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Nature and Forest Agency

Luxembourg's forests at risk due to drought and high temperatures

The blaze has since Wednesday last week ravaged 42,000 hectares of pine forest -- an area larger than Detroit

Driven by climate change

Southern Europe 'becoming more flammable' in hotter climate, experts say

Ferry services between Romania and Bulgaria are temporarily suspended in two areas

River dropped to record low

Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria

Fourth heatwave

Is summer 2026 a foretaste of things to come?

The image is the first ever captured of an elusive companion star orbiting Betelgeuse

'Conclusion of a century-long quest'

First image taken of Betelgeuse's elusive companion star

One million animals -- including antelopes -- migrate through the South Sudanese site each year, leaving scars visible from the sky

First such listing

UN lists South Sudan antelope route as heritage in danger

France has evacuated thousands from tourist areas

Human-caused climate change

What are 'fire clouds', the ominous phenomenon seen in France?

Pallas's cat kittens, a species considered to be the world's oldest living feline, are seen in their enclosure at Kobe Animal Kingdom

One of the oldest living cat species

'Grumpy' Pallas kittens on display at Japan zoo

A juvenile humpback whale washed ashore after dying from domoic acid poisoning in Monterey Bay -- a sign of the ill effects of a marine heat wave in California

Negative changes to marine ecosystem

Whales at risk, hungry pelicans: Marine heat wave hits California

Officials have been forced to evacuate 1,200 people

Evacuees from Spain's wildfire struggle with scale of devastation

While the vessel was built in France, some 30 research centres from 12 countries are participating in the expedition

Research station

Floating igloo leaves France for polar exploration mission

This photo taken and released by Vietnam News Agency on July 17 shows rescue workers addressing the aftermath of flash floods in Muong Than Commune, Lai Chau Province

Northern provinces

Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 4

In New York and neighboring New Jersey, where the final will be played on Sunday in an open stadium, the metro area was experiencing air that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups

Unhealthy air quality alerts

Trump threatens to increase Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke pollution

One million animals -- including antelopes -- migrate through the South Sudanese site each year, leaving scars visible from the sky

Sending a message

UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change

Fishers are concerned about the large black-feathered bird's ravenous hunger for fish

From near-extinction to overabundance

'Chainsaw massacre': Europe mulls culls for fish-guzzling cormorant

More than 400 firefighters have been battling the growing blaze in the region of Aragon

Razed nearly 14,000 hectares

Fickle winds whip up huge Spanish wildfire

Brussels has been under intense pressure to overhaul the two-decade-old Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Emissions Trading System

EU reforms carbon market under pressure from industry

Miners taking part in wind turbine operation training at the Gorzyca Wind Farm

Green transition

From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

Thousands of hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest outside of Paris were burnt in a fire

Dozens arrested

Macron pledges 'zero tolerance' for arson after spate of fires in France

This aerial view shows deforested areas in the Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Nova Esperanca do Piria, Para State, Brazil

1.4 million hectares affected

Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study

Birds sit on tree branches in a wetland in Ulcinj on June 2, 2026.

Sprawling salt flats

'We don't have time': Montenegro's bird haven fading

People battle the heat with misting stations during extreme heat along the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2026

New climate reality

Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada

The UK experienced two unprecedented heatwaves in May and June

Profoundly different

UK climate now hotter, sunnier: weather agency

Wildfires that ravaged historic forest outside Paris contained

The grizzly bear could be threatened by a Trump administration rule change excluding habitat destruction from the definition of 'harm,' conservationists say

Excluded habitat destruction

Green groups sue to block Trump rule gutting species habitat protections

Ziel mir keng! Science Check

Quantum computers: opportunities and risks

Acetaminophen is the primary active ingredient in over-the-counter medications including Tylenol, and is the safest medication for treating pain and fever in pregnant women according to scientific and medical consensus

Unsubstantiated claims

US appeals court revives private cases alleging Tylenol link to autism

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A rare solar eclipse is coming this August

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