- Nearly 75 years after a deadly crash, researchers located the long-missing Pan Am passenger plane on the ocean floor.
- Cameras were rolling and captured the dramatic moment the wreckage was discovered.
- The discovery—covered by NBC News' Tom Costello—brings closure to a decades-old mystery and showcases advances in deep-sea search technology.
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- The UK has had an unusually hot, dry summer so far — three widespread heatwaves and the longest dry spell in central England since 1995.
- Hosepipe bans and low river flows affect millions; farmers are rushing harvests and protecting crops and livestock.
- Short-term forecasts stay mainly dry, and climate projections point to hotter, drier summers becoming more common in future.
- An excavation in Hengchun, southern Taiwan, is underway to recover remains from ships sunk in the 1944 Bashi Channel attack — any identifiable DNA would be sent to Japan for identification.
- The sinkings and other WWII losses left thousands of Japanese servicemembers unaccounted for; Tokyo has expanded laws and DNA testing efforts to speed recoveries through 2030.
- Local residents, historians and Japanese volunteers have worked together and held memorials, highlighting a cross-cultural push for closure more than 80 years after the war.
- A huge wildfire in Spain's Guadalajara province has burned over 26,000 hectares and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate.
- A scorching heatwave (40+C) is spreading from Africa, raising wildfire risk and even bringing possible dry thunderstorms.
- Officials and scientists warn this fits a worsening, climate-linked fire trend — Spain is currently the EU's most fire-affected country.
- Anderson Cooper’s 60 Minutes features the monarchs’ annual spring migration — a mysterious, multi‑generational trek of millions of butterflies traveling north from their Mexican overwintering sites.
- The crew spent three years planning and rode horses and hiked up to an 11,000‑ft fir preserve; cloudy, cold weather held the butterflies still until sunlight suddenly released a breathtaking orange cloud as millions took flight.
- Guides call it a once‑in‑a‑lifetime, fragile spectacle — huge roosts (tens of millions) draw tours but are tightly timed and highly weather‑dependent.
- Seagrass planted at the River Aln survived the winter and is healthy and growing — a promising sign for the restoration trial.
- Results were mixed elsewhere: Wansbeck plantings failed and Jarrow is uncertain after mud coverage, highlighting the practical challenges.
- The work is part of the Defra-funded Stronger Shores project exploring nature-based coastal protection; fieldwork wraps up this year and researchers are optimistic.
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