Habits that can turn air-conditioner outdoor unit into deadly fire hazard
According to data from the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), it recorded 345 incidents involving air…
Scientists Tracked These Strange Arctic Icebergs and Found Something Unexpected on the Seafloor
A polar research expedition back in 2021 noticed something weird along the Fram Strait, a marine passage into…
Commission steps up action on EU bioeconomy
The European Commission is stepping up the implementation of the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy by launching three complementary initiatives. …
A ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown
Summary A mysterious cold patch in the North Atlantic has puzzled scientists for years. New research links the…
A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea | Waste
On an overcast June morning, I step from the rubber-sided Zodiac boat on to a floating barge at…
A single plastic water bottle takes about 450 years to decompose — meaning every bottle produced since the 1970s is still essentially intact somewhere on Earth, slowly breaking down into particles now found in Arctic ice, Pyrenees rainfall, and the sediments of the Mariana Trench
The plastic water bottle is one of the more recent inventions in the history of human packaging. The…
The underwater wonders I saw on my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galápagos | Environment
Darwin and Wolf Islands in the Galápagos archipelago are the kinds of places scuba divers and marine biologists…
Rising sea levels threaten Portuguese coast
According to the same studies, events previously considered rare are becoming more frequent, with increasingly severe impacts on…
Climate change is causing fish to move to cooler water. But what if their escape route is blocked?
Around the world, ocean warming is causing fish to move polewards in search of cooler water. But what…
The Hidden Infrastructure Challenge Behind Renewable Energy Growth
The Middle East crisis has spurred more interest in alternative energy supply, but the evolution of transition technology…
Hungary’s third-largest lake is disappearing. Can experts save it before it’s too late?
At Lake Velence, around 40 kilometres west of Budapest, metal steps that once led down to the shoreline…
Does The Future of Climate Resilience Lie Beneath Our Feet?
We often look to the sky for climate solutions. We debate carbon markets, map wind patterns, and calculate…