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Last updated: 2025-08-22 11:57:40
  • New dinosaur named after record-breaking sailor
    Published on: 2025-08-22 10:45 | Source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

    The medium-sized herbivore once roamed the floodplains of what is now the Island's south-west coast.

  • BBC Inside Science
    Published on: 2025-08-21 16:00 | Source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

    The science of extraterrestrial solar panels and whether they can power our energy needs.

  • Record EU wildfires burnt more than 1 million hectares in 2025: AFP analysis
    Published on: 2025-08-21 19:45 | Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres)analysis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). This calculation is based on a total compiled by AFP from estimates by country by EFFIS, at a time when Spain and Portugal are still battling wildfires.

  • Spain wildfires burn record territory this year: Monitor
    Published on: 2025-08-19 08:00 | Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Deadly wildfires ravaging Spain have burnt the equivalent of nearly half a million football fields this year, setting a new record for the country, a European monitor said Monday. Portugal set the European record of 563,000 hectares scorched in 2017, when 119 people were killed.

  • Watch: Floods batter Pakistan; homes swamped, roads submerged
    Published on: 2025-08-18 09:20 | Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have claimed at least 657 lives, including many children, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province being the hardest hit. Entire villages have been wiped out, mass burials are underway, and hundreds remain missing as rescue efforts continue amidst warnings of more torrential rains. The scale of destruction is immense, with eyewitnesses recounting homes and vehicles swept away.

  • A cruel summer as record wildfires scorch Europe
    Published on: 2025-08-16 10:40 | Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Wildfires continue to test firefighters and locals across Europe as droughts and heatwaves turn regions into tinderboxes. The data for 2025 alone is a sign of things to come.

  • India is ahead in clean energy commitments, achieves 2030 goal five years early
    Published on: 2025-08-15 23:28 | Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Marking Independence Day celebrations, the Prime Minister announced and hailed the achievement as a pivotal step towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat in the energy sector, underscoring the country's transformation from a fossil-fuel-dependent importer to a global clean energy leader.

  • Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
    Published on: 2025-08-15 11:57 | Source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

    The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.

  • Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
    Published on: 2025-08-15 11:57 | Source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

    The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.

  • Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding
    Published on: 2025-08-13 12:32 | Source: feeds.bbci.co.uk

    Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.