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In response to a request from Hvar's registered charity Dignitea, the EC has sent a full explanation of the regulations which should be applied to the proposed oil and gas drilling in the Adriatic.
Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history
Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, where samples will be stored for centuries to come.
The cores, typically 10cm in diameter and a metre or more long, are stored in a specially excavated ice cave. The first to be laid down came from two Alpine glaciers that are rapidly shrinking.
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The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
All photographs courtesy of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026
Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade
“A victory for life.” That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the Brazilian Amazon this week after they staved off a threat to the Tapajós River by occupying a grain terminal operated by Cargill, the biggest privately owned company in the United States.
“The river won, the forest won, the memory of our ancestors won,” said the campaigners in Santarém when it was clear their actions had forced the Brazilian government into a U-turn on plans to privatise one of the world’s most beautiful waterways and expand its role as a soy canal.
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Isley Marsh, Devon: The birdlife is mostly staying still in the downpour, not least these large, striking waders that we’re lucky to have here
Rain washes across the saltmarsh, numbing my lips and fingers. The deluge is unavoidable, as it has been all year. It’s been one of the wettest winters on record and harder to get around. Glimpsing a huddle of white feathers, I try to silence my squelching, not wanting to disturb the sheltering bird. Its wings flare, as though preparing for flight, but the little egret remains in place. It considers the pool at its feet, buffered from the rain by the reeds.
Behind it, the silver River Taw winds into the estuary. Standing on the track, I catch the shimmering white breasts of lapwings at the water’s edge, fluttering like the tail of a kite before takeoff. They ripple but do not fully rise. The only real movement is from the water. Rain sheets in from the side; the river surges with the tide while the rest of us stand, crouch or falter in the murk, unable to muster the same momentum.
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A new mini power station and lithium extraction facility near Redruth are set to bolster green energy and create jobs
Just outside the perimeter fence stand the hulking remains of grand stone engine houses, a testament to Cornwall’s proud tin and copper mining history.
But inside is a shiny new mini power station and lithium extraction plant that is once again accessing rich underground resources in the far south-west of Britain.
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As fish stocks dwindle, surf tourism may offer a lifeline to traditional caballitos de totora fishers, whose vessels are thought to be among the first ever used to ride waves
Just before dawn, in a scene that has repeated itself over thousands of years on the north coast of Peru, fishers drag boats made of bound reeds to the water’s edge and, kneeling on them, use paddles shaped from split bamboo to row out into the Pacific Ocean to catch their breakfast. A few hours later, these surfer fishers return with netfuls of their catch, riding waves on the final stretch back to the shore. From the main beach in Huanchaco – a seaside town near the city of Trujillo – the fish are taken to sell at the market or to beachfront restaurants preparing meals for tourists.
The four-metre-long reed vessels – known as caballitos detotorain Spanish, or “little reed horses” – are placed upright on their ends by the promenade on El Mogote beach so that the seawater drains away and they are ready to be used the next morning.
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Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators
Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of climate breakdown, with potentially “cascading impacts across ecosystems”, according to a study of 8,000 plants dating back 200 years.
Researchers looked at flowers from a range of countries, including Brazil, Ecuador, Ghana and Thailand, home to the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, but also the most understudied.
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Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices
Fatih Sik was drinking tea with friends at home when he heard a rumbling sound outside that grew to a loud boom, like a volcano had erupted nearby. From the window, he saw water and mud shoot into the sky, as high as the tallest trees, less than 100 metres away.
The 47-year-old knew what it was, because it is common in Karapınar, Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Turkey’s breadbasket. A giant sinkhole had opened up on his land. Fifty metres wide and 40 metres deep, it had appeared almost a year to the day after a previous one had formed. It was August – the hottest month of the year.
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There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse
Sarah Lambert took her usual morning swim for 40 minutes off Exmouth town beach before her volunteer shift helping disabled people get access to the water.
A wheelchair user herself, Lambert’s regular sea swims twice a week between the lifeboat station and HeyDays restaurant were the perfect form of exercise for her disability.
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With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected
Could lynx, the elusive wild cat driven to extinction in Britain more than 1,000 years ago, become the new Loch Ness monster? “Whether Nessie’s there or not, she draws tourists,” said Margaret Luckwell, a resident of Moray, Scotland. “It would be the same with lynx. I’d love to see a lynx in the wild.”
Luckwell’s view is a majority one among local people gathering at village halls across the Highlands, as a painstaking consultation slowly gathers momentum for the apex predator’s return to Scottish forests.
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Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja, kratkotrajno liječenje antibioticima značajno smanjuje neuroinflamaciju i neurodegeneraciju nakon traumatske ozljede mozga (TBI) promjenom crijevnog mikrobioma.
Japanski znanstvenici otkrili su da je kronična kongestija jetre povezana s teškim bolestima jetre putem specifičnog signalnog puta u sinusoidnim endotelnim stanicama jetre - ključnim stanicama koje oblažu sitne krvne žile jetre.
Oko 250.000 ljudi u Hrvatskoj živi s rijetkim bolestima, što znači da, unatoč nazivu, njihova svakodnevna borba nije rijetka niti nevidljiva. Zato se posljednjeg dana veljače obilježava Međunarodni dan rijetkih bolesti kako bi se skrenula pozornost na njihove potrebe, izazove i pravo na svu dostupnu skrb u skladu sa standardima Europske unije.
Hrvatska udruga bolničkih liječnika (HUBOL) podnijela je Visokom upravnom sudu Republike Hrvatske zahtjev za ocjenom zakonitosti Upute Ministarstva zdravstva RH od 31. prosinca 2025. godine, koja se odnosi na davanje odobrenja liječnicima za dvojni rad. HUBOL smatra da je Uputa nezakonit opći akt, donesen bez valjane pravne osnove te dapače donesen suprotno Zakonu o zdravstvenoj zaštiti, Zakonu o sustavu državne uprave i važećem pravilniku koji definira dvojni rad (Pravilnik o mjerilima za davanje odobrenja zdravstvenom radniku za sklapanje poslova iz djelatnosti poslodavca).
Velika studija sugerira da ono što radnici u smjenama jedu, posebno koliko vlakana konzumiraju, može značajno utjecati na njihov rizik od koronarne bolesti srca, nudeći potencijalnu prehrambenu strategiju za suzbijanje kardiovaskularnog naprezanja tijekom rada noću. Inače, rizik od koronarne bolesti srca veći je među radnicima u smjenama nego među radnicima koji rade samo po danu.
U nedavno objavljenoj studiji znanstvenici su procijenjivali učinke dugotrajne zamjene vode za piće kolom zaslađenom ili bez šećera na crijevnu mikrobiotu, imunološki status i funkciju organa kod štakora.
Znanstvenici su otkrili ključno biološko objašnjenje zašto atopijski dermatitis (ekcem) tako često počinje u djetinjstvu. Naime, studija, provedena na mladim miševima, otkrila je da su neke vrste imunoloških stanica u koži u ranom životu reaktivnije od onih kod odraslih, što bi moglo pomoći u objašnjavanju zašto su djeca osjetljivija na upale i alergijske bolesti kože.
Gotovo polovica pacijenata hospitaliziranih zbog akutnog zatajenja srca u Europi ponovno je primljena u bolnicu unutar godine dana, tvrdi nova studija. Rizik od smrti također ostaje visok, posebno za one s više smanjenom funkcijom srca. Zatajenje srca je često stanje koje pogađa više od 64 milijuna ljudi diljem svijeta.
Čak i blagi slučaj COVID-19 ili gripe može utjecati na tijelo dugo nakon što vrućica i kašalj nestanu, tvrdi novo istraživanje koje bi moglo pomoći u objašnjavanju zašto se neki ljudi teško osjećaju potpuno oporavljenima tjednima ili mjesecima kasnije.
Nova studija osvjetljava ponašanje stanica kvasca u crijevima, otvarajući put novim linijama kvasca koje učinkovitije proizvode terapijske lijekove prilagođene liječenju specifičnih bolesti.
