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Atlantic bluefin tuna have been spotted off northeast England for the first time since the 1960s — a joyful sign that North Sea ecosystems are recovering.
Portugal's second-largest city has launched a scheme making buses, trams, and trains entirely free for all residents, at a cost of just €25m a year.
A 50% surge in global battery additions in 2026 is letting solar energy power the grid even after dark, says energy thinktank Ember in a landmark new report.
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA vaccine stopped melanoma returning post-surgery in a landmark Phase 3 trial of 1,000 high-risk patients.
Nepal's latest tiger census records 429 Bengal tigers — triple the 2009 count — making it the first nation to more than double its tiger population as pledged.
A UK firm's new additive makes polyethylene and polypropylene fully biodegradable in 269 days — affecting the 32% of plastic packaging that leaks into the environment annually.
A breeding pair raised three chicks at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria — the first confirmed osprey breeding in England since the 19th century.
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