Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water …
A new study has found that an increase in global wind speeds is set to give a boost to green energy.
The research, led by a team at Princeton University, found that as average daily wind speeds are…
Dr Tom Beer’s pioneering 1980s research into bushfires and climate change has, to his dismay, proved all too accurate
From his lounge in Brunswick, Melbourne, 72-year-old Dr Tom Beer has been…
The climate crisis will determine the lifelong health of today’s children, doctors have warned, noting that global heating was already causing harm.
Children are especially vulnerable and the global…
Thunberg: ‘My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science’
As Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second…
Arctic sea ice receded to record lows in October, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Ice coverage recorded in October was 32.2 percent…
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides.
The “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing, according to conservationists, who said that…
Exclusive: tiny particles produced by motor traffic can invade the brain and carry carcinogens.
New research has linked air pollution nanoparticles to brain cancer for the first time.
The ultra-…
The burning of coal is a huge driver of climate change but it’s also estimated that coal mining employs around six million people worldwide and is the lynch-pin of many communities.
Sharan Burrow…
Almost 10,000 sq kms lost in year to August, according to Brazilian government data.
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has hit the highest annual level in a decade, according to new government…
LONDON - Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable…
In the search for alternatives to fossil fuels, gas as an energy vector has the capacity to play a decisive role. To do this, it is absolutely necessary to green our gas as much as possible, writes…
A solar panel that can generate electricity from falling raindrops has been invented, enabling power to flow even when skies cloud over or the sun has set.
The impact isn’t uniform.
The transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energies is a global pursuit. But it’s faster and more intensive in some countries than in others. Take the case of South Africa…
The Conservative party’s record on tackling the climate crisis has been condemned by leading scientists and former government advisers, as the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, warned that the…
Denmark, backed by 10 other European Union countries, on Friday (4 October 2019) called for a strategy to phase out diesel and petrol cars, including allowing the ban of sales at national-level by…
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have synthesized magnetically-doped quantum dots that capture the kinetic energy of electrons created by ultraviolet light before it's wasted as heat.
"This…
Election contenders have been setting out plans to win over voters concerned about the environment.
Labour
Labour’s “green new deal” – or “green industrial revolution” – puts a radical…
The UK is exporting products and services from wind, wave and tidal energy to 37 countries across six continents, according to a new report from RenewableUK.
The report – 'Export Nation' – reveals…
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