Things aren't as bad as they seem.

Geophysicists report evidence of a deposit 660 km below Earth’s surface that may hold more water than the Earth's oceans. Based on seismic data and high-pressure lab tests, the finding strengthens the case for a planet-wide water cycle linking Earth’s interior to its surface oceans.

New evidence points to vast water reservoir deep inside Earth

New evidence points to vast water reservoir deep inside Earth

26.10.2026

Heading layer

23.10.2026

India slashes cost of 137 cancer drugs after landmark court case

23.10.2026

Global poverty has fallen across every income threshold

23.10.2026

French factory turns millions of old jeans into insulation

23.10.2026

Being kind to yourself can ease severe premenstrual symptoms, study finds

23.10.2026

Kites and googly-eyed eye buoys help keep seabirds out of fishing nets

Gillnets pose a major threat to diving birds because they forage underwater and can get tangled in the mesh. Scientists conducted a study off the coast of Cornwall, fitting gillnets with bird-of-prey kites and buoys with googly eyes, which reduced unwanted seabird bycatch, such as guillemots and razorbills, by 71% and 59%, respectively.

21.10.2026

Haiti capoeira classes offer a route back from violence

21.10.2026

Retired doctors offer free health advice in Bolzano cafes

21.10.2026

Ghent museum turns local building waste into low-carbon bricks

21.10.2026

Volunteers replant rare tower mustard across London sites

Volunteers have grown more than 1,000 tower mustard plants and planted them across London, where the native wildflower had survived at only two sites. The Citizen Zoo and Habitats & Heritage project uses seed from remaining populations to restore pollinator habitat and test a community conservation model.

21.10.2026

Braille device makes STEM data readable across multiple lines

21.10.2026

Austria tests rare apple varieties for supermarket return

Spar Austria and Frutura are trialling two historic apple varieties, Ilzer Rosenapfel and Falchs Gulderling, in a Styrian orchard with 2,150 trees. The pilot will assess taste, yield, disease resistance and shelf life before deciding whether the fruit can return to wider retail.

20.10.2026

Rheas return to Patagonia National Park after years of work

20.10.2026

Zaragoza named EU Green Capital for 2028 environmental work

20.10.2026

Solent seabirds rebound with nesting support after avian flu

At Pagham harbor, sandwich terns have returned: after the 2022 bird flu outbreak, there was not a single breeding pair to be seen; only three years later, 756 pairs were counted this summer, producing 570 fledglings. RSPB habitat work, predator controls and patrols also helped gains for gulls, plovers, oystercatchers and little terns across the Solent.

20.10.2026

Paris sets €200 million plan to expand safer cycling routes

Paris will spend €200 million by 2032 to add 140 km of bicycle lanes, adapt 220 km of one-way streets for two-way cycling, and redesign 420 risky intersections. The plan responds to a 47% rise in cyclists since 2020 and aims to reduce crashes in a city where more than 1,000 cyclists were injured in 2024.

20.10.2026

Brazil approves 40-hour work week and bans six-day schedules

Brazil’s Congress has approved a constitutional amendment that cuts the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours and bans six-day schedules. The change is to be phased in gradually, will affect over 30 million workers, especially low-paid staff in retail, restaurants, and hotels.

20.10.2026

Lab study shows bleached corals can recover through contact

In a Stanford-led laboratory study, researchers closely paired bleached corals with healthy clones, making sure they touch each other. The bleached coral fragments fully recovered within just around seven weeks, indentifying a fast and easy pathway for stressed algae to return to full life.

17.10.2026

Antarctic ice loss is severe but not yet irreversible, report says