How growing cities can support the EV revolution
A lack of charging stations is one of the main reasons that the EV revolution is delayed in many countries. Changing the way we plan our cities could help.
12 ways the tech sector can help save the climate in 12 years
Through search, e-commerce and social media, tech companies influence the decisions of four billion consumers every day. Here's how they can nudge us onto a more sustainable path to avert...
Mongolians send children into countryside to escape choking winter smog
As residents burn coal and trash to keep warm, concentrations of smog particles routinely exceed 50 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organisation.
A third of Himalayan ice will be gone by 2100
As global temperatures rise, the world's 'third pole' will begin to thaw and run into the rivers below with potentially devastating implications.
Climate friendly diets tend to be good for us
More climate friendly diets are also healthier, according to a study examining the carbon footprint of what more than 16,000 Americans eat in a day.
China is winning the electric vehicle race
A surge in electric vehicle sales provides a welcome bright spot in a gloomy Chinese car market.
The 17th-century philosopher whose scientific ideas could tackle climate change today
The philosopher Francis Bacon said "the greatest obstacle to the progress of science... is that men despair and think things impossible". We could learn a lot from him today to address th...
These are the three biggest threats facing humankind today
The Lancet Commission on Obesity says a $1 billion fund and action strategies targeting food policy and production are needed urgently to support health, the environment and economic well...
This new technology that predicts sea breezes can boost offshore wind farms
The sophisticated method, which combines statistical analysis with weather forecasting to assess sea breezes, could make wind power a much more reliable source of energy.
British schoolchildren to join Europe-wide protest 'strikes' over climate change
Tens of thousands of children are skipping class to demand more action to stop climate change. And their inspiration is the 16-year-old girl who took Davos by storm.
Weaving is giving Indian women hope in the face of climate change
In recent months, 30-year-old Niru Sonowal and a dozen other women from her northeast Indian village have trekked on foot for miles every day in search of work.
European colonisation of the Americas might have caused global cooling, according to new research
The collapse of farming as a result of the new diseases explorers brought to the Americas might even have changed the climate, according to new research.