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

Aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin, president of The Mars Society, says efforts to reach the Red Planet should be seen as a journey of hope

Renowned Mars expert says Trump-Musk axis risks dooming mission

This handout photo from NASA shows images from NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover at its new home in Jezero Crater on February 21, 2021, after touching down on the planet several days earlier

US national priority

The promise and peril of a crewed Mars mission

Smoke rises from Guatemala's Fuego volcano

Hundreds evacuated as Guatemalan volcano erupts

Dehorning rhinos leaves only small horn rumps that deter most poachers

Dehorning of S.African rhinos slashed poaching: study

Indigenous rights and environmental activists have continued to call for justice in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira

Freelanced for Washington Post and the Guardian

Brazil charges man with killings of UK journalist, activist

NGOs accuse TotalEnergies of 'misleading commercial practices' for saying it could reach carbon neutrality while continuing oil and gas production

Accused of misleading consumers

TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France

The Baltic has become one of the most heavily polluted marine ecosystems on the planet

Roadmap on marine conservation

EU eyes leadership role on oceans ahead of UN summit

The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world's largest dead marine zones, mainly due to excess nutrient runoff into the sea from human activities on land

Decades of pollution

Ailing Baltic Sea in need of urgent attention

120 billion a year

Greenpeace slams Coca-Cola for producing billions of plastic bottles

Operations have grown around Weda Bay, the world's largest nickel mine by production, on Halmahera island as Indonesia exploits the metal reserves

Environmental damage

Indonesia allowing nickel industry abuses to go unchecked: report

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with his NATO counterparts in Brussels

US pressures NATO to seal deal on ramping up defence spending

Vaccination is very effective against diphtheria, a highly contagious bacterial infection

Highly contagious bacterial infection

Europe suffers its largest diphtheria outbreak in 70 years

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla blasts off into space next week as the first Indian to join the International Space Station

Fighter pilot takes next giant step for India's space plans

Morocco's King Mohammed VI urged people to forego the traditional sheep sacrifice this year during Eid al-Adha

Foregoing sacrifices

Morocco set for sheepless Eid as drought persists

A sign pointing towards Starbase is seen on the road outside Brownsville, Texas

Prefabricated houses

Starbase city grows near Musk's launch site and wilderness refuges

Thousands of people, including those pictured here in Manitoba, have been evacuated

More people leave homes in Canada as huge wildfires spread

Just 8.4 percent of the world's oceans are designated marine protected areas, well below the global target of 30 percent by 2030

Concrete action missing

Pledge to protect oceans falling billions short: report

The Paris City Council called on parliament to pass a law granting the Seine legal personhood to enable 'an independent guardian authority to defend its rights in court'

Amid legal efforts to protect nature

Paris seeks personhood status for River Seine

An artist's illustration of an exoplanet and its star

Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists

Scientists previously modelled various impacts on climate change and other global challenges

Scientists long ago envisioned the end of climate cooperation

Vietnam's declining birth rate is posing challenges to the country's socio-economic development

Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines

Fernando Paneque, 84, is a regular at Havana's Juventud Acumulada (Forever Young) swimming club

'The sea rejuvenates you': Cuban seniors defy aging by diving in

Huge plumes from Canada's wildfires sometimes reach very high altitude, where they pose less of an immediate health risk

Worst yet to come

Canada, US warn of air quality hazards as Canadian fire smoke reaches Europe

Warming oceans cause coral to bleach, exposing them to disease and death by starvation

Frosty Noah's Ark

Coral frozen in time throws lifeline for Great Barrier Reef

The fishery off Canada's easternmost Newfoundland province had been a major economic driver for centuries, providing livelihoods for local and European fisherman

Stocks not fully recovered

Canada's reopened cod fishery on shaky ground

Zimbabwe is home to the second-biggest elephant population in the world

Private game reserve

Zimbabwe to cull elephants and distribute meat to people

The Woodhead reservoir in northern England hit its lowest level

Copernicus Climate Change Service

Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought in mid-May

The huge plumes are at very high altitude and pose no immediate health risk

At high altitude

Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor

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