Editorial Team
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.
Kharkhorin, Mongolia (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still reckoning with the damage wrought by Mongolia's increasingly erratic extreme weather.
Mar 13, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a global push to build the clearest-ever picture of the seabed.
Mar 13, 2025
London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 - A recent study suggests that at least two of Earth's mass extinctions may have been triggered by the powerful effects of nearby supernova explosions. Researchers at Keele University propose that the
Mar 13, 2025
London (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - A trial to decide Australian mining giant BHP's liability for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concluded in London on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation.
Mar 13, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - Burkina Faso's army and allied volunteer militias tortured and massacred civilians in a revenge attack in the west of the country this week, an NGO official and a local source told AFP on Thursday.
Mar 13, 2025
Rome (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area around Naples overnight, causing one light injury and some structural damage, and triggering panic among several residents, Italian officials said on Thursday.
Mar 13, 2025
London (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - A trial on whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes Thursday in London, with hundreds of thousands of victims demanding billions in compensation.
Mar 13, 2025
Cape Town (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - The European Union and South Africa vowed to deepen cooperation at a summit on Thursday as both grapple with aid and trade threats from the new US administration.
Mar 13, 2025
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed on Thursday a border agreement seen as key for the stability of Central Asia, a move that follows three decades of conflict between the two former Soviet republics over water resources and land.
Mar 13, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to leave the baby wombat alone, after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial.
Mar 13, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 - Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by sound science and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday.
Mar 13, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon recorded a nine-year low for February, according to satellite data Wednesday, heralding good news for the world's largest rainforest set to host UN climate talks this year.
Mar 12, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 - The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the slow death caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday.
Mar 12, 2025
Brest, France (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 - An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and would have been practically impossible without climate change, new research said Wednesday.
Mar 12, 2025
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 - As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution.
Mar 12, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 - Taiwan's premier said on Wednesday raising defence spending to 10 percent of the island's gross domestic product is impossible, despite US calls for such a hike.
Mar 12, 2025
