EU unveils rare earths plan in attempt to cut dependence on China

The EU is accelerating efforts to reduce reliance on China for rare earths by focusing on recycling, local production, and partnerships with countries like Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia. The European Union is stepping up efforts to reduce its...

Global warming pushes Earth’s tipping points toward critical thresholds

ISTANBUL Rising global temperatures are driving the planet’s tipping points toward critical thresholds that could trigger irreversible climate changes, according to Levent Kurnaz, director of Bogazici University’s Center for Climate Change and...

Tiny ocean plankton could reshape climate predictions

Summary: Calcifying plankton, some of the ocean’s smallest organisms, play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s carbon cycle – but they are largely missing from current climate models. A new Review published this week in Science by researchers...

Climate scientist warns Earth's tipping points approaching collapse

Climate scientist Levent Kurnaz has issued a stark warning that global warming is pushing Earth's crucial environmental systems toward irreversible tipping points that could trigger catastrophic climate changes. The director of Boğaziçi...

What Really Doomed Napoleon’s Army? Scientists Find New Clues in DNA

Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that were exhumed from their graves, worked scatological miracles, and drew inspiration from X-rays. First, a diagnosis 200 years in the making confirms, once again, that Napoleon’s...

Ancient sea levels warn of the dangers from today’s melting ice

In a major recheck of Earth’s past, a new study reports that global mean sea level shifted dramatically throughout the last Ice Age – not just at the end. The work reaches back 4.5 million years and reorganizes how scientists think about ice...

Column: History as our guide: toward a better future for global order

by Liu Zhenmin The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations. At the end of the war, the United Nations was born, a contemporary international order took shape, and the course of human...

The United States: Reclaiming Its Mining Legacy

No doubt, we are in a phase of geopolitical spotlighting on minerals… Donald Trump, China, tariffs, ending the war in Ukraine, Greenland and Russia. And this week, the $13 billion deal struck between the US and Australia focused on critical...

The rare earth cold war

It’s quite interesting to see global politics taking such unpredictable turns. It was US President Trump who first started the tariff war, now attracting the world’s attention and apparently giving geopolitics precedence over geo-economics....

Atlas Ocean Voyages adds 27 new Arctic ports for 2027 season

Atlas Ocean Voyages unveiled its 2027 Arctic Expeditions programme, featuring 27 new ports of call across Iceland, Greenland, the Canadian Arctic and Svalbard. These include Pond Inlet and Kimmirut in Nunavut, Churchill and Coats Island in Hudson...

Silversea unveils its voyage collection 2027-28

Silversea has unveiled its voyage collection 2027-28 which includes numerous aspects of innovation, such as their debut summer season in Japan, unprecedented warm-water expeditions, and new itineraries aboard two state-of-the-art Nova Class ships....

European Union seeks to end dependency on China for rare earths

By&nbspEvelyn Ann-Marie Dom&nbsp&&nbspEBU Published on 25/10/2025 - 15:55 GMT+2 The European Union is working on a strategy to reduce its dependency on Chinese critical raw materials, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday. The...

China’s Coastal Cities Are Sinking as Seas Rise at Record Speed

A team of scientists led by Rutgers University researchers has found that sea levels today are climbing more quickly than at any time in the past 4,000 years, with China's coastal cities facing some of the most severe risks. To uncover this trend,...

Von Der Leyen Moves To Shield EU From China On Rare Earths

The European Union is racing to loosen China’s grip on the minerals powering its future. EU policymakers are moving fast to reduce reliance on Chinese materials essential to clean energy, defense and EV manufacturing. European Commission President...

EU trying to end China rare earth dependence — Von der Leyen

The European Union (EU) is working to end its reliance on rare earth elements from China, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday. China is the top producer and exporter of rare earths, which are vital in the production...

EU Unveils Plan To Reduce Dependence On Chinese Rare Earths

Home China EU Unveils Plan To Reduce Dependence On Chinese Rare Earths The European Union has for years attempted to reduce its dependence on China for the minerals that are needed for the transition to cleaner energy, the defence sector and...

U.S. Rare Earth Company Signs Strategic Deal With Japanese Government

Amid a global race to secure critical minerals outside China’s control, U.S. rare earth developer REAlloys Inc. has forged a strategic alliance with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), the government agency under Japan’s...

Putin is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as Russia prepares for war with Nato, Norway says

Putin is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as his country prepares for war with NATO, Norway has said. Norway's Defence Minister Tore Sandvik claimed his country had found Russia had been increasing its military...

Africa Is The World's 'Youngest' Region, Asia The 'Oldest'

The world’s population is aging, but not evenly. While some regions are growing older at an alarming pace, others remain remarkably young. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu maps the median age in every country, showing where...

The EU works to end its dependence on Chinese rare earth elements

The head of the European Commission said on Saturday that the bloc is working to end its reliance on rare earth elements from China after Beijing announced additional restrictions on the export of minerals vital to many key sectors. The European...