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.
London, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 - An international research team, led by King's College London, has discovered that as global temperatures keep climbing, increasingly large regions of the planet will surpass safe heat thresholds for
Feb 5, 2025
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule.
Feb 5, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 - Scientists have created a lightweight apparatus designed to enhance fire suppression methods, potentially reducing the hazards faced by firefighting teams. This new tool for extinguishing flames aim
Feb 5, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - Niger's ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source told AFP Wednesday.
Feb 5, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be extracted from the reactors.
Feb 5, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles.
Feb 5, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - New Zealand criticised its close Pacific partner the Cook Islands on Wednesday for showing a lack of transparency, following reports that it is about to sign a cooperation deal with China.
Feb 5, 2025
Seoul (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - Recovering South Korean shopaholic-turned-climate activist Lee So-yeon used to buy new clothes almost daily - until a $1.50 winter coat triggered an awakening that stopped her shopping entirely.
Feb 5, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - A German tourist died in India after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a forest reserve, police said Wednesday.
Feb 5, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius - the fallback target of the Paris climate accord - is now impossible, according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by leading scientists.
Feb 5, 2025
Berlin (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - Germany is investigating whether vandalism aimed at hundreds of cars that was widely blamed on climate activists may have been a Russian pre-election campaign seeking to smear the Greens party.
Feb 5, 2025
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 - For countless engineers, converting sunlight into easily stored chemical energy stands as an enduring goal. Yet nature perfected this challenge billions of years ago. A recent study reveals that qua
Feb 5, 2025
Santorini, Greece (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 - From her balcony overlooking one of the world's most stunning sea views, Santorini resident Chantal Metakides insisted she would not join the scores fleeing the earthquakes shaking the popular Greek tourist island.
Feb 5, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 - A new study has concluded that preventing the extinction of 99 priority Australian species calls for about $15.6 billion every year over a 30-year period. Researchers from Griffith University's Cent
Feb 4, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 - Over a five-year span, the Greenland ice sheet gained 930 million cubic meters of new crevasses, an amount comparable to inserting a Great Pyramid of Giza-sized fracture into the planet's second lar
Feb 4, 2025
Paris (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 - Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Feb 4, 2025
