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

An Israeli fighter jet returning to base flies above an area near Tel Aviv on September 26, 2024

Played a 'role in genocide'

25 oil-supplying states accused of 'complicity' in Gaza war

UNEP chief Inger Andersen says the world is making progress to bend the curb on global warming, just not fast enough.

We need to talk about our fossil fuel addiction: UNEP chief

Scientists earlier this year warned that bird flu had sparked the worst die-off on record for southern elephant seals

At Antarctica wildlife haven

'Bleak' future for seals decimated by bird flu, scientists warn

Australia and Turkey are both bidding to host COP31 next year and neither is backing down

Unwanted distraction

Battle brews over Australia or Turkey hosting next COP

Vast can put an astronaut into space for less than $100 million, says company advisor former NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel

Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS

This undated and unlocated picture shows Hitler relaxing with his mistress Eva Braun

Kallmann Syndrome

Hitler likely had genetic condition limiting sexual development: research

The landmark European law on corporate sustainability was hailed by green and civil society groups but loathed by firms

Environmental and human rights rules

Right-tilting EU parliament backs unpicking green business rules

The Zanzibar sponge cooperative has offered a new and lucrative source of income for locals

Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

Australia is campaigning to co-host next year's UN climate summit alongside Pacific Islands neighbours

Nation dependent on fossil fuel

Australia's opposition ditches commitment to net zero emissions

Belgian start-up Permafungi is pitching mushroom-based packaging as a fully biodegradable alternative to polystyrene and other plastic

Sustainable production

Mushroom material takes on plastic packaging at Belgian start-up

The forest outside Arslanbob in the Kyrgyz mountains is the world's biggest wild walnut grove

Hit by overgrasing livestock

In Kyrgyzstan, world's largest natural walnut forest thins away

Scientists say climate change was likely directly responsible for freak rains that turned the Argentine Pampas into a wetland

Farmers worried

Record rains turn Argentina's farm-filled Pampas plains to wetlands

Brazilian indigenous leader and environmentalist Chief Raoni Metuktire suggested he would give the country's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an earful over a controversial oil exploration project

Over oil exploration

Brazil tribal chief ready to give Lula a 'talking-to'

The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, glows on the horizon over the waters of Brighton Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand early on November 13, 2025

Spectacular displays

Solar storm brings new chance of vivid auroras, signal disruptions

Scientists found that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will be 1.1 percent higher in 2025 than a year ago

1.5°C goal essentially 'impossible'

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025: study

Governor of California Gavin Newsom has taken swipes at President Donald Trump at COP30 in Brazil

Party 'back on its feet'

Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor

Wind turbines and solar panels -- key to the world's geen energy transition -- are seen at a solar photovoltaic farm in Lingwu in China's northern Ningxia region

China hopes US will 'some day' return to climate fold, official tells AFP

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks during funeral services for Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee expert and environmentalist, at the Washington National Cathedral

Heartfelt tribute

Jane Goodall honored in Washington by conservationists including DiCaprio

The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, glows over a beach in Dunedin in New Zealand on November 13

Astronomers spot storm on another star for first time

In every scenario, China remains the largest market for renewable energy

Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA

Meteor shower in Wincrange

Get ready for the Leonids

What to expect and how to watch this month's celestial highlight

The researchers tried three different recordings on the squawking menaces

Chip-stealing predators

UK holidaymakers told to shout, not get in a flap over seagulls

Are brain implants the tech of the future? Some think neurotech could be as revolutionary as AI

AI-level changes?

'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution

Native to Latin America, the prosopis shrub-like tree has become a nightmare for Ethiopians

Once hailed as solution

Ethiopia's invasive prosopis tree chokes livelihoods and land

While Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, for his rapprochement with neighboring Eritrea, Ethiopia continues to face serious security challenges

Australia or Turkey?

Ethiopia set to host UN's 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecided

California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers a speech during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belem

Democrats present

'Trump is temporary': California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight

This year's Web Summit spotlights a kaleidoscope of startups from around the world

Davos for geeks

US-China tensions weigh on Lisbon's Web Summit

Une soigneuse nourrit des manchots à l'aquarium Sea Life de Londres, le 17 mai 2021

Welfare of 15 penguins in question

'It's un-British': lawmakers raise concerns about aquarium penguins

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