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The Terra Daily Editorial Team produces Terra Daily's coverage of Earth science and the environment. We report on climate, natural disasters, agriculture, oceans and water, earth observation, and the research shaping how we understand a changing planet. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Terra Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.
Andong, South Korea (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea's Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the area in flames and turning it into a literal hell.
Mar 26, 2025
Washington (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 1.33 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of plastic waste entering the world's oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis published Wednesday by the nonprofit Oceana.
Mar 26, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - An unprecedented mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.
Mar 26, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - An Australian lawmaker dangled a floppy dead salmon in the country's senate on Wednesday, accusing the government of falling hook, line and sinker for polluting industrial fish farms.
Mar 26, 2025
Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 - Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants. Created through a combination of soft chemistry gels and electrosp
Mar 26, 2025
Paris (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for patients in the future.
Mar 26, 2025
Washington (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - President Donald Trump's two months back in the White House have been marked by soaring friction between Washington and its European allies.
Mar 26, 2025
Elbasan, Albania (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - Once the pride of Albania's communist regime, the giant Elbasan metals complex is now one of the most polluted sites in the Balkans, burdened with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste, much of it hazardous.
Mar 26, 2025
Paris (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed more than four decades ago, but warned on Wednesday that full recovery may be impossible.
Mar 26, 2025
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 - Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers - including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides - could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at
Mar 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 - Around 14,500 years ago, a massive sea level surge of up to 65 feet unfolded in less than five centuries, marking one of the most dramatic episodes of the last ice age. Known as Meltwater Pulse 1a,
Mar 26, 2025
Paris (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - Jim Skea insists the IPCC, the UN climate panel he chairs, is not in crisis and remains relevant despite criticism it is too slow in publishing its landmark scientific reports on climate change.
Mar 26, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - China said Wednesday it had sentenced a publisher to three years in prison for inciting secession.
Mar 26, 2025
Libreville (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now shared with the host nation and focused on training.
Mar 26, 2025
Copenhagen (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 - The United States military's northernmost base, Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, is a crucial cog in Washington's missile defences which US Vice President JD Vance will visit on Friday.
Mar 26, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 25, 2025 - Global temperatures could rise more than previously projected due to persistent feedback mechanisms between the climate system and the carbon cycle, according to new research from the Potsdam Instit
Mar 25, 2025
