Campaigners say a few minutes shaved off journey times don’t justify the potential damage to the park Road builders planning a bypass in Sussex, UK, have been urged to find a way that doesn’t cause damage to ancient woodland. The head of South Downs National Park, Margaret Paren, believes engineers […]
Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still digging through the debris for bodies after Japan’s worst weather-related disaster in over three decades, which saw record downpours spark flash flooding and landslides across the region A blistering heatwave smothered swathes of flood-hit western Japan Monday, hampering clean-up efforts as survivors […]
A Chilean potato plant brought back by Charles Darwin in 1835 RHS A potato plant collected by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle is among botanical treasures to go on display to the public for the first time. The specimen was re-discovered in a cabinet in the herbarium […]
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funds work on cutting-edge pervoskite solar cells, like the version here produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL Since it was first funded in 2009, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in Washington, D.C., a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program aimed at using […]
In this Thursday, July 12, 2018 photo, a view of an Iceberg, near the village Innarsuit, on the northwestern Greenlandic coast. Scientists have watched an iceberg four miles long break off from a glacier. The iceberg is allegedly grounded on the sea floor. Residents in houses near the shore are […]
REUTERS The environment is still at risk of damage after Brexit, according to a cross-party group of 74 MPs and peers. They say personal reassurances by Environment Secretary Michael Gove are of no value without new legislation. Mr Gove has promised that the environment will be maintained or enhanced after […]
Researchers looked specifically at conditions in the Southeastern United States, often referred to as the ‘wood basket of the United States’ for its productive forests. Credit: Virginia Tech The ability to predict weather patterns has helped us make clothing choices and travel plans, and even saved lives. Now, researchers in […]
University of Guelph researcher conducting field work on the Canadian Rockies. Credit: University of Guelph New research from the University of Guelph is dispelling a commonly held assumption about climate change and its impact on forests in Canada and abroad. It’s long been thought that climate change is enabling treelines to march […]
OTHER The much maligned rat is not a creature many would associate with coral reefs. But scientists studying reefs on tropical islands say the animals directly threaten the survival of these ecosystems. A team working on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean found that invasive rats on the islands […]
At a recycling facility in the Baltimore-Washington area, bales of compacted plastics and paper are cluttering the plant because China is not buying it as they once did For months, a major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to […]