Once an open stretch of the Mediterranean, Monaco’s Mareterra district is now a thriving new neighbourhood built entirely on reclaimed land. Unveiled in December 2024, the €2bn development expands the
Even if the world successfully limits global warming to the ambitious 1.5C target, coastlines around the globe remain at serious risk from rising sea levels in the centuries ahead, according
When white smoke signaled the election of Pope Leo XIV from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel last week, history was made. For the first time in the Catholic Church’s nearly 2,000-year
As housing spreads deeper into the Arizona desert, encounters between humans and rattlesnakes are rising but not everyone reaches for a shovel. A growing number of residents are calling specialists
When the Cannes Film Festival lights up the French Riviera each May, the city transforms into a glamorous stage where stars stroll the Croisette, yachts line the shore, and the
A deadly mosquito-borne virus is spreading through southern England, raising alarm among scientists and conservationists about the future of one of Britain’s most cherished songbirds the blackbird. The Usutu virus,
Capri’s postcard image is clear: bougainvillea spilling from whitewashed terraces, designer shops on cobbled lanes, yachts bobbing in the bay. But venture past the perfumed luxury of Capri Town and
Fifty years after the world’s first deep-sea mining test off the US East Coast, the Blake Plateau remains visibly scarred. Though the original pilot was small in scale, the damage
Iceland has quietly surged in global happiness rankings, climbing from 18th place in 2008 to third in 2025 according to the World Happiness Report. While many developed countries are showing
As offshore wind energy becomes central to achieving global climate goals, a puzzling and increasingly pressing challenge has emerged: wind farms may inadvertently reduce the energy output of neighboring projects