The ship floats peacefully in the deep blue water, surrounded by enormous cliffs and waterfalls. Here, in Norway's fjords the world seems to stand still. But the tranquility is just an illusion: The…
Indigenous Australians from low-lying islands in the Torres Strait argue that the government, by failing to act on climate change, has violated their fundamental right to maintain their culture.…
Milan’s Il Bosco Verticale (the Vertical Forest) is a high rise building populated by people and trees. It is the first of a new concept of building in cities being pioneered by Stefano Boeri’s…
Climate science has struggled mightily with a messaging problem.
The well-worn tactic of hitting people over the head with scary climate change facts has proved inadequate at changing behavior or…
When Hurricane Maria tore through the tropics in September 2017, it took Puerto Rico’s power system with it. Winds of 170 miles per hour(274 km/h) ripped down poles, transmissions lines, and…
The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unveiled a solar tree at the EU Delegation Office Complex Abuja, to highlight the union…
Δημοσιογράφοι, πολιτικοί και επιστήμονες: ο αμερικανικός όμιλος Monsanto φέρεται ότι φακέλωσε εκατοντάδες ανθρώπους στη Γαλλία, με βάση τη στάση που τηρούσαν απέναντι στα ζιζανιοκτόνα -και ιδίως την…
Ο πλανήτης δεν βρίσκεται σε καλό δρόμο όσον αφορά την επίτευξη των στόχων για τον περιορισμό του φαινομένου της υπερθέρμανσης του πλανήτη, δήλωσε ο γενικός γραμματέας του ΟΗΕ Αντόνιο Γκουτέρες από τη…
The latest climate models are giving disturbing answers.
Imagine spending your whole career working on a question to which you don’t want to know the answer. We know that greenhouse gas emissions…
In less than a century, humans have managed the ignoble feat of raising atmospheric CO2 levels by more than 100 parts per million (ppm). Like every year, weather stations are measuring new record…
During the Super Bowl in February, a commercial showed a Budweiser beer wagon drawn by eight Clydesdale horses rambling down a dreamy country lane past the whirling blades of a wind farm. With Bob…
Do you feel the warmth coming off your computer or cell phone? That's wasted energy radiating from the device. With automobiles, it is estimated that 60% of fuel efficiency is lost due to waste heat…
My intellectual and rational understanding of it has shifted to much more of an emotional and personal one.
‘Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s natural life.’ ‘The planet has…
The automotive and energy markets are on the cusp of seismic shifts. The automotive market is transitioning from simple fossil fuel-powered vehicles to smart, electric vehicles (EVs) as it enters the…
Solar and wind energy displace roughly 35 times as much carbon dioxide each year as carbon capture and storage (CCS) has sequestered in its entire history, DeSmog Blog reports, citing a new analysis …
You probably haven’t heard of Hayes Barnard, but his work could help save the planet. A former executive at SolarCity, the solar panel firm purchased by Elon Musk’s electric car firm Tesla in 2016,…
The adoption of renewable energy sources is gaining momentum the world over, and countries in the Middle East and Africa are looking to benefit greatly from their integration into power grids.…
Last year was the first time since 2001 that growth in renewable power capacity failed to increase year on year.
Statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) reveal that new net capacity from…