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Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation

A judge in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle from a protected area of former rainforest in the Amazon

From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka’s natural flood buffers

Sri Lanka’s capital is transforming floating garbage patches into biodiverse wetlands which are teeming with life.

Constantine Arch in Rome damaged by lightning during violent storm

Residents tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after more than 60mm of rainfall falls on Rome in less than an hour

Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, say researchers

Europe’s abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes to their wilderness before human intervention.

Pantanal waterway project would destroy a ‘paradise on Earth’, scientists warn

The South American wetland, which falls within Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, would be vulnerable to biome loss and increased wildfires

‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers

Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the Alps

How Paris Cleaned Up the Seine, and Where to Swim

Eight years after Paris city officials resolved to clean up the Seine once and for all, the city has declared victory over E. coli

Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean

Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor.

Greece shuts Acropolis and Adriatic Sea hits record-high temperature as extreme heat bakes Europe

The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot” heat wave.

Dubai heatwave: Temperature feels like 62°C as scientists explain extreme conditions

Dubai is experiencing an intense heatwave with the “feels like” temperature soaring to 62C (143.6 Fahrenheit), according to US-based weather reports.

Secret ‘sky island’ rainforest saved by new discoveries

Perched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what’s known as a “sky island” and is the largest rainforest in southern Africa.