Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage | Cop31
Electrifying the world – with electric vehicles, electric heating and cooling, and modernised heavy industry – could be…
Wind turbines in Norway were spinning so fast they became invisible to eagles until engineers painted one blade black and began saving dozens of birds
Wind energy is reaching new heights across the world. Millions of homes are now powered by wind. Yet,…
Chernobyl’s wildlife boom challenges what scientists know about radiation
Jim Smith has spent more than three decades studying one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters: Chernobyl.…
It’s 50 years since the 1976 drought: how would the UK cope with its next major one?
It’s 50 years since the intense heat of the 1976 drought hit the UK. The country’s worst drought…
New wind turbine can be built anywhere without cement, heavy machinery
French designer Fabien Brun is challenging the traditional view of wind energy as a massive, multi-million-euro industrial endeavor.…
Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging | Porpoises
Scientists have created a digital reconstruction of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, preserving its anatomy in three…
Australia pledges action on H5N1 after bird flu case confirmed | Environment News
Tests confirm a migratory brown skua found in Western Australia had the virus. Published On 20 Jun 202620…
‘It’s Russian roulette’: alarm as Europe backs critical minerals mines in water-stressed regions | Mining
The European Commission plans to rewrite the EU’s flagship water protection law to speed up the development of…
Powerful seismic waves from Japan’s 2011 earthquake struck Earth’s core and bounced back up, moving island eastward
In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos…
What the satellite servicing economy can borrow from carbon credits
In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000…
Fiji Blocks Controversial Australian-Backed Waste Incinerator Project
Fiji has rejected Australia’s proposal to ship waste to the South Pacific country to burn and produce energy,…
Deadly H5 bird flu variant detected in Australia for first time in Esperance seabird
The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a…