Deep in the Mojave desert, about halfway between Los Angeles and Phoenix, a sparkling blue sea shimmers on the horizon. Visible from the I-10 highway, amid the parched plains and sun-baked mountains…
Hundreds of students and recent graduates of top UK universities are pledging a “career boycott” of major insurers, saying they will not work for firms including Lloyd’s of London if they support…
Talks to revise the 20-year-old Energy Taxation Directive are moving at a snail’s pace amid resistance from EU countries in a matter that requires unanimity among the 27.
At the turn of the century…
In the Alps and Apennines of southern Europe, nearly all the longhorn beetles are moving uphill, and way up at the peaks, the isolation of a brown butterfly with orange-tipped wings is pushing it…
Over the last week, several European countries had power prices in the wholesale energy market dip into negative values during daylight hours. The decline in prices was mostly driven by the abundance…
Experts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being blamed as one of the main reasons for the deaths of up to…
Wealthy countries should pay for the loss and damage they cause to nature in poorer countries in the same way as for climate impacts, researchers have argued.
At the Cop27 climate talks in November…
Rock “flour” produced by the grinding under Greenland’s glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields, research has shown for the first time.
Natural chemical reactions…
Ron DeSantis has been accused of a “catastrophic” approach to the climate crisis after he launched his campaign for US president by saying he rejects the “politicization of the weather” and…
There are 2.5 million litres of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
If for some reason you wanted to bring it from a pleasant 20C to boiling point, German firm MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has…
More than 1,500 climate protesters have been arrested by police in the Netherlands after blocking a major motorway in The Hague.
During the protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists…
Australia’s big banks have loaned more than $13bn for fossil fuel projects over the past two years even as they publicly advocate for emissions reductions, a new report suggests.
Almost a third of presenters on GB News have used their platform to cast doubt on the scientific consensus on climate breakdown, according to an analysis.
Despite continuing growth in fossil fuel spending and record investment in coal, clean energy sources are becoming ever more dominant in a world that is expected to spend US$2.8 trillion on all forms…
When athletes settle into their rooms at the Olympic Village in Paris next year, they’ll be helping to make environmental history: their temporary homes are, at least partially, made of low-carbon…
Countries grappling with the “immense” task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris on Monday (30 May), amid protests and warnings of the urgency to act.
Representatives of…
France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday (30 May), taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.
Building up the battery industry is at the…
In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements or sources of energy.
Researchers have told Nature they fear that the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will lead to more restrictions on academic freedom. His administration has sacked thousands of…
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