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New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to protect grazing land from spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to absorb carbon emissions.

Loss of productive farmland

New Zealand farmers battle pine forests to 'save our sheep'

The fire at Kryoneri, near Athens, destroyed some homes and forced police to clear residents from the area

Greece asks for EU help in battling wildfires

NASA is making deep cuts in its workforce

Sweeping reforms

NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce

Almost 1,300 people had their blood samples taken to confirm exposure to the forever chemicals in a Belgian region

'This has to stop'

Belgian region grapples with forever chemical scandal

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has said that the US government 'will not sacrifice national prosperity, energy security, and the freedom of our people for an agenda that throttles our industries'

Overturning scientific fundamentals

Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren't harmful

The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados

Barbados thread snakes

World's smallest snake makes big comeback

Last year, 3.6 million hours of sewage spills were recorded in England

Contamination incidents rose by 60 percent

UK water pollution alarms summer bathers

An aerial view of a palm oil plantation (R) and a peatland forest in Bangsal, South Sumatra

Only 18.4 percent 'undisturbed'

'Lungs of the Earth': the Indonesians fighting for peatland

Aerial view of the solar microgrid at Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's community-owned solar power: alternative to frequent blackouts

The International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on climate change has been hailed a watershed moment in the fight against global warming.

International Court of Justice

Top court takes aim at fossil fuels in sweeping ruling

Campaigners and countries on the climate frontlines have already hailed the ruling

'Urgent and existential threat'

Major economies welcome 'milestone' ICJ climate ruling

The city is in the middle of what is forecast to be a week-long heatwave

Over 40 degrees

Acts of kindness help Athenians cope with heatwave

Before and after images of the A81 iceberg breaking off of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antartica in January 2023

Potential foresight

Tides could help predict when huge icebergs break loose: study

The Cattenom nuclear power plant in France, which has long championed atomic power in the EU

Atomic Brussels? Support for nuclear power gains ground in EU

Tens of thousands were evacuated across Manila earlier this week by floodwaters

Alongside tropical storm

Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears

Step up: Walking even just a little more every day could have big health benefits

International study

Walking 7,000 steps a day a huge boost to health: research

Head chief of the volcanic island of Ambrym, George Bumseng, stands next to a wooden statue in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila on July 24, 2025

Vanuatu island chief 'very impressed' by global climate decision

The Cook Islands is waging a war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already weakened by climate change

Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish

Threatened archipelago

Pacific climate pioneer still fears for island nation's future

Brazil recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ituna/Itata, a territory in the Brazilian Amazon the size of Sao Paulo, near the village of Ita’aka, seen here

Northern Brazil

Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land

Southern California Edison, whose power lines are suspected of having started the huge blaze that ripped through the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, says it will pay compensation even without any formal finding it was at fault

Suspected starting point

Power company says to pay compensation over LA fire

The International Court of Justice has paved the way for reparations to countries affected by climate change

World's top court paves way for climate reparations

Landmark court ruling

Five ways Pacific island nations are tackling climate change

A mosaic outside a home in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii reading:

Puzzle of the past

AI helps Latin scholars decipher ancient Roman texts

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the USDA headquarters building in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2025

US bans vaccine ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers

Up to 1,090 million tonnes of CO2

Lightning strikes claim 320 million trees annually, study reveals

For the last four decades experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears

The eye-opening science of close encounters with polar bears

Between 40C and 44C are expected in some parts of Greece

Greece mulls water-saving moves as heatwave intensifies

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