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

France said wanted to prioritise unity during the G7 environment minister talks in Paris.

Avoiding friction

G7 says nature talks a success as climate sidelined for US

El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

Worldwide changes

Warming El Nino set to return in mid-2026: UN

Greece is attracting record numbers of tourists

Over 250 beaches

Greece expands sunbed-free beach list for 2026

Climbers must cross the Khumbu icefall, a constantly shifting maze of crevasses and ice blocks, to reach higher on Mount Everest

Ahead of spring climbing season

Glacier block delays route-setting on Everest

Picker Slobodan Velickovic inspects bushes

Plant thrives in harsh conditions

Wild Balkan berries keep gin taste steady as climate shifts

Wildfire spreading in Otsuchi town, Iwate Prefecture

More than 2,500 urged to evacuate homes

Wildfires spread towards northern Japan town

Eng 500 bis 600 Leit, dorënner vill Kanner, waren um Marche pour la terre 2026 an der Stad mat dobäi.

World Earth Day

Several hundred people join march for the Earth

Super or sensational?

El Niño: How the 2026 'godzilla' weather event could impact Luxembourg

Women dominate 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin

Prioritizing economy

Merz says climate policy must not 'endanger' German industry

Solar panels being installed at the CNNC Tianwan photovoltaic power plant in Lianyungang, China, on April 19, 2026

End of fossil fuel era?

Mideast war lights fire under energy transition plans

This year's COP31 is being co-hosted with Turkey staging the summit in Antalya but Australia chairing the climate negotiations.

Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Renewables key to buffer fossil fuel energy shock: COP31 co-hosts

NASA's Curiosity rover has been searching for signs of possible past life on Mars since 2012

Scientific breakthrough

Rover discovers more building blocks of life on Mars

Following deadly UK outbreak

Protecting yourself against meningitis in Luxembourg

Divers and helpers try to rescue a stranded humpback whale on March 26, 2026 before it managed overnight to swim into deeper waters

Struggle for survival

Whale stranded on German coast swims off, gets stuck again

The global energy crisis triggered by the Iran war has seen some countries rely on coal to meet short-term demand.

More than 50 countries attending

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

More than 190 countries agreed to transition away fromfossilfuelsat the COP28 meeting in Dubai in 2023, but little progress has been made on the issue since then

A look at some key factors

Money, lobbyists, inertia: why fossil fuels are so hard to quit

How to catch the Lyrids over Luxembourg on the night of 22 April

Actress Michelle Yeoh attended the 12th Breakthrough Prize ceremony

Research achievements

Hollywood, Silicon Valley turn out for the 'Oscars of Science'

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by oil and gas companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits

Unanimous ruling

US Supreme Court sides with Chevron in environmental case

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 16, 2026, shows satellite images obtained from Copernicus Sentinel Data 2026 showing the Cerros de la Plaza glacier (L) with some snow cover on December 28, 2015, and without snow cover in February 28, 2026 in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, northeastern Colombia. Where there used to be ice, now there are only rocks: one of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Colombian Andes has vanished due to the high temperatures driven by climate change. Satellite images show how the ice sheet covering the mountain gradually shrank from 2015 until it disappeared in March 2026.

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

Global warming causes Colombian glacier to disappear

So far, around 2,000 have made the switch to microbial solutions -- a fraction of the province's 100,000 rice farmers, but a start

Thai farmers pin hopes on microbes to end annual burning crisis

New research has cast doubt on Alzheimer's drugs once hailed as a gamechanger

Some experts criticise the research

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to potentially expand the controversial practice of fracking in Mexico

To reduce dependence on US fossil fuels

Mexican farmers raise alarm over Sheinbaum's fracking proposal

A critically endangered Bornean orangutan holds her newborn at Madrid Zoo Aquarium after the infant's birth on April 2

Life finds a way

Critically endangered orangutan born at Madrid zoo

Amid Russian attacks

Greenpeace warns of potential 'catastrophic' Chernobyl collapse

NASA's SLS rocket carried four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, taking off on April 1, 2026 from Florida

Not about flags

Artemis II and the real reasons we’re racing back to the Moon

The fish doorbell has proved very popular

Eel world problems: Dutch webcam 'doorbell' helps fish

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