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India's Mayo College was once reserved for princes, but now educates a new elite

'Eton of the East'

India's school of maharajas now educating new elite

Floating turbines are particularly well suited to Japan as its deep coastal waters make fixing them to seabeds tricky

Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shift

Hundreds joined the protest against the facility for highly radioactive waste

Tear gas employed

French nuclear waste project sparks protest

Sri Lanka launched a campaign to eradicate giant snakehead and other invasive freshwater fish species by holding a fishing competition

Fragile ecosystems

Sri Lanka tries to hook anglers on invasive fish species

After the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, many businesses closed in East Germany, sparking a turbulent era of unemployment, population flight and social dislocation

Ex-communist region

East Germany's empty towns try to lure people with 'trial living'

Guterres said he was concerned that Nationally Determined Contributions, or national climate action plans, may not ultimately support the goal of limiting global warming

UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing'

UN Ocean Conference

What is the high seas treaty?

The research ship MV Anuanua Moana is pictured at a port in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, during an expedition to far-flung South Pacific waters in June 2025, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining.

International treaty protecting world's oceans to take effect

Some zebra stripes could help this cow fend off flies, according to Ig Nobel-winning research

Sillier side of science

Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners

A meteorite that broke off 2023 CXI and was found in northwestern France

Asteroid breakup

Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site

China exceeded its commitment for installed solar and wind power capacity six years earlier than planned in 2024

Dozens of countries expected

What to look for in China and Europe's climate plans

Joseph Lee, 19, one of the youth plaintiffs in the Lighthiser v. Trump case, says it was 'meaningful' to testify in the closely watched case

Against his fossil fuel agenda

Young plaintiffs stand tall after taking on Trump climate agenda in court

A flood control project intended to remedy the issue, like so many identified in the Philippines in recent weeks, has never been finished

Corruprion scandal

Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded

Vantara says it has 150,00 animals at its sprawling facility in India

Tapanuli orangutans

How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?

A wildfire burns on Canada's Vancouver Island in August

May not meet 2030 goal

Progress stalled on Canada's pollution reduction goal

The EU is wrangling over its climate targets with the clock ticking down on a key UN deadline

Plans to fight global warming for 2035

EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding 'embarrassment'

Australia's goals are above those of Canada and neighbouring New Zealand, but below the United Kingdom which is one of the most ambitious in the world

After warnings of threat to homes and livelihoods

Australia unveils 'anti-climactic' new emissions cuts

An essential part of daily life

Chimpanzees consume alcohol daily

Nine deaths and 24 cases in September

India health alert after 'brain-eating' amoeba rise

Drought in late August 2025 in Europe and the Mediterranean

More than half of the land affected

Europe, Mediterranean coast saw record drought in August: AFP analysis of EU data

Scientists are still untangling the mess created by a decades-old butterfly heist

'Taxonomic mess'

Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist

A complete petrified skeleton of an ancestor of modern porpoises dating back more than 10 million years is unveiled at the Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET) in Lima on September 17, 2025

3.5 meters long

12-million-year-old porpoise fossil found in Peru

View of the facade of the newly renamed COP30 hotel, located in the city center of Belem

COP30 UN climate conference

Only 40% of countries have booked lodging for Amazon climate meet

John Podesta, senior advisor to former president Joe Biden, says Trump is trying to erode global consensus on climate change

Heading 'in the wrong direction'

Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide

Ostriches may be ground-bound, but their ancestors could take flight, a new study says

Ostrich and emu ancestor could fly, scientists discover

Rome had the highest number of deaths linked to climate change this summer, according a new rapid study

Based on projections

Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: study

Pet owners rearing the four species have been asked to notify the authorities and hand them over so the fish can be confined to state-run aquariums

Including piranhas

Sri Lanka to ban predatory pet fish to protect ecosystems

Brightly colored birds like toucans and macaws, boxes of tortoises, and monkeys and a python were among 700 rescued animals taken to a central facility to receive expert care

700 animals rescued

Toucans, tortoises saved in major Brazil trafficking bust

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