India's solar power capacity crosses 12 GW
NEW DELHI: India added 5,525 MW solar power generation capacity last fiscal, taking the total from this clean source to 12,288 MW.The country has...
Flying Drones That Generate Power From Wind Get Backing From EON
“EON has been looking into airborne wind technologies for five years, and we believe it has true game-changing potential,” said Frank Meyer, a senior...
CEOs go under the ocean to brainstorm on global warming
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Climate Change Will Thaw 20 percent More Permafrost than We Thought
Permafrost is far more sensitive to rising global temperatures than previously thought, scientists have discovered. Models now indicate that for every one degree Celsius...
Legendary Climate Scientist Likes a GOP Proposal on Global Warming
Pres. Donald Trump issued a major executive order last week that, if successful, could undercut the nation’s fight against global warming. In particular, the...
Flammable floodplains are weak spot of Amazon forest
Peripheral parts of the Amazon forest were long thought to be most vulnerable to climate-induced collapse. Now, a study that seasonally inundated areas in...
New breed of supermolecule ‘hunts down’ harmful drugs and removes them from water
Researchers have found an effective, environmentally friendly way to monitor and remove pharmaceuticals from water.
Eat wild venison to support native woodland birds, says ecologist
Wild deer in Britain should be hunted for venison to drastically reduce their populations and support the re-emergence of our native woodland birds, according...
What happens to the boats? The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Portuguese tsunami literacy
Authors of a new report point out the need for continued geoscience education on the topic of tsunamis and other earthquake-related hazards.
El nino shifts geographic distribution of cholera cases in africa
Cholera cases in East Africa increase by roughly 50,000 during El Niño, the cyclical weather occurrence that profoundly changes global weather patterns, new research...