Flying Can Use Less Energy Than Swimming, and these Birds Have Been Doing It All Along
Image in Creative Commons. An Andean condor and a trumpeter swan weigh roughly the same: about 11 kilograms.…
68 Incredible Things People Found In The Trash That Were Way Too Good To Throw Away
I run my towns transfer station and recycling center. The amount of perfectly good or even brand new…
The Jackdaw gasfield passed the legal test for North Sea drilling – Rosebank will find it much harder
For the first time, UK ministers have had to weigh the emissions from burning gas extracted from a…
Circular cities go ‘green’ by reusing things over and over again
Suppose a seam splits on your athletic shoe. Or a toy breaks. Don’t throw it away. Many damaged…
The US west has lost nearly 300 glaciers since the 1960s. Climate crisis is drastically shrinking what’s left | Climate crisis
Across the US west, rising temperatures are causing glaciers to retreat to the point of vanishing. About 300…
Jackdaw decision could haunt the UK at future climate summits
Though the announcement that the UK government will move ahead with the Jackdaw gas field in the North…
Can Japan become a player in the Arctic?
When a South Korean container ship voyaged through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route earlier this month, it highlighted…
Powerful earthquake hits Tibet, killing 16 people, reports say
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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn | Extreme heat
Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate…
At Cop17, the pressure is on to rescue a deal that could end the destruction of nature | Environment
The Armenian capital Yerevan is chock-a-block right now with officials, scientists and environmentalists from all over the world…
My teenage son had a meltdown after I told him he can’t go on a beach trip in a hurricane — help!
Confronting adolescent emotions and natural disasters on their own is hard enough without the two colliding into a…
Will plants survive climate change? The ‘Great Dying’ reveals clues about their resilience.
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