World

26 OctoberMonday

• 02:49 World·2 min read Fishing nations agree a three-year pause on cod catches at Skerra Bank Seven countries have agreed to stop targeting cod on the offshore fishing ground to let stocks recover, with compensation for crews and a scientific review each year.
• 01:53 World·1 min read Earth’s night side spins into view as city lights outline the continents An animation built from satellite data gathers the planet’s artificial lights into a single turning globe.
• 00:16 World·1 min read Moonlight on the ocean, city lights on land 4K footage from the space station follows a night-time pass from moon glint over the Pacific to the lights inland.

25 OctoberSunday

• 10:56 World·2 min read International team measures how fast the Cerro Blanco glacier is shrinking 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.
• 01:11 World·1 min read Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world ▣ 12 photos From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves.

24 OctoberSaturday

• 07:11 World·1 min read Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps ▣ 12 photos The seating, stages and surroundings of theatres from the Greek and Roman world.
• 02:22 World·2 min read Coral gardeners regrow 12 hectares of reef off a Pacific atoll 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.

23 OctoberFriday

• 10:11 World·1 min read City lights at night: the world's cities after dark ▣ 12 photos From Hong Kong to Toronto, Frankfurt to Bangkok, a light map of cities that come alive at night.
• 06:19 World·2 min read Mediterranean old towns of Calvara and San Telmo close their historic centres to cars 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.

22 OctoberThursday

• 19:16 World·2 min read North Sea grid link to share offshore wind power between five coastlines 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.
• 11:11 World·1 min read Bird migration and wetlands: the season of wings ▣ 12 photos From flocks of geese filling the sky to flamingos feeding in shallow lakes, scenes from along the flyways.

21 OctoberWednesday

• 22:52 World·2 min read Shipping lines agree voluntary slow zones on North Atlantic whale routes 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.
• 16:21 World·2 min read Wrenhaven bird-ringing station joins flyway census from West Africa to the Arctic 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.
• 04:07 World·2 min read Wrenhaven scientists join survey tracking giant iceberg off West Antarctica 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.

20 OctoberTuesday

• 21:00 World·2 min read Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power 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.
• 18:54 World·2 min read European bison return to the Kallmar forest reserve after 200 years Eight bison have been released into a fenced area of the reserve, where scientists will study how their grazing and wallowing reshape the woodland.