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.
Dhaka (AFP) Oct 22, 2024 - The first Bangladeshis airlifted home after fleeing Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon described the constant fear of living in a city rocked by explosions.
Oct 22, 2024
London (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - A trial to determine whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters opened Monday in London, potentially triggering billions of dollars in compensation to be shared among hundreds of thousands of people.
Oct 21, 2024
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - The European Commission's long delays in deciding whether some dangerous chemicals can be used pose a threat to human health and the environment, the EU's rights watchdog said on Monday.
Oct 21, 2024
Havana (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned Sunday that his government would not tolerate public disturbances during the nationwide power outage which the authorities are struggling to resolve.
Oct 21, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - A shallow 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck an island in eastern Indonesia on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.
Oct 21, 2024
Taipei (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - A US and a Canadian warship have passed through waters separating Taiwan and China, a week after Beijing held large-scale military drills in the sensitive passage.
Oct 21, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity.
Oct 21, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 21, 2024 - Maize, also known as corn, is a vital cereal crop used globally for food production and trade. However, extreme weather events such as rain and wind can cause maize plants to fall, a phenomenon know
Oct 21, 2024
Asheville, United States (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - Former US president Donald Trump hits the campaign trail in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Monday, having heavily criticized the government's disaster response after at least 124 people were killed there by storm Helene.
Oct 21, 2024
London (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - Australian mining giant BHP goes on trial on Monday over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially triggering billions of dollars in compensation to be shared among hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs.
Oct 21, 2024
Port Angeles, United States (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - You can't walk very far through a forest in this part of the United States without stumbling upon a mushroom, an eruption from a vast fungal kingdom that all life depends on, but about which we know very little.
Oct 21, 2024
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - The dominant political force in Iraq's oil-rich autonomous Kurdistan region was leading by a figure of two-to-one in the preliminary vote tally for legislative elections held on the weekend, the electoral commission said on Monday.
Oct 21, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 - The world's biggest nature protection conference opens in Colombia Monday with the United Nations chief calling for countries to convert words into action and fatten a fund seeking to address biodiversity loss.
Oct 21, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 20, 2024 - The world's biggest nature protection conference gets a ceremonial kickoff in Colombia Sunday with host city Cali on high alert after threats from a guerrilla group.
Oct 20, 2024
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 20, 2024 - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with the political elite.
Oct 20, 2024
Havana (AFP) Oct 20, 2024 - A hurricane was bearing down on Cuba Sunday as the island nation's authorities scrambled to restore power following a massive nationwide outage.
Oct 20, 2024
