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The future of wind farms is vertical, striking new study claims

Vertical wind turbines are found to be more efficient than horizontal ones.

A cost-effective way to recycle plastic could be commercially available in '5 to 10 years'

Not a decade too soon.

The difference between 2˚C and 1.5˚C of warming -- why half a degree matters so much

It's the difference between big problems and a disaster.

Money is still the elephant in the room when it comes to climate change

We need a lot of money to adapt to climate change and reduce emissions.

Climate change literally shifted Earth's axis

Melting glaciers and the depletion of groundwater has redistributed so much mass that the poles started to drift.

The US is back in the climate game: Biden promises 50% emissions reductions by 2030 at Earth Day climate summit

It's almost double the previous target set by Obama. But is it enough?

What drop? CO2 emissions surge as pandemic restrictions ease

Behind the pandemic, an even bigger crisis looms

What to expect from Biden’s global climate change summit on Earth Day

More than 40 presidents and ministers are expected to attend. It's crunch time for climate action.

France just ordered 12 electric hydrogen trains

It's a historic step towards sustainability.

Researchers create automatic method to detect air pollution hotspots

It's an algorithm that can help tackle air pollution from existing satellite data.

How the jewel beetle's shiny shell helps it hide in plain sight

Their shimmery wings actually act as camouflage.

The Olympic Games are increasingly unsustainable. Can the world afford them anymore?

The Olympic Games have swelled in cost and carbon footprint. It is time for some changes.

Researchers create the "whitest paint" -- it reflects 98% of sunlight

Buildings in hot areas could greatly benefit from this -- and the paint could become widely available very soon.

Tarantulas are *everywhere* and now researchers know why

Turns out, they emerged in the Cretaceous, when T-Rex still roamed the land.

Google Earth's new feature: a timelapse of the entire planet

It's one of the most stunning features we've seen online.

CO2 concentrations quietly reached the highest daily values in recorded history

For the first time since its inauguration, the Mauna Loa Observatory reaches 421.21 ppm of CO2 concentration.

Think striking is pointless? These researchers say otherwise

Collective action can be surprisingly effective, if done properly.

Only 2-3% of Earth's land is ecologically intact, study finds

Areas in Siberia, Canada, the Amazon and the Sahara remain intact.

Ancient hyenas hunted in the Arctic millions of years ago

As if hyenas weren't scary enough.

Consumers would pay more for sustainably produced food, study finds

Time to say goodbye to monocultures and encourage crop diversification.

Japanese company wants to produce energy from ocean waves

It could be a game changer, but for now, it's still early days.

Shade from solar panels makes for more and more diverse flowers

Bees everywhere support this message.

Humanity is making everything saltier around us, and it's hurting the environment (and our infrastructure)

"We used to think about adding salts as not much of a problem," the authors say. "But we realized that it stuck around and accumulated."

World's polluter elite has to shift behavior to meet global climate targets

We are in a climate emergency, but the responsibility isn't evenly shared.

Japan to dump contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean

Fishermen and neighboring countries voiced concern.

Private planes to remain on the hangar as executives choose video meetings

Air travel accounts for 2% of the world's emissions

First confirmed case of a vulture being poisoned by diclofenac in Europe

It's a highly toxic drug that has already been banned in many countries

If we want to reduce global inequality, we could learn a thing or two from Mario Kart

Study finds metaphor that could be applied in the real world

Electric trucks can totally compete with diesel trucks -- they just need fast chargers

With the right infrastructure in place, trucks could turn electric in no time.

In dire straits, polar bears turn to seabird eggs for food -- but they're bad at finding them

The poster child of climate change is suffering in more ways than one.

Is this the year European cities start banning cars?

The pandemic has brought substantial changes in how we see transportation. Big changes may be a'coming.

No longer wasted off beer: Beer byproducts could be used for biofuels and food

Beer produces a lot of waste, but it doesn't have to leave a bitter aftertaste.

Modern rainforests were born when the dinosaurs died, a new paper explains

To be honest, I'd rather be around papayas than velociraptors.

A new species of bird discovered in Brazil has a green head, yellow belly, and a high risk of going extinct soon

I would have been fine with just the green head and yellow belly, honestly.

Want to avoid new pandemics? Preserving biodiversity is step one, research argues

The more diversity we have in nature, the better for our health.

Climate change really ruins everything -- now, it's coming for our coffee

Colombia's coffee production is struggling to cope with climate change, and that's bad news for coffee lovers.

Can geoengineering stop climate change? A new paper says it can help, but it's no magic bullet

And there's still a lot we don't understand about its effects.

Climate change is reducing agricultural productivity

Technology is improving productivity, but climate is slowing it down.

These Nepalese climbers spent 47 days cleaning 2.2 tons of trash from Himalaya's tallest peaks

Not even the world's tallest mountains are spared by our pollution.

Biking instead of driving slashes commuting emissions by 67%

Replacing a single car trip with biking could dramatically lower your carbon footprint.

NASA just released the first direct evidence that humans are causing climate change

It was clear humans were warming the planet for some time -- now we have official confirmation.

Female monkeys use male "hired guns" to protect them from predators

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

No pandemic break for rainforests: deforestation surged in 2020

It was the third-worst year since 2002, when reliable monitoring began.

We can stop thousands of tons of pollution from reaching the ocean -- just by changing our laundry habits

It's a small change that can make a very big difference.

Covid pandemic likely started from human exploitation of wildlife, WHO finds

A team of WHO scientists went to China and looked at the causes of the pandemic. This is their much-anticipated report.

Reading this? The odds are your consumer habits are causing the loss of 4 trees per year

That coffee you are drinking might be linked to deforestation.

The bedrock under forests also affects carbon storage

Geology and biology, caught in a chemical dance.

Climate change is making cherry trees blossom earlier in Japan and the US

Tokyo recorded its earliest bloom for over 1,200 years

Prehistoric tool found in puffin island rabbit hole

The island of Skokholm off the coast of Wales is well known for hosting thousands of puffins ever year. This time, it's something else.

The bald eagle, an American national symbol, is now also a successful conservation story

The bald eagle has made a fantastic recovery across the country

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