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Science & Environment

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

The report found that last year was the UK's fourth warmest since 1884

Way of life 'under threat'

New UK weather records being set 'very frequently': report

Eyes on the sky

From comet debris to night show: what are meteor showers?

Some visitors have been evacuated from the Grand Canyon in Arizona

Dragon Bravo Fire

Tourists, residents evacuated from Grand Canyon due to wildfires

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott meet local emergency services personnel as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas

During State visit

Trump voices shock at devastating scale of Texas flood damage

Some visitors have been evacuated from the Grand Canyon in Arizona

Visitors to remain calm

Part of Grand Canyon evacuated as wildfire spreads

People cool off in front of Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, as the Russian capital sweltered under record heat

Hottest since 1996

Moscow sizzles in record-breaking heatwave

The seals have been nurtured at a rehabilitation centre in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda

Imperilled by climate change

Lithuania bids to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede

Shark attacks are rare in ocean-loving Australia, and most serious bites are from three species: bull sharks, great whites, and tiger sharks, according to a national data base

Migratory predators

Bull sharks linger in warming Sydney waters

Solar had never before been Europe's top energy source, consultants say

According to energy think tank

Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants

A search-and-rescue helicopter flies over Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, where severe flash flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend left more than 120 people dead and another 170 missing

Early alerts could have saved lives

Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll hits 120

Recoolit began working in Indonesia in 2021 to tackle what it considers an often-overlooked contributor to climate change: refrigerants

'Preserving nature'

In Indonesia, a start-up captures coolants to stop global warming

Moo Deng at two months old on September 15, 2024

Four-day festival

'Hippo Birthday': Thailand's Moo Deng marks one year old

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has been tapped to serve as interim administrator of US space agency NASA

Trump taps transport chief to be interim NASA administrator

Fishermen are helping researchers to try to save an endangered salamander from extinction in Mexico's Lake Patzcuaro

Lake Patzcuaro salamander

Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian

In an interview, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island blamed the sweeping rollback of environmental protections on a flood of unlimited, anonymous corporate political spending, and said exposing the scale of this

Occupying instead of governing?

US senator warns of fossil fuel coup, economic reckoning

Drought-stricken south

Marseille residents return to burnt out homes after wildfire

The Texas floods death toll still risks surging as rescuers try to account for large numbers of unaccounted people

Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could surge

Scientists say climate change is making heatwaves longer and stronger, and Europe is particularly at risk

Deadly territory for vulnerable people

Climate change made European heatwave up to 4C hotter: study

Millions of people were exposed to high heat stress across the south and west of Europe

Copernicus report

Deadly temperatures blasted western Europe in record hot June

Scientists say climate change is making heatwaves longer and stronger, and Europe is particularly at risk.

Between records and health warnings

Climate change made European heatwave up to 4C hotter: study

First reported in Incheon in 2015, South Korea is now annually hit by a weeks-long infestation of 'lovebugs', a type of March fly

Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion

A fire in the nearby town of Pennes-Mirabeau sent plumes of acrid smoke billowing over Marseille

No deaths reported

France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport, halts trains

Online misinformation has surged since catastrophic flooding in Texas.

Texas floods: Misinformation across political spectrum sows confusion

Smoke billows from a forest fire near Pauls, in northeastern Spain

Thousands told to stay home as Spain forest fire rages

The 2,500-year-old Acropolis is built on a rock overlooking Athens

Temperatures over 40°

Acropolis shuts, outdoor work halted as heatwave scorches Greece

More than a 1,000 firefighters battled the flames overnight

Residents evacuated

Forest fire blazes in southern France

Rescuers are combing riverbanks in central Texas searching for victims of catastrophic floods that have left more than 100 people dead

Rescue efforts ongoing

Rescuers on horseback, with dogs search for Texas flood victims

During high tide on Nyangai island, Hassan Kargbo shows AFP where buildings used to stand

S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival

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