Melting glacier could unleash a tsunami in Alaska
A huge glacier in Alaska could be the cause of a devastating tsunami in the area, warn American geologists.
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Ocean warming now at the rate of five Hiroshima bombs of heat, every second
An exercise in number-crunching revealed a devastating statistic about the atomic scale of ocean warming that we still can’t quite get our head around.
Searching for battery power at the bottom of the sea
As land based mines are either depleted or bring horrifying human rights risks, science finds new cobalt sources to mine – on the sea bed
Weed killer use may threaten dangerously reduced food production thanks to Black Grass
Food security in the UK may be threatened thanks to the overuse of herbicides and the spreading of resistant strains of Black Grass.
Scientists are close to inventing spray-on solar panels
We are getting spray-on solar cells, soon.
China getting close to workable nuclear fusion with its “artificial sun”
The Chinese are closing in on the holy grail of sustainable energy.
Climate change is decimating our sealife through a strange new disease
The melting Arctic sea ice spreads a virulent and deadly virus.
Mobile phones are killing the planet and they’re only getting worse
The carbon footprint of our phones is only growing with each successive new release and the resources to make them are running out fast.
Warming your car by running the engine could land you with a hefty fine
Don’t get fined this winter.
Global climate emergency declared by 11,000 scientists across the globe
Over eleven thousand academics, scientists and researchers released a joint statement declaring a global climate emergency.
Dangerous shortage of precious mineral threatens all human life
A steady drop in Earth’s stocks of Phosphorus could spell danger for humanity.
The UK inclining towards gene-editing of livestock after Brexit
Legalizing gene-editing livestock to enter the U.K. food supply could reduce the burden on livestock.