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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

The Guardian

Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic Last week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground…

The Guardian

Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers

Japan Times

Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers

Thousands of angry farmers fear losing productive land to open-pit mines.

Japan Times

Philippine Daily Inquirer

What to know about the total solar eclipse on August 12

Philippine Daily Inquirer

What to know about the total solar eclipse on August 12

PARIS — Day will briefly turn into night across a swathe of northern Spain on August 12, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse. Here is what you need to know about the total eclipse, which is the…

Hunt on for private overseas investment in NZ's second rocket launch pad

The National Aerospace Centre says it expects to tap intense global demand for rocket launches.

Watch: More than 400 WWII shells uncovered after wildfire ravages French village

Watch: More than 400 WWII shells uncovered after wildfire ravages French village

More than 400 wartime shells have been recovered from scorched ground after wildfire heat triggered explosions near a French village.

Gas giant prosecuted after under-reporting toxic emissions

ABC News

Gas giant prosecuted after under-reporting toxic emissions

Japanese gas giant Inpex has been charged by the Northern Territory's environmental regulator for under-reporting the amount of toxic emissions it released from the Ichthys facility near Darwin.

ABC News

High resolution satellite data used to monitor coastal changes

Earth Sciences NZ has been using new satellite data to track how coastal areas of New Zealand are changing in the face of climate change.

SpaceX rocket segment to leave crater when it slams into the Moon

France 24

SpaceX rocket segment to leave crater when it slams into the Moon

The upper stage of a SpaceX rocket will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, an unintentional collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater. A mixture of solar activity and gravitational forces put the rocket's…

France 24

Alberta Forestry and Parks charged over 2024 death of man battling Jasper wildfire

CBC

Alberta Forestry and Parks charged over 2024 death of man battling Jasper wildfire

Charges laid against Alberta's Ministry of Forestry and Parks relate to the death of a wildland firefighter and revolve around a string of alleged workplace safety violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

CBC

Hidden underground blockages may hold key to Whakaari eruptions

ScienceAug 4, 2026 · 1 min

Hidden underground blockages may hold key to Whakaari eruptions

Researchers say mineral blockages can trap pressure underground even while volcanic gases continue escaping to the surface.

ScienceAug 4, 2026 · 1 min

Piece of SpaceX rocket to crash into moon at high speed

South China Morning Post

Piece of SpaceX rocket to crash into moon at high speed

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year is on track to smash into the moon at high speed early on Wednesday morning. The school bus-sized object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar…

South China Morning Post