TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy launch the Natrium concept, which pairs five hours of storage and a sodium fast reactor.
TerraPower, the Bill Gates-backed nuclear innovation firm, has…
From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the…
Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise.
Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…
The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…
As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia.
Between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen each year…
Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’.
A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…
The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed…
Scientists monitor frequency of Danube freezing over to track rising temperatures.
As a landlocked country in the heart of Europe, Hungary has a typically continental climate, with little or no…
Researchers find that even exposure to levels below EU limits has an impact.
Infants exposed to even low levels of air pollution experience reduced lung function as children and teenagers,…
As wildfires burn through California and the western United States, the Gulf Coast prepares for two potential hurricanes within a 48-hour timeframe, and record high temperatures dominate the summer,…
Climate activists linked to Extinction Rebellion projected protest messages onto hull of the World vessel in Falmouth, Cornwall.
A “sea-faring sister” of climate resistance group Extinction…
The dangers of climate chaos are conspicuous across the country as wildfiresrage in the West where prolonged drought has turned some forests into a tinderbox, the Gulf Coast braces for back-to-back…
Several areas of the Niger capital Niamey remained under water on Thursday as the death toll in recent floods that have displaced over 225,000 people rose to 45, authorities said.
Around 25,000…
Campaigner says decision at odds with Paris agreement to achieve net zero by 2050.
An environmental campaigner is mounting a legal challenge to the government’s decision to exclude waste…
Hang drying clothes is a simple practice that holds nothing short of immense power and pollution-saving potential. This most humdrumiest of daily chores, in which we simply hang damp clothes over a…
There is no space for “one crisis at a time”. And evidence suggests that behavioural changes have been instrumental in reducing the spread of COVID-19. The climate crisis is no different.
A three-part plan aims to expose the industry’s efforts to conceal the scale of the climate crisis, reform laws and sway support.
Senate Democrats are set to release a 200-page plan arguing that…
During a trip to Cuba's Gardens of the Queen a few years ago, I found myself around small mangrove islands in an area called Boca Grande. Floating on clear, calm water, my travel group and I kicked…
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