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Rubin telescope spots an icy world beyond Pluto that could become the sixth dwarf planet
Early estimates put 2026 ED138 at 600 to 1,500 kilometres across, which would make it the largest new body found beyond Neptune in about twenty years.
4 sources · VRT NWS, University of Washington, NSF +Nature
UN tallies restoration work on 252 million hectares, but seas and rivers trail far behind
A new UN report presented at the biodiversity summit in Yerevan finds a record area under restoration, but its authors say the pace must still triple.
3 sources · VRT NWS, La Libre, RTÉHealth
Heat killed more people than malaria in 2023, Lancet researchers call for a global emergency
For the first time, the annual Lancet Countdown report attributes a concrete number of heat deaths to global warming: almost three million between 2016 and 2023.
3 sources · La Libre, Reformatorisch Dagblad, Medical Daily