Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
After a disappointing 2016, when most of the annual major meteor showers were washed out by moonlight, 2017 looks far more promising. Of the big…
Nature & Environment
Now that Christmas is over, what are you going to do with your tree?
How time flies. But as the festive season draws to a close there is one thing left to sort out: what to do with the…
The race to make Formula One greener
Toby Miller, Loughborough University Formula One racing has been the subject of a massive takeover by US cable tycoon John Malone, driven by the desire…
Sustainable agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas, malnutrition and poverty
The lack of progress on agricultural issues influences climate change. Fact. During the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22) the Kingdom of Morocco, the Food…
Virginia Tech researchers: Climate change may benefit Ethiopia, increase the country’s access to water
Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures. A team of researchers…
How trees communicate via a Wood Wide Web
A new book, The Hidden Life of Trees, claims that trees talk to one another. But is this really the case? The simple answer is…
UT Study Cracks Coldest Case: How the Most Famous Human Ancestor Died
Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by…
How Billionaire Trump Is Missing Greener Pastures
How Billionaire Trump Is Missing Greener Pastures Considering how much he brags about his business acumen, shouldn’t Donald Trump do a better job of keeping…
Planet Nine: A World That Shouldn’t Exist
Earlier this year scientists presented evidence for Planet Nine, a Neptune-mass planet in an elliptical orbit 10 times farther from our Sun than Pluto. Since…
The number one thing we can do to protect earth’s oceans
May 23, 2016 — When New England fishers complained of working harder and harder to catch fewer and fewer fish, Spencer Baird assembled a scientific…
‘Great Wall of Africa’ planned to hold back the Sahara
A massive-scale project proposed by the African Union, partly funded by the EU, will see a wall of trees erected at the edge of the…
The unprecedented coral bleaching disaster at the Great Barrier Reef, explained
The scientists who study the Great Barrier Reef are shocked and horrified by what they’re seeing right now. Record hot temperatures in the Pacific Ocean…
The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres
Honduran environmentalist leader Berta Cáceres has been shot dead at her home in the town of La Esperanza. “Honduras has lost a brave and committed social…