Environment Melting glacier could unleash a tsunami in Alaska Maisey Webber Dec 2, 2020 A huge glacier in Alaska could be the cause of a devastating tsunami in the area, warn American geologists.
Environment Ocean warming now at the rate of five Hiroshima bombs of heat, every second Andrew Tildesley Feb 5, 2020 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.
Environment Searching for battery power at the bottom of the sea Andrew Tildesley Jan 27, 2020 As land based mines are either depleted or bring horrifying human rights risks, science finds new cobalt sources to mine – on the sea bed
Environment Weed killer use may threaten dangerously reduced food production thanks to Black Grass Andrew Tildesley Jan 10, 2020 Food security in the UK may be threatened thanks to the overuse of herbicides and the spreading of resistant strains of Black Grass.
Environment Scientists are close to inventing spray-on solar panels Andrew Tildesley Dec 29, 2019 We are getting spray-on solar cells, soon.
Environment China getting close to workable nuclear fusion with its “artificial sun” Andrew Tildesley Dec 29, 2019 The Chinese are closing in on the holy grail of sustainable energy.
Environment Climate change is decimating our sealife through a strange new disease Andrew Tildesley Dec 12, 2019 The melting Arctic sea ice spreads a virulent and deadly virus.
Environment Mobile phones are killing the planet and they’re only getting worse Andrew Tildesley Nov 19, 2019 The carbon footprint of our phones is only growing with each successive new release and the resources to make them are running out fast.
Environment Warming your car by running the engine could land you with a hefty fine Greg Porter Nov 19, 2019 Don’t get fined this winter.
Environment Global climate emergency declared by 11,000 scientists across the globe Dominick Morrow Nov 11, 2019 Over eleven thousand academics, scientists and researchers released a joint statement declaring a global climate emergency.
Environment Dangerous shortage of precious mineral threatens all human life Andrew Tildesley Oct 25, 2019 A steady drop in Earth’s stocks of Phosphorus could spell danger for humanity.
Environment The UK inclining towards gene-editing of livestock after Brexit Charmaine Davis Oct 5, 2019 Legalizing gene-editing livestock to enter the U.K. food supply could reduce the burden on livestock.