Rethinking air conditioning amid climate change
Saugat Bolakhe ACs and refrigerators help keep people safe — but they also further warm the planet. Scientists are working on eco-friendlier solutions as global…
Tree loss in tropics casts doubt over climate goals
Tropical regions of the world lost 11.1 million hectares of forest cover in 2021, new data shows, calling into question global pledges to end deforestation…
Lessons from European renewable energy communities
Renewable energy experiences in Europe help pave ways to meet energy equity goals for under-served communities. Residents of Chamole (population about 200) in eastern France…
Biodiversity Solutions Also Fight Climate Change
New research highlights ways to tackle our two greatest environmental challenges — at the same time. Mass extinction lurks beneath the surface of the sea….
“New tech inside“: Europe needs to embrace ground-breaking geothermal technologies
The new REPowerEU Plan presented last week by the European Commission is the latest proposal of measures that would speed up the transformation of Europe’s…
The solution to Romania’s energy poverty is decentralised, renewable energy
Over a third of Romania’s population is affected by energy poverty, but this can change with an integrated approach and targeted support. Estimates show that…
Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited
Nowhere is nature more vibrant than in Earth’s tropical forests. Thought to contain more than half of all plant and animal species, the forests around…
Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be ‘climate compatible’?
The UK made history in November 2021 by helping to secure the first mention of the need to tackle fossil fuels in a global climate…
Scientists can’t agree about Chernobyl’s impact on wildlife
Katarina Zimmer Is Chernobyl a radioactive wasteland reeling from chronic radiation, or a post-nuclear paradise with thriving populations of animals and other life forms? Studies…
Bangladesh power bill mounts amid plan to supersize already bloated capacity
Bangladesh is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to private electricity producers every year for electricity that’s going unused, a government report indicates….
Why Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply
Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that…
One quarter’ of US emissions since 2005 come from fossil fuels on public lands
Emissions equivalent to nearly a quarter of the US total since 2005 have come from fossil fuels extracted on the nation’s public lands and waters,…
What the latest science says about Antarctica and sea-level rise
As the Earth’s climate warms, sea levels are rising, threatening to swallow coastlines and flood low-lying cities. Scientists are working to understand how much and…