Six things scientists say you need to know about El Niño
As the near-certainty of a record-breaking super El Niño has become clear, the scientists who predict and study…
Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a potentially greater driver of future sea-level rise than…
Czech SMR environmental impact assessment submitted
ČEZ has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment documentation to the Ministry of the Environment for its Rolls-Royce SMR…
Mont Blanc, the ‘roof of Europe’, loses more than a metre of height in a year | Mountains
Western Europe’s highest mountain shrank by more than a metre last year. The peak of Mont Blanc in…
Pampered city trees handle stress better than their country cousins
The next time you pass an urban tree, stop to appreciate what it’s been through. As a youngster,…
Businesses could be barred from non-essential water use amid supply threat | Water
Three water companies are seeking to impose severe restrictions on businesses as the drought continues across most of…
Counting The PET Bottles Needed To Make 1 Kg Of Printer Filament
In countries where PET bottles do not get slapped with an additional fee that induces you to return…
Wildfire smoke evolves as it drifts from wilderness to city
Key insights Decades of fire-suppression policies have left forests rife with fuel to burn; either through wildfires…
MIT Study Pushes Back On One Of The Biggest Solar Energy Myths
Grandriver/Getty Images Renewable energy is a greener alternative…
IPCC is under pressure to delay publication of key global climate report | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Scientists are coming under pressure from some petro-states and major developing countries to delay publication of a key…
Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species
Scientists racing to save critically endangered species may soon have a new tool at their disposal: sex-changing clones.…
‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames | Pollution
On a pale-blue Sunday morning on the foreshore of the River Thames, 40 people are searching for what…