Why Europe Shuts Down in August: The Origins of a Continental Tradition
Try calling a business in Paris, Rome, or Madrid in the second week of August, and there’s a good chance…
Europe’s New Heat Threat Doesn’t Arrive at Noon – It Arrives After Sunset. Why ‘Tropical Nights’ Are Becoming a Growing Public Health Concern.
When temperatures soar above 35°C (95°F), the danger seems obvious. But increasingly, health experts are warning that the most dangerous…
Ceuta’s Migrant Surge Is Reversing Fast – And Spain Says 70,000 Have Already Gone Back to Morocco
Spain says the vast majority of migrants who entered Ceuta in a dramatic border surge have already returned to Morocco,…
The Tasmanian Paradox: Australia’s Resource-Rich but Least Livable State
Why Australia’s greenest, most resource-abundant state is struggling to keep its people. The Paradox: A Land of Plenty, a Life…
The Sea That Isn’t Supposed to Have Sharks – Until Someone Pulls One Out of It
Every few years, a fishing boat off the Turkish coast drags up something that shouldn’t be there: a shark the…
Istanbul’s Old Atatürk Airport Is Becoming a Giant Startup Campus
Istanbul’s former Atatürk Airport is getting a second life – not as a runway for passenger jets, but as one…
For the First Time in More Than a Century, People Are Swimming in Paris’ River Seine. Here’s How One of Europe’s Most Polluted Rivers Made a Remarkable Comeback.
For generations, swimming in the River Seine was something Parisians could only imagine. Today, it is once again a reality.…
A Magnitude 4.7 Earthquake Has Shaken Naples Again. But Scientists Say the Bigger Story Lies Beneath One of Europe’s Most Closely Watched Volcanoes.
Residents across Naples were jolted awake in the early hours of Friday, July 31, after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck…
America’s Unexpected Longevity Hotspot. Why One California Town Is One of the World’s Original Blue Zones.
When people think of the world’s longest-lived populations, they usually picture the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia in Italy or Ikaria…
California Is Having a Freakishly Bad Rattlesnake Year – And Scientists Think They Know Why
Hikers, dog owners, and even people in their own backyards are running into rattlesnakes in record numbers this year –…
Tens of Thousands of Migrants Have Reached Spain’s North African Enclave of Ceuta. Here’s Why This Tiny Territory Has Once Again Become Europe’s Migration Flashpoint.
A dramatic migration surge has placed the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta at the centre of Europe’s immigration debate once…
A Powerful Pacific Hurricane Is Churning Hundreds of Miles Offshore. Yet Its Biggest Threat May Be the Waves Reaching California.
The eye of Hurricane Genevieve remains far out over the eastern Pacific, never expected to make landfall in either the…
As the Danube Recedes, It Is Revealing a Lost World. Ancient Mammoth Remains Unearthed in Bulgaria Offer a Glimpse into Europe’s Ice Age.
Europe’s second-longest river has spent much of this summer making headlines for unusually low water levels. Along stretches of the…
Japan Was Shaken Again. But the World’s Most Earthquake-Prepared Nation Is Once More Showing Why Resilience Matters.
For most countries, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake would rank among the worst natural disasters in decades. In Japan, every major…
Europe’s Mighty Danube Is Shrinking. The River That United a Continent Is Revealing the Secrets Hidden Beneath Its Waters.
The Danube has shaped Europe for thousands of years. Empires rose and fell along its banks. Roman legions guarded its…
Mallorca’s Overtourism Crisis: Why Locals Are Taking to the Streets – and What Comes Next
Just a generation ago, Mallorca was synonymous with idyllic Mediterranean holidays, world-class cycling routes and quiet coves that attracted everyone…
Two Tourists Were Mysteriously Bitten While Swimming in Italy. Scientists Think Climate and Fish Behaviour May Hold the Answer.
Two swimmers were left bleeding in separate incidents along Italy’s Cilento coast this week, raising questions about what exactly is…
The Skeleton Coast: The Beach Where Surviving the Shipwreck Was Only the Beginning
Most coastlines kill sailors by drowning them. Namibia’s Skeleton Coast does something crueler – it lets you live. Then it…
Could an Exceptionally Warm Baltic Sea Fuel a Stormier Autumn in Northern Europe?
The Baltic Sea has experienced several episodes of exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures in recent years, and when such anomalies…
The North Sea Looks Tame on a Map. It’s One of the Deadliest Waters on Earth.
It doesn’t look like much. Bordered by some of the richest, most developed countries in Europe, the North Sea reads…