In Bologna, Mayor Matteo Lepore invites citizens with dogs to use water to clean up urine in the streets: a debate opens up between urban cleanliness, civic duty and new community life regulations.

According to scientists, the next five years could mark a new phase in the climate crisis, with global temperatures set to remain at or very close to record levels for a long time to come.

A global study shows that urban tree cover reduces the heat island effect by up to 50%, making vegetation a strategic lever in the fight against global warming.

On August 12, 2026, the skies over Europe will host an exceptional astronomical spectacle: a total solar eclipse, the first visible in Europe for over twenty-five years. This phenomenon has not been seen since the eclipse of August 11, 1999, while the next total solar eclipse visible at our latitudes will not occur until 2081. For many observers, this could be the astronomical event of a lifetime, especially as the Sun will be very low on the horizon, creating a unique twilight atmosphere.

Decades after they disappeared from the wild in Japan, eight crested ibises, known as "tokis", have been released back into the wild at Hakui, on the coast of the Sea of Japan. This long-awaited flight is part of a long-standing conservation effort on the island of Sado, and marks a new stage for this emblematic species, once considered extinct in the wild of the country.

More than 700 dolphins were slaughtered in the Faroe Islands on May 27, a figure that exceeds two-thirds of all marine mammals killed during the year 2025.

A viral campaign in Minqin County (China), a region on the front line against the advancing desert, has mobilized an army of citizens from the cities. The aim? To plant a million trees...

When we think of climate change, we immediately think of heatwaves, drought or rising sea levels. Yet global warming is also influencing other weather phenomena, such as hail. One study reveals that hailstones are getting bigger and more destructive, even though hail storms aren't necessarily more frequent.

The United Nations General Assembly has approved a historic resolution that reinforces the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in July 2025.

On the island of Hydra in the Saronic Gulf, cars have been banned since the 1950s. Accessible in 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, the island can only be explored on foot or by mule.