Countries most vulnerable to climate change are often the ones with the least financial resources to respond, and rich countries, which are accountable for the majority of global greenhouse gas…
Disasters stemming from hazards like floods, wildfires, and disease often garner attention because of their extreme conditions and heavy societal impacts. Although the nature of the damage may vary,…
Joe Biden’s progressive nominee for interior secretary faced harsh questions from lawmakers with deep industry ties.
Partway through the sometimes contentious confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland as…
Composting is the best way to get rid of your kitchen scraps without sending them to the landfill. And if you’ve been composting for a while, you may have already started experimenting with …
At first glance, the round black pellets could easily be mistaken for animal dung. But these hardy little balls contain acacia seeds that are helping regrow Kenya's depleted forests.
In a tranche of…
Europe installed 14.7 GW (10.5 GW in the EU-27) of new wind capacity in 2020. The 6% decrease compared to 2019 was due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the onshore wind sector.
80% of the…
Other predators such as narwhals are suffering similarly as unique adaptations become less suited.
Polar bears and narwhals are using up to four times as much energy to survive because of major ice…
Preventing the next energy nightmare and curbing America’s carbon emissions will require spending billions to remake the nation’s grids.
The millions of people who struggled to keep warm in Texas,…
Turning petrochemical plants off and on again requires flaring and other large sources of pollution.
Like a cold-blooded animal—a lizard or a snake—the petrochemical hub that is the state of Texas…
Melting ice in the Arctic allowed a gas tanker to sail through the Northern Sea Route in the middle of winter.
A tanker sailed through Arctic sea ice in February for the first time, the latest sign…
Global study shows blazes diminish forest density and tree size, making woods likely to sequester less carbon.
More fierce and frequent fires are reducing forest density and tree size and may damage…
As U.S regulators and industry leaders mull how to consider introducing hydrogen into the nation’s energy supply mix, they’re faced with a choice that sounds more like a decision pondered by the…
Thousands of homes could soon be heated by human waste in a first-of-its-kind “poo-power” system.
Thames Water plans to use excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process to warm more than…
Priced out of online access, poor children are turning to backyard teachers as Covid closes state classrooms.
It’s Friday morning and Help Mabwe is preparing to give the day’s illicit lessons. Round…
The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in…
Technological advances have transformed the solar energy industry in recent years. Solar panels are significantly more efficient, producing more power in the same amount of space. Meanwhile,…
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing, released…
The Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your own.
Texas has long represented a wild west individualism that elevates…