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A homemade plastic bottle trap hanging near the Guadalope River, designed to capture invasive Asian hornet queens.

A recycled bottle is being used in Aragón as a trap for Asian hornets, and what is surprising is how the simplest setup can be the most effective once the invasion is established

By ECONEWS
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June 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A landscape comparison showing a dense native forest in Galicia alongside a nearby eucalyptus monoculture plantation.

Spain planted an invasive tree in 1960 thinking it was a great idea, and what’s worrying is how it’s now hammering local birdlife because the ecosystem can’t keep up

By ECONEWS
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June 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Close-up of smooth, rounded desert sand grains compared to rough, angular construction sand used in concrete manufacturing.

Saudi Arabia imports sand even though it’s a desert country, but desert sand is too smooth and rounded to make strong concrete

By ECONEWS
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June 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
ExxonMobil office building facade showing company logo as firm shifts legal home to Texas

ExxonMobil is leaving New Jersey as its legal home after more than 140 years, and what matters isn’t the new address but what it signals about taxes, headquarters power, and corporate strategy

By ECONEWS
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June 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Underwater data center module off Shanghai connected to offshore wind turbines and subsea cables powering AI infrastructure

China opens a wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai, cooled by seawater

By ECONEWS
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June 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Freight train crossing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec as part of Mexico’s dry canal project

A Latin American country is moving massive amounts of earth to build a “dry canal” route pitched as bigger than the Panama Canal, and what’s bold is that it’s trying to reroute global trade without digging a single lock

By ECONEWS
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June 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Basalt quarry with exposed volcanic rock layers and excavator, showing material proposed as a low-carbon alternative for cement production.

Cement’s carbon problem may have a blunt fix, swap limestone for basalt, because modeling suggests energy demand could drop by more than 40% and emissions by over 80%, cutting CO2 from about 1,343 lb per ton of cement to roughly 110 lb with certain rock types

By ECONEWS
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June 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Gas bubbles rising through hot spring water linked to deep mantle helium signals.

Helium bubbling out of hot springs along Zambia’s Kafue Rift is carrying a deep-mantle signature, and researchers say it could be the first hard evidence that a 1,550-mile Southwest African Rift is waking up into a new plate boundary that could eventually split the continent

By ECONEWS
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June 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Aerial view of floating solar panels covering a reservoir in Singapore with green islands in the background.

Singapore covers about 111 acres of the Tengeh Reservoir with 122,000 floating solar panels, a bid to cut an energy dependence the city-state can’t afford

By ECONEWS
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June 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Illustration of a deep underwater canyon with steep rocky walls and a submersible exploring the abyss in the Bering Sea.

Between Alaska and Siberia lies a seafloor abyss, an underwater rift dropping about 8,530 feet, revealing a hidden world most people never imagine

By ECONEWS
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June 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Brown bear lying on the ground in a relaxed position inside a sanctuary environment.

A bear raised in a tiny cage starts hibernating again, and the recovery shows how the body remembers an ancient instinct once it finally gets space, cold, and time

By ECONEWS
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June 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Close-up of a reticulated python showing its patterned scales and orange eyes in a forest setting.

Indonesia rescues a wild snake considered the world’s longest, and the operation exposes the tense overlap between giant wildlife and the communities that live alongside it

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Aerial view of marine clouds over the ocean reflecting sunlight, with bright light reaching the water surface below.

Cleaner air is making marine clouds about 2.8% less reflective per decade over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, and scientists say that “clean-air paradox” is letting more sunlight hit the water and helping oceans warm faster than forecasts expected

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Jack-up barge with tall legs installing offshore desalination structures near Alkimos, Western Australia.

Australia positions a barge with 256-foot legs to install ocean intakes connected to tunnels under the seabed, feeding a desalination plant that will deliver about 39.6 million gallons a day

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Sheep grazing between solar panels at a solar plant using livestock for vegetation control and land management.

A solar farm in southern England put 40 native sheep under 20,000 panels across about 30 acres to graze in winter, and the twist is that the flock didn’t just “mow the grass”, it helped protect wildflowers and pollinators while using the panels as storm shelter, turning a power site into a two-job landscape called agrivoltaics

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Close-up view of the Sombrero Galaxy showing its bright central bulge, thin dust lane, and faint surrounding halo.

Scientists detect an invisible halo around the Sombrero Galaxy for the first time, 30 million light-years away, and its extra size changes what we thought we knew about a cosmic postcard

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Albert Einstein standing in a dark coat, linked to his famous quote about becoming a person of value.

Albert Einstein, scientist: “Don’t try to become a man of success, but rather a man of character”

By ECONEWS
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June 10, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Trench construction at Santa Rosa border crossing in Tacna, Peru, built to organize truck traffic near Chile border.

Peru is also building a trench on its border with Chile, but for different reasons, and the simple construction doubles as a practical tool and a political message

By ECONEWS
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June 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Close-up of platypus head and bill highlighting fur linked to unusual hollow melanosomes.

The platypus adds another oddity: its hair has hollow melanosomes, a trait typical of birds, and the finding proves again this animal does not follow the rules

By ECONEWS
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June 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Driver using an electric tricycle with a solar panel roof in Havana, boosting range and supporting daily work.

In Cuba, a 21-year-old builds a homemade solar panel “factory,” equips 15 electric trikes, and boosts their range, a local fix that kept multiple workers’ livelihoods alive

By ECONEWS
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June 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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