‘Encouraging’: Global rainforest loss slows in 2025 after record year
The researchers credit the slowdown to policies implemented by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva to curb deforestation.

The researchers credit the slowdown to policies implemented by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva to curb deforestation.

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Thousands of people have demonstrated against the bill, which scientists and activists say threatens water resources.
The US and Israel have repeatedly hit the plant, raising risks of radioactive contamination far beyond Iran’s borders.

Saharan dust from North Africa engulfed skies over Crete in an orange haze.
The Trump administration says protections would diminish US energy competitiveness amid the ongoing war on Iran.
Authorities say the oil is seeping from three sources, including a vessel that has not yet been identified.
Discarded, near-end-of-life electronics shipped from developed countries are adding to Nigeria’s growing e-waste burden.
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Mexico’s monarch butterfly population surged 64 percent this winter.

Vehicles were washed away in floods in Oman and homes were flooded in Syria as storms brought floods across the region.
Environment advocacy groups are suing the US government over climate change policy rollback.
The Trump administration revoked key scientific finding that formed a basis for regulations to address climate change.