Katarzyna Kudłacz was preparing a breakfast of scrambled eggs at a research station on Svalbard when she looked up to see she had three unexpected…
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No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal
None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating…
View More No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal‘The high life can be low carbon’: the European royals taking on the climate crisis
When Prince Frederik takes the throne on Sunday, the Danish crown will pass from his mother, Queen Margrethe II, a monarch who has cast doubt…
View More ‘The high life can be low carbon’: the European royals taking on the climate crisisSharing the sea: life on Europe’s only open Schengen border with Russia
From the village of Grense Jakobselv, where the Norwegian-Russian border meets the Arctic Ocean, you can see straight into Russia. And, across the river that…
View More Sharing the sea: life on Europe’s only open Schengen border with RussiaUK go-ahead for North Sea oil and gas field angers environmental groups
Britain has given the go-ahead to develop the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield off Shetland, sparking outrage from environmental campaigners. The UK oil and gas regulator’s…
View More UK go-ahead for North Sea oil and gas field angers environmental groupsPetrostate windfall tax would help poor countries in climate crisis, says Brown
Petrostates should pay a small percentage of their soaring oil and gas revenues to help poor countries cope with the climate crisis, the former UK…
View More Petrostate windfall tax would help poor countries in climate crisis, says BrownFull clean ahead: can shipping finally steer away from fossil fuels?
The passenger ferry MV Sea Change is due this month to make its maiden voyage across San Francisco Bay. But it won’t be the usual…
View More Full clean ahead: can shipping finally steer away from fossil fuels?Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans north sea
The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new…
View More Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans north seaThe Messi of maths: Argentinian Luis Caffarelli wins Abel prize
First football, and now maths. Three months after Lionel Messi triumphed at the World Cup, an Argentinian has won the top international trophy in mathematics.…
View More The Messi of maths: Argentinian Luis Caffarelli wins Abel prizeAlarming levels of PFAS in Norwegian Arctic ice pose new risk to wildlife
Norwegian Arctic ice is contaminated with alarming levels of toxic PFAS, and the chemicals may represent a major environmental stressor to the region’s wildlife, new…
View More Alarming levels of PFAS in Norwegian Arctic ice pose new risk to wildlife