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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.
Bogota (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro claimed Monday to have been the target of a plot to down his plane with missiles by big mafias irate at his government's attempts to hunt them down.
Feb 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released Tuesday - making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting.
Feb 18, 2025
London (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - A court on Tuesday approved a GBP3 billion ($3.8 billion) emergency loan for Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, offering it a lifeline as it buckles under a mountain of debt.
Feb 18, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country's family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.
Feb 18, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - A new study by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that the potential for carbon removal through climate plantations is significantly lower than previously
Feb 18, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - Following years of dedicated development, ESA's latest Earth Explorer satellite, Biomass, is now primed for transport to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, where it is set to launch aboard a Vega-
Feb 18, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - A recent study by Colorado State University examining tree populations across the interior U.S. West reveals that trees are struggling to adapt to shifting climate conditions. The research indicates
Feb 18, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - The Cook Islands' prime minister on Tuesday defended a new partnership pact with China and urged his country not to depend on handouts from big brother New Zealand.
Feb 18, 2025
N'Djamena (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - Chad's army said that it had killed nearly 300 Boko Haram militants and lost 27 army employees in a four-month campaign against the jihadist group that ended on Tuesday.
Feb 18, 2025
London, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - New research indicates that the cool conditions enabling Earth's ice caps to form are rare in the planet's history and require multiple complex factors occurring simultaneously. A team of scie
Feb 18, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - Human activities and environmental shifts since the Holocene epoch have profoundly impacted lake ecosystems, particularly in China, where algal blooms have become increasingly frequent. A breakthrou
Feb 18, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - Wildfires in North American forests occur far less frequently today than they did in centuries past, yet this decline has led to a heightened risk of severe fires, according to new research publishe
Feb 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - The death toll from powerful winter storms in the central and eastern United States has risen to at least 14, officials said Monday, after floods, gale-force winds and bitterly cold temperatures swept the region.
Feb 18, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - Asteroids that pass close to Earth often raise concerns about potential collisions, but they also present valuable opportunities for scientific discovery. One such celestial body, the 900-meter-wide
Feb 18, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 - When thinking of Antarctic wildlife, penguins often come to mind, yet the continent is also home to a unique flightless midge, Belgica antarctica, the only known insect native to the region. This ti
Feb 18, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 - The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Feb 18, 2025
