NASA uses new "green" fuel to successfully power satellite in orbit
NASA has been working on its eco-friendly fuel, Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or GPIM, for years. It has now passed a crucial test.
Climate change could leave rural populations trapped in poverty
With the average temperature projected to increase by up to 4 degrees Celsius each year in the coming century, the change is expected to affect migration patterns significantly.
'It's a really powerful time to be a teenager,' says UK climate strike leader
It was "way bigger than I ever anticipated", says Anna Taylor, a leader of the UK Student Climate Network.
How a graph of temperature changes has turned into #ShowYourStripes
Unveiled at a UK literary festival, this simple image has made the complex issue of climate change easy to visualize.
Water risks threaten to derail Vietnam’s economic success
With Vietnam's economic center, Ho Chi Minh City, under threat from the increasing risk of flooding, the rising level of water-related threats could reduce the countries GDP by 6 percent ...
How environmentalists are trying to salvage rainforests
After losing a rainforest the size of Belgium in the tropics, researchers have identified the best areas to replant trees, from Brazil to Madagascar, in a bid to undo the damage caused by...
Massive reforestation is key to averting a climate catastrophe
New research suggests that reforesting the planet offers us the greatest current opportunity to mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Climate change will soon create ‘superfires’ across Europe
Hard-to-extinguish superfires that were fanned by strong winds are expected to worsen due to an inadequate allocation of resources and rising global temperatures.
The top emerging tech of 2019, a gay imam's story and other top stories of the week
Also this week: meet our 2019 tech pioneers and 10 of the world's groundbreaking young scientists.
This plastic drinks bottle is made from plants
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among companies moving away from traditional plastics and exploring plant-based alternatives.
Antarctica lost sea ice four times the size of France in three years
Antarctic sea ice has typically been safe from the effects of climate change felt elsewhere on Earth. But in the last three years that has changed.
Environmentalists have removed nearly 40 tonnes of trash from the Pacific
Around 40 tonnes of fishing nets and consumer plastics have been removed from the Pacific – but the clean-up has only made a dent in the huge Great Pacific Garbage Patch.