Moment ‘brazen’ fly-tipper filmed dumping pile of rubbish on London street featured in Pulp’s Common People
There were over 480,000 incidents of illegal rubbish dumping in the capital in 2024/2025 – the equivalent to…
Floaters: the coming-of-age novel inspired by the UK’s sewage crisis | Environment
A water company discharges sewage into a river with impunity and the government fails to stop them. The…
‘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…
The Last Stand for King Coal
United States President Trump has been pushing for a return to fossil fuels, after the Biden administration spent…
Climate change supercharged Iberian Peninsula’s destructive storms – POLITICO
In the southern region, “the climate models actually don’t show any increasing trend in rainfall on the wettest…
11 States May See Aurora Sunday
NOAA is forecasting an uptick in space weather, with the aurora borealis possible from northern U.S. states and…
‘Groundbreaking’ model can calculate true impact of climate change and it’s bad news for Europe
Published on 24/02/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 A “groundbreaking” study has lifted the lid on just how much human-made…
Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water | Global development
A loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, when the first trickle…
How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy
A growing number of new housing developments feature a little known but powerful bit of tech: smart rainwater…
Great Barrier Reef: World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team
A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified the world’s largest known coral colony, found on the Great…
Rising Air-Conditioning Use Intensifies Global Warming
Integrated assessment framework This study develops an integrated assessment framework to quantify the total warming impact and inequalities…
Geothermal energy could replace 42% of EU’s fossil electricity. Which nation has the most potential?
Published on 19/02/2026 – 6:00 GMT+1•Updated 13:31 New technologies are unlocking geothermal electricity across much wider parts of…