Environment

Gray wolf walking through snow near an abandoned building in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Chernobyl, 40 years later: mutant wolves are found surviving by feeding on radioactive prey… and resisting cancer like no other mammal

By Adrian Villellas

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February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM

A radar-linked view of Greenland’s ice sheet with an inset photo of Camp Century, the Cold War base buried deep under the ice.

Radar has uncovered a secret Cold War base buried beneath 30 meters of ice in Greenland, and the most unsettling part is what was left trapped down there

By ECONEWS

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February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Shanghai skyline at sunset on the Huangpu River, a coastal megacity facing land subsidence linked to groundwater pumping.

Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water

By ECONEWS

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February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Fresh lava flow from Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano where microbes appear within hours after cooling

Scientists capture for the first time how life returns to “hell”: microbes appear hours after an eruption, and no one understands how they survive

By Adrian Villellas

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February 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Aerial view of a large waste-to-energy incineration plant in China surrounded by green hills and nearby facilities.

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines

By ECONEWS

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February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Hillside landscape with an inset satellite-style heat map highlighting a methane plume, illustrating research on temporary CO2 removals.

Methane is out of control… but this strategy involving temporary CO2 capture could slow down its climate impact

By Kevin Montien

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February 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM

A cooking pot sits over an open fire fueled by plastic bottles and trash, showing how waste is burned for heat in poor areas.

Thousands of families in poor countries cook with plastic… and almost no one talks about the risks this poses

By ECONEWS

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February 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Black-and-white trail camera image of a fisher walking through snow at night in a Cleveland-area forest.

A small, elusive animal that disappeared in 1800 was captured by surprise in Ohio, and no one had seen it in over 100 years, but a simple camera in the woods has just changed everything

By Adrian Villellas

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February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Finke (Larapinta) River in central Australia, an ancient desert river system carving through red sands near the MacDonnell Ranges

Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist

By ECONEWS

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February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM

Cargo ships sit offshore near a busy port at dusk, a visual of global shipping and the climate impact of cleaner marine fuels.

Less sulfur, more heat: the reduction in maritime emissions caused global warming to exceed expectations

By Adrian Villellas

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February 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Heat map showing polar vortex anomaly stretching over the Arctic, Alaska, Greenland, and parts of Europe and Asia.

Meteorologists warn that an anomaly in the polar vortex is approaching, and that its speed and shape do not match what textbooks taught decades ago

By ECONEWS

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February 4, 2026 at 6:47 AM

Shanghai skyline over the Huangpu River, with the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, as the city battles land subsidence.

Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water

By ECONEWS

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February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM

A nearly dry riverbed with a thin stream cutting through cracked sediment, illustrating extreme drought and water scarcity.

The water apocalypse already has a date, and millions of people will experience it sooner than imagined

By ECONEWS

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February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Forest stream and rocky riverbank in Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, where camera traps recorded smooth-coated otters during a tiger survey.

Researchers were setting up cameras to count tigers in Nandhaur. They focused on a forest stream, and what appeared on the memory card was not listed in any official records

By ECONEWS

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February 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Earth’s curved horizon and vast ocean seen from the International Space Station, highlighting the planet’s growing heat stored in the seas.

A new heat record threatens to trigger climate disasters

By Kevin Montien

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February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM

$A wide view of the Hektoria Glacier terminus on the Antarctic Peninsula, with fractured sea ice in the foreground.$

Antarctica has just broken a record that is alarming scientists: a glacier the size of a city collapsed in just two months, and experts fear that this is only the beginning

By ECONEWS

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January 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Aerial view of a forest river at sunrise, symbolizing how rising CO2 changes tree stomata, water use, and carbon uptake.

Since the 1970s, climate models have favored trees… but now, 50 years later, biology tells us something else we cannot ignore

By ECONEWS

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January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A barge moves along the Mississippi River near sandbars and a growing crevasse delta in coastal Louisiana.

As the Mississippi breaks into giant “cracks” near the delta, Louisiana is gaining new land… but also risking drinking water and the world’s grain route

By Adrian Villellas

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January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Swan trapped in brush beside train tracks in Massapequa, New York, as a commuter train passes in the background

A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water

By Adrian Villellas

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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Frosty Louisiana bayou scene as a cold snap brings near-freezing nights and a 4P warning for people, pets, pipes, and plants.

Louisiana goes from sweltering heat to “near freezing” in a matter of hours: nights close to 0°C, light frosts, and the key 4P warning (people, pets, pipes, and plants)

By ECONEWS

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January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Environment

Chernobyl, 40 years later: mutant wolves are found surviving by feeding on radioactive prey… and resisting cancer like no other mammal

Radar has uncovered a secret Cold War base buried beneath 30 meters of ice in Greenland, and the most unsettling part is what was left trapped down there

Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water

Scientists capture for the first time how life returns to “hell”: microbes appear hours after an eruption, and no one understands how they survive

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines

Methane is out of control… but this strategy involving temporary CO2 capture could slow down its climate impact

Thousands of families in poor countries cook with plastic… and almost no one talks about the risks this poses

A small, elusive animal that disappeared in 1800 was captured by surprise in Ohio, and no one had seen it in over 100 years, but a simple camera in the woods has just changed everything

Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist

Less sulfur, more heat: the reduction in maritime emissions caused global warming to exceed expectations

Meteorologists warn that an anomaly in the polar vortex is approaching, and that its speed and shape do not match what textbooks taught decades ago

Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water

The water apocalypse already has a date, and millions of people will experience it sooner than imagined

Researchers were setting up cameras to count tigers in Nandhaur. They focused on a forest stream, and what appeared on the memory card was not listed in any official records

A new heat record threatens to trigger climate disasters

Antarctica has just broken a record that is alarming scientists: a glacier the size of a city collapsed in just two months, and experts fear that this is only the beginning

Since the 1970s, climate models have favored trees… but now, 50 years later, biology tells us something else we cannot ignore

As the Mississippi breaks into giant “cracks” near the delta, Louisiana is gaining new land… but also risking drinking water and the world’s grain route

A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water

Louisiana goes from sweltering heat to “near freezing” in a matter of hours: nights close to 0°C, light frosts, and the key 4P warning (people, pets, pipes, and plants)

Anti-drone technologies are multiplying and seem straight out of science fiction (nets, inhibitors, lasers, and much more), but the warning is disturbing: there is no foolproof system, and real defense requires combining several layers, as each drone and each attack breaks part of the plan

A study sounds the alarm for the entire planet: screen time before the age of 2 could accelerate brain maturation and increase the risk of anxiety in adolescence

Most people think that taking a shower at night says a lot about who you are, but research points to something far less glamorous and far more important: a predictable routine that can improve sleep and calm the mental turmoil of the day

In 2026, Japan will launch the first commercial engine that generates electricity by burning a mixture containing up to 30% hydrogen, with a warranty and upgrade option, after 11 months of testing in Kobe and with the promise of decarbonization without changing the pipes

New research into space fuels promises to reduce costs and facilitate missions such as SpaceX’s journey to Mars

The exact place where Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago and which today faces a race against time

Between 2000 and 2022, humanity dumped 335,500 tons of an “eternal chemical” while trying to save the ozone layer, and now it appears in water, the Arctic, and even in our blood

Scientists “hack” the pain signal before it reaches the brain: they create a biological “sponge” called SN101 to eliminate chronic pain at its source

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