Reports and Studies
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Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales’ breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales. Scientists flew drones…
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Five killed as US military destroys two more vessels in Pacific Ocean
United States forces have killed five more people on board vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll from…
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Sir David Attenborough’s London – why he wouldn’t live anywhere else
Lying on his side on a dark summer night earlier this year, Sir David Attenborough is watching a hedgehog snuffling…
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Polar bear mother adopts cub in rarely documented case
Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada have witnessed something exceedingly rare: a mother bear adopting a cub that…
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Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
Here are the year’s breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed. This year’s environmental backdrop is familiar: emissions…
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Spain’s commitment to renewable energy may be in doubt
On the edge of the sleepy town of Figueruelas, a single, vast wind turbine spins around, casting its shadow over…
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How polar bears’ DNA is adapting to warmer climates
New research has suggested that polar bears could be rewriting their DNA in order to adapt to warmer climates. Researchers…
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‘Like wastelands’: Sri Lanka tea plantations suffer Cyclone Ditwah’s wrath
Sundaram Muttupillai, 46, had been working on a tea estate in Thalawakelle in Sri Lanka’s central district of Nuwara Eliya…
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The undersea mountains where sharks rule
Under the vast undulating surface of the ocean, “constellations” of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are…
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Does Japan’s megaquake warning mean the ‘big one’ is coming?
After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck north-eastern Japan on Monday, authorities again warned of the possibility of a future megaquake.…
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