‘The roar of Hurricane Melissa sounded like a devil’
Handout The family lost everything in the storm, including their 100-year-old home A British family who relocated to…
For fossil fuel-dependent islands, ocean thermal energy offers a lifeline
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is gaining renewed attention as a reliable, 24/7 clean-energy option for tropical…
I spent a nearly silent weekend in a forest cabin in Sweden. Here’s what I learned
In October, Skåne in Sweden launched an unusual tourism campaign. The southern county was looking for travellers interested…
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste | Waste
Millions of pounds in landfill tax owed to the government has to be paid by the Environment Agency…
We’ll Be Dumping a Garbage Truck of Plastic Every Second by 2040, Report Warns
Around the world, plastic is falling through the cracks of waste management systems and into our water, land,…
‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing’
An amateur photographer in southern Spain captured something almost no one expected to see. Ángel Hidalgo managed to…
Ocean warming linked to massive shellfish losses in Japan
Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country’s top production area, likely due to…
How to Watch Back-to-Back Northern Lights This Week
NEED TO KNOW The northern lights may be visible on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday evening, Dec. 4,…
Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare
Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent…
‘Outrage’ in Cork village of long-running sewage-leak issue prompts warning on drinking water
In September Uisce Éireann, which is responsible for the public wastewater treatment plant at Shannonvale, was fined for…
The “Plastic King” who assembled a four-storey castle out of 40,000 recycled bottles
Once upon a time, a Canadian man seeking to cleanse the world from useless waste, electrified the people…
Shucked by climate change: Japan’s oysters dying en masse in warming seas
TOKYO, Dec 1 — Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country’s top production…