Nasa has approved a large contribution to Japan’s Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST) mission. Led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the mission involves…
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Brazilian beef farms ‘used workers kept in conditions similar to slavery’
Brazilian companies and slaughterhouses including the world’s largest meat producer, JBS, sourced cattle from supplier farms that made use of workers kept in slavery-like conditions,…
View More Brazilian beef farms ‘used workers kept in conditions similar to slavery’Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway
Norway became the first country in the world where the sale of electric cars has overtaken those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last…
View More Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in NorwayClimate crisis will cause falling humidity in global cities – study
Urban regions around the world are likely to see a near-universal decrease in humidity as the climate changes, a study has found. The research suggests…
View More Climate crisis will cause falling humidity in global cities – studyChild labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener future
The battle to stave off Earth’s looming climate crisis is driving engineers to develop hosts of new green technologies. Wind and solar plants are set…
View More Child labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener futureThe Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?
People in Britain are set to get their first shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, with millions of doses being given over the next…
View More The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?Animals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essay
Since the idea of rewilding took hold, it has generally been seen as a rural pursuit involving withdrawal from farmland so that animals and vegetation…
View More Animals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essay‘The sea is rising, the climate is changing’: the lessons learned from Mozambique’s deadly cyclone
The tree had stood in the square for nearly 100 years. It was planted by his father, before Afonso Reis was born. He worked as…
View More ‘The sea is rising, the climate is changing’: the lessons learned from Mozambique’s deadly cycloneHopes for most endangered turtle after discovery of female in Vietnam lake
The last known male giant Swinhoe’s softshell turtle is no longer alone on the planet after the discovery of a female of his species in…
View More Hopes for most endangered turtle after discovery of female in Vietnam lakeAmid 2020’s gloom, there are reasons to be hopeful about the climate in 2021 | John Sauven
In a world rife with disputes and divisions, there will be one emotion likely to unite most people at the stroke of midnight on 31…
View More Amid 2020’s gloom, there are reasons to be hopeful about the climate in 2021 | John Sauven