China Planted So Many Trees Around the Taklamakan Desert It Turned It Into a Carbon Sink
View from Taklamakan Desert. Image via Wiki Commons. The Taklamakan Desert has a name that translates, roughly and…
Space-Based Solar Power Will Be Economically Viable by 2040
The renewable energy revolution is running out of land. Building out utility-scale solar and wind farms requires massive…
Assessing the climate mitigation potential of circular economy | Publications
BriefingPublished 19 Feb 2026Modified 20 Feb 2026 ImageOctavian Albu, Environment&Me 2025 / EEA This briefing provides information about…
Potomac sewage spill points to a growing threat around the U.S. : NPR
Water samples are taken from the Potomac River in Maryland in January. A massive pipe that moves millions…
Injecting particulates into the atmosphere isn’t a magical fix for the climate crisis | Mike Hulme
Planetary-scale solar geoengineering interventions involve the deliberate injection of either natural or artificial particulates into the stratosphere –…
By Covering a Desert with Solar Panels, China Expected Clean Power, but the Land Began to Evolve
The 1-gigawatt photovoltaic array spreads across the Talatan plateau in China’s Qinghai Province like a mechanical forest, its…
Europe swaps climate rhetoric for energy security talk to defuse MAGA backlash – POLITICO
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices,”…
New drone unit to investigate illegal waste dumping across England | Waste
A new 33-strong drone unit is being deployed to investigate the scourge of illegal waste dumping across England,…
Extreme events and river biodiversity under climate change
Lynch, A. J. et al. People need freshwater biodiversity. WIREs Water 10, e1633 (2023). Article Google Scholar WWF.…
Valencia’s deadly flood still haunts Spain. Would it have happened in a fossil fuel-free world?
Published on 19/02/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Spain is still desperately trying to heal its wounds and understand exactly…
The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal | Environment
Australians are no strangers to blistering weather – being a “sunburnt country” of “droughts and flooding rains” is…
California Storm Forecast to Bring Heavy Snow, Easing Winter Drought
A massive storm aimed at California may help the state, which has been struggling with a snow drought…