Category: Science/Environment (Page 8)
More than one-third of all US energy consumption is from heating and cooling homes and buildings — a significant contribution to climate change. Air source heat pumps are a
Two prehistoric predators went up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York.
The skeletons of a Pteranodon and a Plesiosaur both went up for sale —…
As Earth repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others w…
Whilst for many Glastonbury may evoke images of iconic musical performances, fancy dresses, flags and mud, sustainability has long been at the he…
New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 million gallons of drinking water a day.
Each one of those gallons weighs around 8 pounds, so it’s quickly apparent t…
Uganda has long struggled to protect its forests, amid a population explosion that fuels demand for plant-based energy sources perceived as cheap, especially charcoal.
Accordin…
Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its…
At Dandora dumpsite, Kenya’s largest rubbish dump, scores of people pick through 2,000 tons of waste a day, looking to resell recyclable items. Now a local
A large-scale locust outbreak across eight provinces in north and northeast Afghanistan is posing an enormous threat to the country’s food security, the Food and Agriculture Organ…
At the end of the century, more than two billion people will be living in countries where extreme heat becomes life-threatening according to researchers in Europe and China.
Th…
