Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process.
It’s not just the value of bitcoin that has…
Supermarkets are throwing away the equivalent of 190 million meals a year that could be given to the hungry, The Independent reveals today.
The latest data shows that Britain’s top 10 chains are…
Collagen is the most plentiful protein in the human body and a major building block of connective tissue found in skin, bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and many other body parts. Most notably,…
The British medical journal The Lancet released a new report attributing 22,000 deaths in 2019 to the former president’s regulatory rollbacks.
The Trump administration deliberately harnessed racism…
Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
4 reasons why you should quit it today
Most of the world associates recycling with environmentally-friendly. This is because recycling has always been marketed as a lifestyle with all the…
A metal recycling plant is due to open on the polluted Southeast Side months after the same firm shut a metal scrapyard in a white, affluent part of town.
Trinity Colón grew up believing everyone…
It's all about taking risks: you don't need to take them when you're rich.
Few topics are as polarizing as wealth. Everyone has an idea of how it should be spread and what’s not right in society,…
Africa's fairy circles in grasslands are formed by a plant that releases a toxic sap into the soil when it dies, a new study reveals.
This poisonous sap, which is used by local bushmen to dip the…
What thrives in poor soil, can tolerate rising temperatures and is brimming with calories?
The cassava – sometimes referred to as "the Rambo root." This plant could potentially help alleviate world…
Lloyds Banking Group has announced the first 1 million of 10 million trees have been planted across the UK in partnership with the Woodland Trust.
As part of its ambition to help finance a green…
It's the second-largest area of snow cover since current records began.
A new satellite image has captured the stunning white peaks of two volcanoes on the Big Island in Hawaii, which have…
Bushy variety of cotoneaster works best in areas of heavy traffic, say researchers, while other plants can cool buildings or reduce flooding.
Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” that…
Community forest projects have seen a surge in volunteers keen to reduce CO2 emissions by creating new woodlands.
The UK may be in the grip of a winter lockdown but in one village on the edge of the…
Cryptocurrency now uses nearly as much electricity as Argentina but analysts claim technology will soon be mostly powered by renewable energy
In little over a decade, bitcoin has risen from a fringe…
President says the time is finally right for international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and global heating.
When it comes to the environment, few countries rival Costa Rica in terms of…
Ingestion of lead shotgun pellets from bed of Larnaca Salt Lake blamed for rise in deaths of migrating flamingos.
Conservationists in Cyprus are urging authorities to expand a hunting ban throughout…
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