From NPR Mermaids, giants and huge eyes look up from the waters near Talamone, Italy. It’s one fisherman’s way of protecting fishing grounds from the damage of trawling nets. Artists’ sculptures are sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea…

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Pallab GhoshGwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer ShareSave Amanda Clark/Cabinet Office Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about space after using her father’s…

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Simon King ShareSave BBC Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London…

From BBC A new law in Brazil could cause “significant environmental harm and human rights violations”, and represents a “rollback for decades” of protections in Brazil, including for the Amazon, a UN expert has told BBC News. Plans to speed…

From NPR The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars. (Image credit: Tierney L. Cross) Read the full article from NPR

From NPR The Trump administration has effectively eliminated two rules designed to promote cleaner cars. Now, as the EPA suggests not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last rule is poised to fall. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan) Read the…

The Arctic island of Svalbard is so reliably frigid that humanity bet its future on the place. Since 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — set deep in frozen soil known as permafrost — has accepted nearly 1.4 million samples…

From NPR Much of the country is deep in the middle of a heat wave right now. And every summer, Duane Stilwell’s town in Arizona seems to get hotter. It has him worried — and he’s not the only one.…

From NPR The twilight zone of the ocean is a mysterious place. At 200-1000 meters below the surface, it’s a tough place to study. That’s why, during World War II, people reading sonograms from this zone were perplexed when it…

From BBC Greece continued to battle major wildfires across the country amid a severe heatwave, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday. Firefighters were working on…