Guest Post: Why solar keeps being underestimated
Dr Felix Creutzig is chair of sustainability economics of human settlements at the Technical University Berlin and is head of a working group on land...
I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist
ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate change have...
World’s soils have lost 133bn tonnes of carbon since the dawn of agriculture
The world’s soils have lost a total of 133bn tonnes of carbon since humans first started farming the land around 12,000 years ago, new...
Grassroots movement helping Caribbean reefs to recover
August 25th, 2017
In a rare piece of good news on the status of our coral reefs, a new report has documented the spectacular recovery...
Climate Weekly: Farewell to a climate giant
This week we mourned Tony de Brum, tireless advocate for the Marshall Islands and a safe climate future.
The 72-year-old died at home in Majuro, surrounded...
Open Call for Citizen Scientists to take part in Whale-Watch Ireland 2017
August 25th, 2017
The All-Island Whale Watch Day is being held this weekend at headlands nationwide. This annual event is free and open to all...
Ireland to host groundbreaking conference on benefits of green spaces
August 24th, 2017
Irish and international researchers will meet in October at a ground-breaking conference to examine the psychological benefits of green exercise.
The MINDSCAPE conference...
What can we expect from the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme?
August 24th, 2017
At this week’s Energy in Agriculture conference, the Environmental Minister Denis Naughten announced that the long-awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme will...
Gas tanker crosses thawing Arctic without icebreaker for first time
A commercial ship has crossed the Arctic’s northern sea route without an icebreaker escort, in the first such voyage logged by Russian administrators.
To take advantage of...
NGO demands Trump-Pruitt emails on Paris withdrawal
A US NGO has submitted a public record request for correspondence between Donald Trump and his top advisors that may have influenced his decision...
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