Registration is now open for a series of regional events 3-4 March that will launch and set the scene for the 2021 edition of the Regional Climate Weeks.
Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process.
It’s not just the value of bitcoin that has…
The British medical journal The Lancet released a new report attributing 22,000 deaths in 2019 to the former president’s regulatory rollbacks.
The Trump administration deliberately harnessed racism…
A former Glencore director said he used to fly the world carrying a bag full of cash to secure deals for the commodity trader, evidence of the industry’s longstanding history of corruption, a problem…
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Εmojis, the concise hieroglyphs of modern life, play a growing role in our communication-dependent world, but what does one do when the required image doesn’t yet exist?
The lack…
Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some…
Texas oil refineries released hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollutants including benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide into the air as they scrambled to shut down during…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
A metal recycling plant is due to open on the polluted Southeast Side months after the same firm shut a metal scrapyard in a white, affluent part of town.
Trinity Colón grew up believing everyone…
It's all about taking risks: you don't need to take them when you're rich.
Few topics are as polarizing as wealth. Everyone has an idea of how it should be spread and what’s not right in society,…
Advice to the Biden administration as it seeks to account for mounting losses from storms, wildfires and other climate impacts.
One of the first executive orders US President Joe Biden signed in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators said on Monday they will examine threats that climate change and extreme weather events pose to the country’s electric reliability in the wake of…
What thrives in poor soil, can tolerate rising temperatures and is brimming with calories?
The cassava – sometimes referred to as "the Rambo root." This plant could potentially help alleviate world…
Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT,…
It's the second-largest area of snow cover since current records began.
A new satellite image has captured the stunning white peaks of two volcanoes on the Big Island in Hawaii, which have…