SINGAPORE: Imagine generating renewable energy via solar panels on your rooftop and being able to sell this energy to others.
All this could soon be a reality and a step forward for Singapore as it…
The 2020 hurricane season is now expected to be the most active since at least the early 1980s, meteorologists at Colorado State University, a standard bearer for seasonal hurricane predictions,…
Democrats in the House and Senate on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation that would ban some of the most toxic pesticides currently in use in the U.S.
In June it was a little uncertain how the wind industry would be affected by the global pandemic, as its competitive position had been eroded by falling gas and oil prices. More recently, however,…
Australia’s rooftop solar market has defied the disruption caused by Covid-19, setting new installation records in the month of July, and pushing Australia past 2.5 million total rooftop solar…
A team of researchers, designers, policy experts and educators at two of Imperial’s Global Institutesare transforming our understanding of how the challenges affecting our planet also affect our…
The Australian government has announced a A$190 million (US$130 million)investment in the nation's first Recycling Modernization Fund, with the aim of transforming the country's waste and recycling…
The nonprofit Project Drawdown analyzed the potential impact of a range of technologies and practices.
It’s possible to avoid catastrophic climate change by ramping up solutions that already exist…
Rapid progression in increasingly more affordable storage technologies has enabled renewable energy units to become progressively more reliable. On account of their decentralised nature, renewable…
As climate change heats up the weather in Southern California, coastal populations from San Diego to Santa Barbara may face an increased risk of contracting West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne…
Why can’t I use the battery from my electric car to export solar power to the grid when I don’t need it?
Technically it is possible. You could charge your electric vehicle (EV) with solar…
Individual acts alone won’t stop the climate crisis, but there are things we can do. We asked experts what they do in their daily lives to make a difference.
As the climate crisis intensifies,…
It matters so much more than operating emissions.
If we are truly going to get a handle on climate change and carbon emissions then we have to deal with the issue of embodied carbon, or what I…
Rats and bats that host pandemic pathogens like Covid-19 increase in damaged ecosystems, analysis shows.
The human destruction of natural ecosystems increases the numbers of rats, bats and other…
Fibreglass fuelled a boating boom. But now dumped and ageing craft are breaking up, releasing toxins and microplastics across the world.
Where do old boats go to die? The cynical answer is they are…
A new study gives a first look at the presence and potential effects of plastics and new forms of synthetic chemicals in stranded dolphins and whales along the coast of the southeastern U.S.
In Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve, livelihoods are suffering as coronavirus guts tourism.
Maasai Mara, Kenya - You have to wake up at dawn to catch the sun rising while having breakfast in the…