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Slowdown this year in rising greenhouse gases does not negate long-term trend, finds carbon budget analysis

Activists call Cambridge Zero initiative a ‘PR stunt to divert attention from links to fossil fuel industry’

Windfarms could be able to generate more energy due to phenomenon, says report

Gravitricity develops winch and hoist system to store energy at half the cost of lithium-ion batteries

Michael Miller writes on the Conservatives’ record on tackling the climate crisis, while Dr Andy Higginbottom argues that both parties fail to acknowledge the real impact and Dr David Lowry says that nuclear power is not...

Gravitricity develops winch and hoist system to store energy at half the cost of lithium-ion batteries

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 18 October 2019   Science is beginning to win in the long battle over misinformed anti-plastic advocacy.  It has been a long time coming.  The most recent paper on the subject...

From Space.com By Rafi Letzter We’re getting something wrong about the universe. By Rafi Letzter 6 Science & Astronomy We’re getting something wrong about the universe. It might be something small: a measurement...

In our oceans the scale of disasters is measured in millions, billions, and trillions, while solutions amount to single digits: individuals or institutions working to impact a chosen issue with approaches often both brilliant...

University of Queensland More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics...

Climate change is likely hampering recovery efforts Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC– The intensity of summer algal blooms has increased over the past three decades, according to a first-ever global survey...

So much for expert judgement In a test of scientists abilities, the same data was sent to 27 teams of researchers in cognitive psychology. The idea was to test the theoretical inferences they drew. But those expert teams...

John Bird outlines his new bill to tackle the climate crisis, academics call for protection of tropical habitats and Ahmad O Al-Khowaiter defends Saudi Aramco’s record...

Guest Essay by Kip Hansen  —  10  October 2019   Prologue:  This is part of  an occasional  series of essays that discusses ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often referred to...

For decades fossil fuel majors tried to fight the consensus – just as big tobacco once disputed that smoking kills