Plants, too, have their circadian rhythms, which can help farmers
Some plants are early birds while others are more like late risers.
Some people are early birds, going to bed early and rising with the...
Solar panels could soon be transparent enough to be windows
Currently, many new panel designs are opaque, which prevents them from being integrated into everyday objects.
Solar energy is set to become a dominant form...
How to cut carbon emissions from coffee
Weight for weight, coffee produced by the least sustainable means generates as much carbon dioxide as cheese.
For many of us, coffee is essential. It allows...
The past, the present and The Ministry for the Future
Like the CO2 readings at Mauna Loa, creeping up in the present, what’s clear at the start of this new year is that the...
20by2020 Improves the Lives of Thousands of Fishermen and their Families...
The deployment is a unique collaboration between two leading Zayed Sustainability Prize winners to provide sustainable energy solutions to fishing communities
Abu Dhabi, United...
The online wildlife trade carries the risk of another pandemic
“We found no, or very few, people addressing the links between COVID-19 and the wildlife trade.”
The illegal wildlife trade is posing an existential risk...
The UK keeps setting new records with wind power
The country’s government wants to have every home powered by wind energy within a decade.
Gales blowing across damp windswept landscapes around parts of Great...
These plastic items kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
When animals eat plastic, it can block their digestive system, causing a long, slow death from starvation.
How do we save whales and other marine...
Camels in the Arabian Desert are dying of plastic waste
In Dubai alone hundreds of camels are known to have succumbed to plastic pollution.
Dromedary camels are hardy creatures that roam deserts like that in...
Tree-ring study finds heat rise trims lifespan of tropical trees
If tropical trees die earlier, it will affect how much carbon these forests can hold and raises concern over CO2 emissions offsets.
The planet’s tropical forests...
More dams would devastate the ailing Mekong River
Once, not that long ago, the Mekong River in Southeast Asia was a formidable waterway, but it has been largely tamed.
Once, not that long...
Carbon, companies and claims of a net-zero climate future
United Airlines is investing in Direct Air Capture. Oil major bp just closed a big forest-based carbon offsets deal. But then what?
As some of...
