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Wildfire on remote French island threatens wildlife and climate research station

Amsterdam Island – part of France's Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean – has seen more than half its territory hit by a wildfire that started in late January. Officials are yet to evaluate the damage to the island, which is a haven of biodiversity and home to…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 15, 2025

An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 during that time.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2025

What's an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

'New' cycling funding is the biggest story in UK cycling today, but it's not new and it's not enough

Active Travel England has announced where £300 million for walking, wheeling and cycling will go, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed

Cycling Weekly · Feb 12, 2025

Trump claims sharks won’t be hurt by plastic straws as they ‘munch their way through ocean’

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning paper straws, declaring that they "don’t work" and calling for a return to plastic alternatives.

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Why inflation and Trump tariffs mean interest rate cuts are a drop in the ocean for UK small businesses

ANALYSIS : The interest rate cut is a step in the right direction, but small businesses are facing so many pressures that they will struggle to notice the benefit, experts tell Karl Matchett

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online?

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025

Scientists have some novel ideas to save the ice caps. Here are the most out-of-the-box suggestions

Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025

Don’t throw Salford’s groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin

The first winner of the Stirling Prize is a moment of ambition and distinctiveness in what might otherwise be an ocean of blandness. Let’s not demolish it, says the Observer’s architecture critic

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025

Flowers In The Sand: Families Mourn Senegal Migrants Lost At Sea

Fatou Fall defiantly faced the ocean and sadly laid a flower on Mbao beach near Senegal's capital Dakar in memory of her husband -- one of many who left on perilous clandestine crossings for Europe but never returned.

International Business Times · Feb 7, 2025