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Details 30 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Cities hold the key to accelerating the transition to electric freight and boosting energy security, new analysis from C40 Cities, University of Exeter and Arup reveals. Cities hold the key to accelerating the transition to electric freight and boosting energy security, new analysis from C40 Cities, University of Exeter and Arup reveals.

Details 30 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests. Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests.

Details 30 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode A new “prescription for the planet” aims to address the deepening environmental crisis. A new “prescription for the planet” aims to address the deepening environmental crisis. An international team of researchers set out to understand why climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution continue to worsen despite increased green policies and funding.

Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode New June temperature records at Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg weather station were broken on back-to-back days during the recent heatwave. New June temperature records at Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg weather station were broken on back-to-back days during the recent heatwave.

Details 29 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode In the summer of 2015, just a few hours after Florida native Justin Grubich noticed a light abrasion on his elbow, he knew something was terribly wrong. In the summer of 2015, just a few hours after Florida native Justin Grubich noticed a light abrasion on his elbow, he knew something was terribly wrong. “I woke up in the middle of the night, and my elbow had blown up, like a pimple coming off of it,” he remembered.

Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Across the globe, human activities are changing the way our planet smells. In Egypt, increasing temperatures are shrinking yields of aromatic jasmine flowers; in France, extreme drought has reduced the production of fragrant, night-blooming tuberose, a major ingredient in many perfumes; in Italy, climatic extremes are altering the characteristic floral, citrusy scent of bergamot.

Details 29 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study. Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study.

Details 29 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Microscopic plankton are among the most important organisms on Earth. Microscopic plankton are among the most important organisms on Earth. Phytoplankton produce around half of the oxygen we breathe, while plankton as a whole underpin marine food webs, support fisheries, help regulate carbon, and sustain life across the ocean.

Details 26 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population. Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population. That means that birds breeding in the Netherlands run into each other again in Africa, while, for instance, Spanish populations also end up close together.

Details 26 June 2026 Typography Font Size Default Reading Mode A new study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health finds that weather conditions such as temperature and humidity can help predict when flu outbreaks occur and how severe they will become across North, Central and South America.