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Are Arctic plants cooperating to survive a warming climate?

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Squid take over the North Sea: What's behind the squid boom?

In the North Sea, cephalopods are appearing in growing numbers. Fishermen are catching more squid and octopus, a trend likely tied to rising sea temperatures.

Earth News

Marmolada, shrinking ice and weaker permafrost: 'Dolomites under strain'

Marmolada glacier in retreat, permafrost deteriorating and high-altitude water dwindling: Legambiente warns of a crisis in the Venetian Dolomites

Europe News

Torrential rain and flooding causes damage in Northern Italy

Italy has been battered by a severe weather front, with violent storms, gale-force winds and intense lightning hitting Liguria, Lombardy and northern Tuscany.

Earth News

Heatwave in France: 2026 sets record for rockfalls in the Alps

The summer of 2026 saw an unprecedented wave of landslides in the French Alps, especially around Mont Blanc, driven by extreme heat and thawing permafrost.

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Champagne harvest: why picking begins as early as mid-August

In Champagne, the grape harvest began as early as mid-August, unprecedented for some growers, after heat and drought sped up ripening and forced them to change their methods.

Climate

Mediterranean sea has warmed by 2°C this summer – here’s why

Europe’s rapidly warming oceans have ‘severe ecological impacts’ and a clear cause, study finds.

Earth News

Germany’s ‘summer of extremes’ ignites debate over climate law

Germany’s coalition government is split over putting climate protection in the constitution.

Climate

Can Alpine snowmaking equipment help fight summer forest fires?

Kilometres of underground water pipes could prove useful beyond the winter months as the risk of wildfires grows even in places like Switzerland.

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Soaring stingray numbers off California beaches drive record injuries

California is seeing unusually large numbers of round stingrays near its beaches, as warmer coastal waters and an expected strong El Niño draw the animals closer to shore.

Business

Heatwaves push air conditioning to top of French property wish lists

French homebuyers now place much greater weight on a property's exposure, shutters, air conditioning, ventilation and nearby trees to shield them from heat.

Europe News

Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70% of France

A series of heatwaves over the past three months, compounded by drought, have broken temperature records, caused thousands of excess deaths, and fuelled massive wildfires.

Climate

Meet the kayaking islanders determined to protect the sinking Maldives

From protesting against a mangrove-damaging reclamation project to organising beach clean ups, Maldivian youth are defending their home and identity.

World News

Party in the dry Danube riverbed: many call it a natural disaster

Just as musicians kept playing on the Titanic while the ship went down, in Budapest, the exposed bed of the shrinking Danube River has become a party spot.

Climate

2026 isn’t breaking heat records yet – but El Niño could change that

This summer's heat is human caused, not from El Niño – but the climate phenomenon is set to release pent-up ocean heat.

World

EU's Ribera slams climate deniers as wildfires rage: 'They are lying'

In her interview with Euronews, Ribera took aim at 'dangerous and stupid' European politicians who cast doubt on climate science and dismiss environmental policies as ideological rather than grounded in evidence.

Culture news

George and Amal Clooney forced to leave French home due to wildfires

As wildfires continue to ravage parts of southern Europe, the celebrity couple say they have “no idea” whether their French property will survive.