LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 1, 2025

Four new ISS astronauts

International crew bound for space station

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