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- Scientists agree on this and are issuing a serious warning: these bats could be behind a future epidemic in the most affected areas of the planet
- There is a body of water on Earth that is not bordered by any coastline and is warming rapidly
- Seeing a wild boar near a playground or crossing a bike path might seem like a one-off visit from the forest, but genetics tells us a much stranger story: in Berlin and Barcelona, there are already urban populations that clearly differ from their rural counterparts, and that completely changes the way cities should act
- A study published on February 23, 2026, uncovers a silent leak in two dark lakes in the Congo and reveals that up to 39% and 40% of the carbon they release comes from peat that accumulated thousands of years ago, offering a troubling clue to the great climate puzzle
- For years, donating clothes seemed like the perfect way to clean out our closets and feel a little better about the planet, but a new study reveals a rather uncomfortable reality: between 33% and 97% of donated clothing ends up being exported, and a large portion of it ends up in landfills, out of sight
- The beaches of Cape Verde seem to be teeming with loggerhead sea turtles like never before, but a 17-year study reveals the worrying side of this phenomenon: although they arrive earlier, they lay fewer eggs, nest less frequently, and take up to twice as long to return
- What seemed like the most innocent routine of the day—boiling water and letting a tea bag steep for a few minutes—has become a major cause for concern, as some studies now estimate that a single cup of tea contains up to 14.7 billion microplastics and nanoplastics
