Things are becoming more and more concerning.
Just 20% of US students learn a foreign language — compared to 92% in Europe
This seems to be a systemic problem.
Europe’s grids will feed primarily from wind farms by 2027, predicts the International Energy Agency
Go Europe, go!
Ivory trade made Greenland great, then barren again
Turns out a one-trick economy never lasts long.
Portugal and Spain brace for record-breaking temperatures
I don’t wanna say it’s global warming, but it sure quacks like global warming.
The rulers of every important European state from 400 BC to present day, in one amazing video map
The rise and fall of empires in one epic animated map.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island to build new offshore wind farms totaling 1.2GW
As developments in Europe drive down installation costs, the US is eager to get clean energy.
Europe will see a doubling of drought areas if climate change isn’t addressed
The Mediterranean, one of Europe’s most beautiful areas, will bear the brunt of the damage.
Without tree husks to house them, Europe’s beetles are dying out
Sometimes not tidying up can be a good thing.
Europe’s microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars
That’s a lot of CO2.
Europe will get 10,000 EV charging points and an ‘electric highway’ to connect Italy to Norway by 2020
Old world, new tricks.
Europe’s first farmers mingled with the locals, slowly mixing the communities together
Until now, we didn’t know if the two greeted with a handshake or a bloodbath.
Mysterious 9.7-million-year-old fossilized teeth likely belong to unknown ancient European primate
Some speculate the teeth may belong to a hominid species but evidence backs no such sensationalist claim.
By 2100, hundreds of thousands of EU nationals will bake to death each year with only 3 degrees global warming
Things are heating up all over the world.
Snake fungal disease observed in Europe for the first time
Some pretty bad news for European snakes.
Germany, Belgium, Denmark, pledge to quintuple the EU’s offshore wind in a decade
No halfsies!
The first hominids might have evolved in Europe, fossil jaw suggests
Emphasis on might.
Europeans don’t believe climate change deniers and want governments to take action, huge poll reveals
The flag’s blue but we’re green through and through.
European Space Agency releases map of continent’s urban footprint
The black things – that’s us.
Net neutrality wins in Europe – a victory for the internet as we know it
A discussion of tremendous importance for the internet was taking place these days, although most of us weren’t even aware of it.