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Night train linking six northern European coastal cities confirmed for next spring
Why it matters: Nordlys Rail says sleeper carriages will run three nights a week between six port cities, with a stop in Wrenhaven's twin town Velde. Ticket sales are expected to open in the new year.
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Daniel Osei World
Earth’s night side spins into view as city lights outline the continents
Why it matters: An animation built from satellite data gathers the planet’s artificial lights into a single turning globe.
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Amara Nwosu World
Moonlight on the ocean, city lights on land
Why it matters: 4K footage from the space station follows a night-time pass from moon glint over the Pacific to the lights inland.
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Jonah Becker World
International team measures how fast the Cerro Blanco glacier is shrinking
Why it matters: Scientists from five countries spent three weeks on the ice in the Andes, using radar and drones to measure its thickness, and found it has lost a fifth of its area in 20 years.
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Rafael Ortega 12 photos World
Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world
Why it matters: From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves.
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Yasmin Haddad 12 photos World
Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps
Why it matters: The seating, stages and surroundings of theatres from the Greek and Roman world.
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Chloé Martin World
Coral gardeners regrow 12 hectares of reef off a Pacific atoll
Why it matters: Divers from the Tavua Reef Institute have planted more than 90,000 coral fragments over six years, and fish numbers on the restored sections are approaching those of healthy reefs nearby.
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Mateo Silva 12 photos World
City lights at night: the world's cities after dark
Why it matters: From Hong Kong to Toronto, Frankfurt to Bangkok, a light map of cities that come alive at night.
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Mediterranean old towns of Calvara and San Telmo close their historic centres to cars
Why it matters: The two hill towns are restricting access to residents, deliveries and emergency vehicles, and visitors will park outside the walls and walk or take an electric shuttle.
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North Sea grid link to share offshore wind power between five coastlines
Why it matters: A new consortium of grid operators plans a meshed network of subsea cables linking offshore wind farms across the North Sea, so surplus power from one coast can flow to another when the wind drops.
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Leo Novak 12 photos World
Bird migration and wetlands: the season of wings
Why it matters: From flocks of geese filling the sky to flamingos feeding in shallow lakes, scenes from along the flyways.
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Lucas Moreau World
Shipping lines agree voluntary slow zones on North Atlantic whale routes
Why it matters: Member states of an international maritime body have backed seasonal slow-speed areas along whale migration corridors in the North Atlantic, asking ships to cut speed to 10 knots where humpbacks gather.
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Marcus Feld World
Wrenhaven bird-ringing station joins flyway census from West Africa to the Arctic
Why it matters: Volunteers at Fenwick Point are among more than 200 sites counting and ringing migrating birds this autumn, building a picture of the journeys made by waders and songbirds.
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Wrenhaven scientists join survey tracking giant iceberg off West Antarctica
Why it matters: Researchers from the Wrenhaven Marine Institute are part of an international team following a newly calved iceberg roughly twice the size of the city as it drifts away from a West Antarctic glacier.
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Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power
Why it matters: Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative.
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European bison return to the Kallmar forest reserve after 200 years
Why it matters: Eight bison have been released into a fenced area of the reserve, where scientists will study how their grazing and wallowing reshape the woodland.
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