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What is the current state of Luxembourg's forests and what lies ahead for them?

The US military conducted nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in July 1946

'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing

Author Judith Enck argues it is not too late to reduce the use of plastic, which has surged in the last twenty years

Calls for regulation

Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible

The world's biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on January 21, 2026, for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster

Despite safety concerns

Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant

Climate scientists say that human-driven global warming is bringing hotter summers, worse droughts, fiercer wildfires and other destructive weather events

Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up

Pakistan was classified in 2024 as the third most-polluted country in the world

World's third-most polluted country

With monitors and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight for clean air

The UN says new language is needed to describe the crisis state of the world's water basins and aquifers

Beyond the point of recovery

UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy'

A resident and her dog after a fire destroyed areas of Lirquen, Chile

Four-day deadly wildfires

Chile blaze victims plead for help from razed neighborhoods

Commercial deep-sea mining seeks to harvest potato-sized "polymetallic nodules" containing cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese

Experts raise alarm

US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters

Could something be creating oxygen in the total darkness at the bottom of the ocean?

Could challenge Earth's life origins

Scientists plan deep-sea expedition to probe 'dark oxygen'

Grab your binoculars

Luxembourg residents invited to tally garden birds from 23–25 January

A resident in front of charred ruins in Concepcion, one of the cities hit by wildfires in southern Chile

Over 50,000 people displaced

Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 19

Heavy rains and storms have battered the two southern African countries for weeks, claiming more than 30 lives in South Africa's northeastern Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces

Heavy rains and storms

South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region

Dangerous encounters

Asteroids and the need for planetary defence

Born with rare birth defect

Against all odds: How Noa Majerus won the battle for his life

Hailed as miracle weight-loss drug

Sale of Ozempic no longer limited to diabetic patients

January 2026 Sky Guide

Deep winter nights ahead

Two die in Savoie as authorities warn of further avalanches

Aerospace and mechatronics engineer

Wheelchair user flies into space, a first

Winter spectacle

Geminid meteor shower set to light up Luxembourg skies on Sunday – if cloud allows

Winter lights, hidden cost

Why Christmas lights matter more than you think

Like 'a fever dream'

Luxembourg young scientists make podium in Mexico

Against vaccine-sceptic claims

MRNA Covid vaccines don't lead to increased mortality, new study finds

A "stormy and highly active spiral galaxy named NGC 1792" taken by the Hubble telescope

Including 3I Atlas

NASA and European Space Agency release stunning new pictures

Winter moon in Eschdorf

December lookahead

How to best see the winter night sky in Luxembourg

Experts are meeting at the Tour Pleyel skyscraper to begin drafting the next UN climate report

International consensus challenged

Experts work on UN climate report amid US pushback

Dozens of people were killed in Indonesia's Aceh province, where residents cleared mud from flooded homes

Thailand, Indonesia begin clean-up after massive floods kill hundreds

Sri Lanka is in its northeast monsoon season, but rainfall has intensified because of Cyclone Ditwah

Sri Lanka flood, landslides toll rises to 123: official

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