From BBC 5 hours ago ShareSave ShareSave Getty Images Water companies spilled raw sewage for a record time of 3.61m hours into sea and rivers in England in 2024, according to data from the Environment Agency. Rules allow a limited…

From BBC 9 hours ago ShareSave Alex Boyd & Lucy Hooker BBC News ShareSave The number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030, the environment secretary has pledged. Steve Reed told the BBC’s Sunday…

From BBC 14 hours ago ShareSave Ione Wells Reporting fromChile ShareSave BBC Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but…

From NPR How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI. (Image credit: Bradford Hollingsworth) Read the full article from NPR

President Trump was in Pittsburgh whipping up support for building data centers and the gas infrastructure to power them. But many worry that electricity ratepayers will get stuck with higher bills as demand for energy grows. A new online tool…

From NPR China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the…

From NPR Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency. (Image credit: Hellio & van Ingen/IBAP) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC Serious pollution incidents by water companies have risen 60% in a year, according to the Environment Agency. In total there were 2,801 pollution incidents in England in 2024, the highest on record, compared with 2,174 in 2023. Of…

From BBC 8 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge ShareSave PNRA/IPEV An ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived in the UK where scientists will melt it…