US politics, United Nations live updates: UK backs down on Chagos after Trump explosion
Welcome to our live coverage of US politics, the United Nations General Assembly and events in the Middle…
Greenland and Antarctica have lost more than 11 trillion tons of ice since 1979
Greenland and Antarctica lost about 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice between 1979 and 2023, raising global sea…
Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
As greenhouse gas emissions push Earth’s temperature to new heights, polar ice sheets are rapidly melting away. Numerous…
A Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Just Broke Off Greenland
Petermann Glacier has shed a rare, Manhattan-sized Arctic ice island that researchers had watched develop for years. Credit:…
Why the Movements of a U.S. Oil Company in Greenland Have Sparked Concern
The President has repeatedly stated that the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland as a matter of “national security.”…
99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday | Science and Technology News
On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same…
Why do AI models struggle with online hate speech detection? | Interactive News
Hate speech that once circulated in person now travels farther and faster via anonymous online accounts behind a…
Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
The “cold blob” appears in a data visualisation showing average temperatures in 2015, relative to the 1951-80 average…
The numbers behind global mental health and its different disorders | Mental Health News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening in Geneva, Switzerland this week for the 79th World Health Assembly,…
Exclusive | Why Kenneth Rogoff thinks China’s yuan will be a reserve currency ‘in the next 5 years’
Professor Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University has repeatedly warned that the US dollar is approaching a crisis of…
Beyond Pax Silica: Japan, France and Canada seek rare earth autonomy
For years, the West’s answer to Chinese dominance of critical minerals was to rally around Washington. Now, some…
Facing threats of war, Denmark turns to a new weapon: women
On a freezing gun range in western Denmark, rows of blonde ponytails poke out of camouflaged helmets, as…