Environment
- Italian Alps: melting ice also exposes remnants of war
In the Italian Alps, retreating glaciers are exposing munitions from the First World War. The summer tally reported by RAI on 24 October exceeds 250…
- Scotland's waste: landfill decline and recycling diverge
Less waste going to landfill does not, by itself, establish progress in recycling. Statistics released on 27 October by Scotland's SEPA illustrate the…
- Greenhouse gases: how to read the new atmospheric records
The World Meteorological Organization's bulletin, released on 27 October 2026, reports new atmospheric records for three gases in 2025. The corresponding…
- Storms Austen and Boelo: one dead, homes left without power
Two storms, less than twenty-four hours apart, swept across north-western Europe over the weekend. Austen struck on Saturday 24 October and Boelo on…
- Climate: UNEP compares pathways after a 1.5°C overshoot
A climate report presented on 21 October by the United Nations Environment Programme examines how to limit an overshoot of 1.5°C and then return towards…
- Manta rays: coastal protection leaves part of the journey uncovered
A study published on 22 October in Frontiers in Fish Science identifies two patterns of ocean use among giant manta rays tracked in Central America:…
- Yerevan summit puts nature pledges to an implementation test
The United Nations biodiversity conference, which opened in Yerevan on 19 October, is examining what international commitments have delivered in…
- Climate: IPCC deadlocked over 2028 and 2029 reports
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suspended its 65th session, held in Addis Ababa, on October 16 after governments failed to agree on…