ISO Launches New Climate Adaptation Standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced the launch of “ISO 14092:2026 – Climate change adaptation,” a new…
Microsoft Hits 100% Renewable Electricity Milestone
Microsoft announced today the achievement of one its key sustainability goals, with the tech giant reaching its target…
US Oil Drilling Activity Still Going Nowhere
By Julianne Geiger – Feb 20, 2026, 12:13 PM CST The total number of active drilling rigs for…
The Ozone Success Story With a Complicated Ending
By Kurt Cobb – Feb 16, 2026, 3:00 PM CST
The phaseout of CFCs under the Montreal…
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future | Climate crisis
What heat does to your body After the first experiment, Jay explains to me what I just went…
Households’ response to storms leading to ‘worse environmental outcomes’
“Understandable” steps taken by individual households to improve their resilience to extreme weather such as Storm Éowyn are…
China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine
February 19, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm China is reportedly testing a new airborne…
Cork’s recycling centres to start taking timber waste again ‘in a couple of months’
A recycling centre in Cork. Cork County Council is to resume taking timber waste at its civic amenity…
The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding
It fell to Doug Burgum, once the governor of North Dakota and now the Secretary of the Interior,…
‘Clean power everywhere’: How space-based solar could help us go beyond net zero targets
In 1941, two astronauts began the seemingly impossible feat of training a robot to operate a solar energy…
Winter Storm Gianna dumped nearly 2 ft of snow in January — This water-drop energy generator could’ve turned it into pure power
You remember the snow. The wind. The record totals. The travel chaos. But Winter Storm Gianna wasn’t just…
Scientists Find Alien-Like Creatures in Colombia’s Oceans, and They’re Older than Dinosaurs!
Beneath the surface of Colombia’s oceans, scientists have uncovered a stunning array of alien-like creatures, previously hidden from…