Porto Flavia: where wilderness meets design
“This is not a coal mine but a sea harbour,” this is how the Sardinian Geopark guides typically introduce Porto Flavia to tourists and visitors….
“This is not a coal mine but a sea harbour,” this is how the Sardinian Geopark guides typically introduce Porto Flavia to tourists and visitors….
With the proliferation of smart grids, smart meters, “digital coal mine” and “digital oil fields,” the global energy sector is becoming increasingly interconnected, automated and…
It had to happen sooner or later: the ocean contains plastic, the fish contain plastic, and now the plastic also arrives in the water we…
Despite over ten years of trying, and numerous political initiatives at the national and EU level, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has yet to take…
The São Domingos Mine is an abandoned open-pit mine in Alentejo’s Corte do Pinto, the first place in Portugal to have electric lighting. The Romans mined in the São Domingos area…
Someday, the gasoline you buy might trace its heritage to carbon dioxide pulled straight out of the sky rather than from oil pumped out of…
A new study investigates the intersection of climate change and real estate, and finds that higher elevations bring higher values. It’s no surprise that a list…
Smart city expert Lean Doody says the technology should be a tool to deliver a sustainable city. Rapid urbanisation is one of the most important…
Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will require not only reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also active removal of carbon dioxide from the…
COP24 venue Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland. Milosz Maslanka/Shutterstock Federica Genovese, University of Essex Representatives of almost all the countries on the planet are gathering…
Our oceans are threatened by three major challenges: climate change, overfishing and pollution. Plastic pollution is of growing concern, and has gained international attention from…
The human fingerprint on this week’s extreme heat. Soaring temperatures shattered records from Ottawa to Oman this week, as the Northern Hemisphere endured an oppressive hot spell….
This is one of the most striking insights contained within the IEA’s annual update of global energy investment, which was published today. It gives an…