Planet Earth

An offshore oil platform at sunset is shown beside an underwater seabed with a large metal object resting on the ocean floor.

The Race for Seabed Minerals Could Permanently Damage Earth’s Last Refuge

The deep ocean shapes our climate, stores carbon, and shelters life we are only beginning to understand. Now it faces industrial mining before science can explain what will be lost....

The Race for Seabed Minerals Could Permanently Damage Earth’s Last Refuge

The deep ocean shapes our climate, stores carbon, and shelters life we are only beginning to understand. Now it faces industrial mining before science can explain what will be lost....

Split image shows a bushfire burning along a roadside on the left, and a young wallaby on the right, highlighting the impact of fires on wildlife.

Australia’s Bushfires Leave Families Fleeing Pets Missing and Wildlife Burning

The fires came fast. Roads filled. Homes vanished. Families fled with what they could carry, leaving pets, livestock, and wildlife in the path of the flames.

Australia’s Bushfires Leave Families Fleeing Pets Missing and Wildlife Burning

The fires came fast. Roads filled. Homes vanished. Families fled with what they could carry, leaving pets, livestock, and wildlife in the path of the flames.

A split image shows a whale swimming at sea alongside seabirds standing on whale remains by the water.

The Island Games Face a Dark Reckoning in the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are set to host the 2027 Island Games, welcoming athletes from around the world. But beneath the celebration lies a reality many cannot ignore.

The Island Games Face a Dark Reckoning in the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are set to host the 2027 Island Games, welcoming athletes from around the world. But beneath the celebration lies a reality many cannot ignore.

A man stands in deep, muddy floodwater while holding onto another person to help them stay above the water.

Man Saves Woman And Dog Moments Before Rising Flood Swallows Car

The footage shows a woman trapped in her car as floodwaters surge around her, the current growing stronger by the second. Inside the vehicle with her is her dog. Time...

Man Saves Woman And Dog Moments Before Rising Flood Swallows Car

The footage shows a woman trapped in her car as floodwaters surge around her, the current growing stronger by the second. Inside the vehicle with her is her dog. Time...

A side-by-side image showing a Coca-Cola bottle on a sandy beach next to a large patch of plastic bottles floating in the ocean.

Coca Cola’s Plastic Bottles Are Choking the Oceans Faster Than Anyone Admits

Coca-Cola’s PET packaging now ranks among the most common forms of plastic pollution found in oceans worldwide, with impacts that extend from coral reefs to the seafood on our plates....

Coca Cola’s Plastic Bottles Are Choking the Oceans Faster Than Anyone Admits

Coca-Cola’s PET packaging now ranks among the most common forms of plastic pollution found in oceans worldwide, with impacts that extend from coral reefs to the seafood on our plates....

A whale shark swims forward with its huge mouth open wide in the blue ocean. A translucent Antarctic krill drifts in dark ocean water with tiny particles floating around it.

Antarctic Krill Collapse Puts the Southern Ocean on the Brink

They are tiny, almost invisible, and absolutely essential. Antarctic krill feed whales, penguins, and seals—and help lock carbon away from the atmosphere. Now scientists warn their populations have dropped to...

Antarctic Krill Collapse Puts the Southern Ocean on the Brink

They are tiny, almost invisible, and absolutely essential. Antarctic krill feed whales, penguins, and seals—and help lock carbon away from the atmosphere. Now scientists warn their populations have dropped to...