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Proposal for environmental impact assessment programme for Wisting submitted for public consultation
The project is still at an early stage, and further progress will depend on additional improvements to achieve…
Venezuela quake: Devastation is urgent warning for California
The devastation from two massive earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday offers a stark warning for California and…
Is It Safe to Leave Bottled Water in the Sun?
As the days heat up, the bottled water comes out. It’s in cars, trunks, sheds, at soccer practice…
Russia plans 441-ton nuclear fuel plant to recycle waste stockpile
While Western nations try to cut ties with Russia, Moscow is quietly moving to control the global nuclear…
Humpback whales were assumed to simply call out to nearby mates, but thousands of miles of open ocean separate the singers from the listeners, and the hidden statistical structure behind those songs is prompting scientists to ask what human language actually shares with the animal world
Picture a creature the size of a school bus hanging motionless in dark water, mouth slightly open, body…
Greater Dublin water supply ‘on knife edge’, cttee told
Demand for water in the Greater Dublin area is so high, that it cannot be met without taking…
Is Malaysia risking its world-class coral reefs for offshore oil?
Every booking inquiry that lands in dive operator Richard Swann’s inbox these days carries the same undertow of…
Yes, China Is Largely Responsible For Rising Carbon Emissions
The Bao Steel mill in the morning, in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Baotou is an excellent example of…
UN chief: Targeting methane is a climate battle ‘we can win’
“The climate crisis is accelerating, and we are now on course to overshoot the 1.5°C limit in the…
More storage is vital, but there’s a much cheaper and easier way to manage winter demand and wind droughts
The recent dunkelflaute – several days of low solar and wind generation on Australia’s National Electricity Market –…
Australia’s heatwave history offers lessons for sweltering Europe
Europe has only just begun summer, but is already in the grips of a severe heatwave that has…