NEWS AND REPORTS

Scientists Revisited a Forest Experiment That Was Forgotten for 30 Years. What They Found Was Astounding

Tiredearth

22 Aug 2026

An almost forgotten forestry experiment has revealed surprising clues about how mountain ash forests respond to different kinds of disturbance.

How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery

Tiredearth

19 Aug 2026

When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species that can withstand poor soil conditions and blazing sun and grow rapidly, a Brazilian study has shown.

Pesticides make Argentine ants go crazy, sending them roaming or clustering before workers die

Tiredearth

18 Aug 2026

Do cheetahs kill and eat people?

Tiredearth

18 Aug 2026

Cheetah attacks on humans are few and far between, but the risk of a fatal encounter can never be ruled out, writes Ryan Keane.

Remote Work Does Not Necessarily Achieve Environmental Gains

Tiredearth

18 Aug 2026

With the expansion of remote work adoption in recent years, this model is viewed as a promising solution to reduce carbon emissions, as it decreases daily commuting between home and the workplace, along with the accompanying fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. However, a Swiss study reveals that the matter is more complex than it seems.

Record Wildfire in Belgium: Europe Mobilizes Against the Flames

Tiredearth

16 Aug 2026

More than 2,700 hectares of the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve have gone up in smoke. Facing one of the worst fires in the country's history, European reinforcements have been deployed and hundreds of residents evacuated.

EU cities plan to compensate for a fifth of their emissions through carbon removal, but few have thought through how

Tiredearth

16 Aug 2026

An analysis of 103 European cities' climate-neutral plans for 2030 (including 22 capital cities) shows that municipalities are planning to rely on carbon removal to compensate for about a fifth of their emissions. This would mean removing roughly 61 million tonnes of emissions from the atmosphere—close to Austria's annual emissions.

Un séisme de magnitude 7,4 frappe l'ouest de la Colombie et fait au moins 111 morts

Tiredearth

11 Aug 2026