Environment

Earth News

Mont Blanc rises by almost two metres, now standing at 4,807.47 metres

An altitude that "is close to the historical value" measured at the end of the 19th century, but still not enough to draw conclusions about the effects of global warming.

14 October 2026

Earth News

How Europe's Green Capital has reduced temperatures by 2°C

Guimarães, the current European Green Capital, is reshaping the city to tackle extreme heat and climate change.

13 October 2026

Nature

Antarctic penguins emit up to 7 million tonnes of methane a year

A study by CSIC and the University of Granada finds that chinstrap penguin colonies are a previously unmeasured natural source of methane, emitting up to 7 million tonnes a year.

11 October 2026

Earth News

Why this Spanish city was just crowned greenest in the EU

The winner of the European Green Capital 2028 awards is going home with €600,000 to help turn ambition into further action.

9 October 2026

Europe News

Google’s €13bn Finland push transforms and divides a quiet rural town

A €13 billion Google data centre investment is set to transform the Finnish municipality of Muhos and the wider Oulu region. While many locals welcome new jobs and economic activity, environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.

5 October 2026

Climate

Mapped: Oil slicks cover an area 3 times the size of Spain every year

More than 90 per cent of the estimated oil pollution in the oceans occurs within national waters – including in protected areas.

25 September 2026

Health news

Experimental project releases 30,000 mosquitoes in Lisbon that do not bite

Thirty thousand sterile male mosquitoes will be released on Thursday in Alvalade, Lisbon, in a final trial to curb the Asian tiger mosquito, which spreads dengue, zika and yellow fever.

24 September 2026

Tech News

Startups in Europe are pitching ways to tackle the AI power crunch

Euronews Next looked at startups in Europe that are trying to make better use of existing grid capacity, reduce the electricity used for cooling and put waste heat to work.

23 September 2026

Earth News

Why is Greece's seabed littered with concrete blocks?

Reducing them is the goal of the 'Fishing For Litter' programme, which has recovered more than 6,000 concrete blocks from the seabed since 2019.

16 September 2026

Health news

Living in deprived areas linked to poorer brain health

Living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to poorer brain health, with researchers finding higher brain age, lower total brain volume and more signs of vascular damage in people living in the most deprived areas.

15 September 2026

Tech News

Can tech giants curb AI data centres’ growing thirst for water?

As opposition to water-hungry data centres grows in the US, tech giants say new cooling systems can curb demand – but using less water may require more electricity.

7 September 2026

Iran

Iran claims 'trillion-dollar damage' as Gulf oil spills spread

Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran's Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker grounded off Oman has leaked a slick that has grown to more than 2,000 square kilometres, fouling 40 kilometres of Omani coastline.

14 August 2026

Earth News

Europe's new mega-park is being built on a former airport site

Among the world's most ambitious regeneration projects, The Ellinikon is set to be Europe's largest coastal urban park.

14 August 2026

Nature

Depopulated Spain is now running out of vets

Poor pay, a lack of work‑life balance and pollution are driving veterinarians out of rural Spain, despite a desperate need for oversight in the livestock industry.

7 August 2026

Earth News

Can reintroducing bison protect Spain from wildfires?

As Spain faces a wave of wildfires, a study led by Rewilding Spain asks if European bison could curb undergrowth and make forests more fire-resilient.

4 August 2026

Climate

Spanish coastline in "unprecedented fragility": areas most threatened by climate change

Greenpeace warns that urban development and climate change have pushed Spain's coastline to breaking point and urges a shift from beach regeneration models to nature-based solutions.

23 July 2026