No miracle tech needed: How to switch to renewables now and lower costs doing it
Unprecedented fuel price hikes, energy extortion between nations, up to 7 million air pollution-related fatalities annually, and a slew of…
Category: environment
A Disturbing Shift Has Affected Earth’s Delicate Energy Balance, Scientists Report
All the planets we have so far been able to investigate in the Universe are different from our living…
World’s first large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland
Polar Night Energy’s first sand-based thermal energy storage system for commercial use has begun running in Finland. The system…
Scientists have proven for the first time that viruses can survive and remain infectious by binding themselves to microplastics in freshwater.
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that viruses may live and continue to be contagious by attaching themselves…
Hundreds of Little Blue Penguins Are Turning Up Dead in New Zealand
The tiny bodies of hundreds of penguins have been washing ashore on New Zealand’s most northern shores since the…
Scientists discover viruses that secretly rule the world’s oceans
Thousands of unknown viruses identified recently in the world’s seas may have a significant impact on ecosystems, according to…
NASA Just Captured an Undersea Volcano Eruption, And They’ve Dubbed It ‘Sharkcano’
Sharks have long called Kavachi Volcano, an active undersea volcano in the Solomon Islands, home. Their once-peaceful playground in the…
New Imaging Technique Generates Incredible Subcellular Maps of Entire Brain Networks
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a technique for gathering information on the structure and function of brain…
Climate Change Has Been Killing Rainforest Trees For Longer Than We Realized
Scientists have discovered a concerning pattern in Australia’s rainforests: tree lifespans have halved in the last 35 years, owing to…
Deep-sea internet cables could help sense distant earthquake rumbles
More than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by the ocean. This fact presents a difficulty for seismologists, oceanographers,…