This 243-foot machine is turning ocean tides into clean electricity
While solar panels rely on sunshine and wind turbines depend on changing weather conditions, tidal energy offers something…
Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity
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More than half of clean energy schemes needed for Labour’s 2030 target offered grid connection | Renewable energy
More than half the renewable energy projects needed to meet the government’s clean power targets by 2030 are…
Latitudinal patterns and environmental correlates of plant root exudation
Jackson, R. B. et al. The ecology of soil carbon: pools, vulnerabilities, and biotic and abiotic controls. Annu.…
UN calls for urgent global action as oceans are warming and rising faster
The findings “demand urgent action, through stronger multilateral cooperation, greater ambition and decisions grounded in the best available…
ACT proposes new ‘split-gas’ emissions target
The ACT party last year pledged to leave the Paris Agreement unless New Zealand was allowed to set…
A Swedish research robot submarine detects unknown structures beneath Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, and the find suggests ice shelf’s underside is more complex than expected | World News
Image of Edge of the Dotson Ice Shelf| Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons When researchers sent a bright orange…
What happens when the world’s breadbaskets start failing simultaneously?
Agriculture today is a massive, globally interconnected industry. That interconnectivity has brought jobs and varied foods to people…
‘Ad hoc and piecemeal’: Insurer IAG slams govt’s approach to natural hazards in new report
New Zealand’s approach to natural hazard risk will permanently constrain the economy if nothing changes, an insurer says.…
From Tigers to Jaguars: 10 iconic safari adventures around the world
The Okavango Delta is simply one of Africa’s most mind-blowing wonders, a massive, lush oasis smack in the…
Florida shaken by 6.1-magnitude earthquake off coast of Cuba | Florida
An earthquake on Monday off the coast of Cuba, which was that region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150…
5 Great North American Biking Cities
On a weeklong cycling trip last summer through the Netherlands and Belgium, I noted the many bike-friendly elements:…