A high-tech electric ferry service has began operating in Stockholm, offering commuters a low-carbon way to zip through the waterways of the Swedish capital, which is built on 14 islands
29/10/2024 The Independent
A coastal flooding prevention project in New York City could be a model for communities along America's hurricane-battered coasts
28/10/2024 The Independent
A technique known as “enhanced rock weathering” promises to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. But it’s crucial to be able to measure how much CO₂ is captured.
28/10/2024 The Conversation
Erik and Lyle Menendez launched an ongoing beautification initiative in the prison where they are serving life sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents
26/10/2024 The Independent
A global media campaign, spearhaded by charity Conservation India, publicised a short film about the Amur falcon massacre and instigated huge change.
24/10/2024 The Conversation
Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batteries that are already starting to help prevent power blackouts.
24/10/2024 The Guardian
The price we pay for loneliness is high. We need to change the conversation and foster meaningful connections.
23/10/2024 The Conversation
Around the world, seeds of regenerative cities have already been planted. As they grow, they will shape the metropolises of tomorrow.
23/10/2024 Wired
The hatching of clutches of critically endangered Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia is an unlikely comeback, aided by an even unlikelier ally
23/10/2024 The Independent
Millions of litres of nutrient-rich whey go to waste every year. Collaboration can help turn this waste stream into useful products
22/10/2024 The Conversation
Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in 2022.
20/10/2024 Al Jazeera
A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country
19/10/2024 The Independent
In Iceland scientists plan to drill down to magma to understand it and use it for energy production.
18/10/2024 BBC
Agrivoltaics, which pairs solar panels with farming, offers a path to decarbonise agriculture. But how do we make it work for crops and energy? A new tool may hold the answer.
17/10/2024 The Conversation
Academics hope that electric wallpaper, which goes on the ceiling and is painted over, could become a ‘viable’ replacement for central heating.
17/10/2024 The Independent
By providing localised knowledge, the Kijani app enables farmers to choose the right crops for a greener Sub-Saharan Africa.
16/10/2024 Reset.org
In a converted warehouse in the poorest zip code in Philadelphia, students are learning to work on older homes, improve the heating and cooling, and at the same time make them more climate-friendly
13/10/2024 The Independent
Scientists and engineers are developing new ways to destroy per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) efficiently and sustainably. This class of chemicals is known as “forever chemicals” because PFAS persist and accumulate in the environment,…
11/10/2024 The Conversation
The vision of a small group of sheep farmers is set to deliver nine per cent of the state’s energy requirements and a windfall for the local community.
11/10/2024 Sydney Morning Herald
African savannah elephant numbers are surging. But for farmers in elephant territory, that can spell disaster. To solve human-elephant conflict, we might need to use smell.
09/10/2024 The Conversation
The world is full of microbes, and many of them like the taste of waste. Some carbon monoxide-loving microbes can be harnessed to transform waste into valuable biofuel.
07/10/2024 The Conversation
Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when they want to sell their avocados
07/10/2024 The Independent
China, Norway and Australia are working on different zero-emission initiatives, such as a ferry that will link Argentina and Uruguay and a freight vessel that can move 10,000 tons
04/10/2024 El País
A monkey that performed poorly on vision tests did much better after having a stem cell transplant to patch up holes in its retina
03/10/2024 NewScientist
