Free-flowing rivers in Greece remain relatively intact but face growing pressure from hydropower and infrastructure projects. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Joerg / CC BY 2.0Free-flowing rivers across the Balkans, including Greece, are facing increasing pressure, according to a new 2025 regional scient
“Lily,” the cat, one of the denizens of God’s Little People Cat Sanctuary, Syros. Credit: Richard BowellThe Cycladic island of Syros has become a global beacon for animal welfare, home to two renowned cat sanctuaries that have spent decades turning a once-dire situation for strays into a model of co
Air pollution by brick factories. Credit: Janak Bhatta / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Pollution from home furnaces, fireplaces, and industrial plants releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air every day. The gas is a major contributor to climate change, yet once it enters the atmospher
Aerial image of the lava channel issuing from fissure 3 of Mauna Loa. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey / Public DomainOn the Big Island of Hawaii, two neighboring volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, are telling geologists a story of hidden complexity. Though they rise side by side and draw energy from
Official data highlights the scale of the crisis, with thousands of farms affected and more than 470,000 animals culled. Credit: AMNAGreece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rejected the mass vaccination of animals in a government meeting on Tuesday in which the country’s response to the ongoing
Lions used to roam around in ancient Greece. Credit: Public DomainGreek scientists believe that a cave near Vravrona, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Athens, was a hideout for lions and panthers which roamed the Ancient Greek countryside thousands of years ago.Fossils belonging to small and large mam
The Central Reservoir of Hadrian’s Aqueduct in Athens, Greece. Credit: flickr / Heather Cowper CC BY 4.0Officials in Athens are turning to a 2,000-year-old solution to address modern water shortages in a city battling rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall. Greece is reviving Hadrian’s Aqueduct
Illustration of the Late Heavy Bombardment. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image LabA new study challenges the long-held belief that Earth’s water was delivered by meteorites during the early history of the solar system. Researchers examining lunar samples say only a small fra
A village on the slopes of Mt Kerketion, also known as Koziakas. Credit : Ava Babili / Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0An amazing variety of ancient Greek healing herbs can be found today in the “Asclepius Path” on Mount Kerketion, where, according to Greek mythology, the ancient Greek god of medicine, Asclep
Greece advancing energy efficiency and renovation programs for older homes. Photo of Athens. Credit: Greek ReporterGreece is promoting energy efficiency and energy renovation in homes through its national “Exikonomo” (“I Save”) programs, which aim to modernize buildings and reduce energy consumption