Time is running out for rich governments to deliver on unmet funding promises before COP26 climate talks, with many developing nations saying their emissions cuts depend on it
* Rich nations under…
Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancer.
Almost all grapes and oranges contain a “cocktail of pesticides” according to research,…
This year’s Nobel prize in physics has been split between Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi. While Parisi is a theoretical physicist, the other two are climate modellers whose work…
Watching news reports of severe flooding in Europe, of devastating wildfires in the US, of melting ice caps at the poles, very few people now would deny that our climate is changing. The UK’s…
Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming
At least 85…
Six of top 10, including China and Russia, yet to show ambition on emissions cuts before Cop26
Analysis of the total carbon dioxide emissions of countries since 1850 has revealed the nations with…
Caring only about our emissions level in 29 years is a bit stupid. Any party worth its salt will stop putting things off and tell us what it’s doing right now.
As the whispers grow of the government…
Greg Mullins says after the ‘black summer’ bushfires it is time for politicians to act on global heating.
The year 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest on record. By 2040, those conditions –…
Study highlights vast churn in computer hardware that the cryptocurrency incentivises.
A single bitcoin transaction generates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing two iPhones in the bin,…
Strong results for green and liberal parties mean climate and energy policies are expected to feature heavily in upcoming coalition talks.
Climate and energy policies are expected to loom large in…
SA could save around R100 billion by speeding up the closure of coal-fired power plants in return for cheap loans to fund a transition to cleaner energy, according to a study by consultancy…
How do you persuade farmers and the local community to join one of Scotland’s biggest land restoration projects? Call in a psychologist.
Ahunter, conservationist and psychologist are working on a…
Deep sea mining firms claim their rare metals are necessary to power clean tech – but with even major electric car firms now backing a moratorium, critics say there is an alternative.
As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print.
The semiconductor industry has a problem. Demand is booming for silicon chips, which are…