EU ministers agree on energy savings targets after 2021
EU ministers on Monday reached a compromise on energy saving targets after 2021, taking a first hurdle toward implementing the Paris Agreement on...
Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea?
A new strategy for sending acoustic waves through water could potentially open up the world of high-speed communications to divers, marine research vessels, remote...
Collapse of European ice sheet caused chaos in past
Scientists have reconstructed in detail the collapse of the Eurasian ice sheet at the end of the last ice age. The big melt wreaked...
Team launches ‘comb and copter’ system to map atmospheric gases
Researchers have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes over kilometer distances.
Animals, not drought, shaped our ancestors’ environment
The expansion of grasslands isn't solely due to drought, but more complex climate factors are at work, both for modern Africans now and ancient...
Microbe mystery solved: What happened to the Deepwater Horizon oil plume?
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is one of the most studied spills in history, yet scientists haven't...
Air pollution casts shadow over solar energy production
Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. The first study of its kind shows airborne particles...
One meal a day.
Not so long ago, Lake Chad was one of the largest bodies of water in Africa. The thick reeds and vital wetlands around its...
U.S. rice farmers turn sustainability into carbon credits & Microsoft is first to buy.
The world's largest software maker made a novel purchase recently—from a handful of rice farmers.
Microsoft bought carbon offsets from rice farmers in Arkansas, Mississippi...
Meet the people on the front lines of America’s coal wars.
In today’s America, coal is a dirty word.
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