Category: ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Maldives’ first super yacht marina, the newest playground of the super rich
You’d be forgiven for assuming the Maldives, a country that is 99 per cent water and a playground for the uber wealthy, comfortably caters for […]
Could Australia become a green hydrogen superpower?
“If you remember being a kid and blowing up a balloon or into a milkshake, your cheeks got sore because there is an energy penalty […]
Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought
A group of scientists say they have found new evidence to back up their theory that complex life on Earth may have begun 1.5 billion […]
The huge challenges in creating fusion power plant
The project to build a nuclear fusion reactor in Nottinghamshire has been described as the “UK’s Nasa moment”. But beyond the optimism of an event showcasing […]
Hurricane Beryl churns toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean
By Martín Silva And Fernando Llano The Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and […]
Asia is most climate disaster-impacted region, UN meteorological agency says
April 23 Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms […]
Climate change Uncharted territory fears after record hot March
Climate change could move “into uncharted territory” if temperatures don’t fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has said. The warning came […]
Total solar eclipse Continent watches in wonder
Across Mexico, the US and Canada, inside a ribbon of land stretching 155 miles wide but more than 4,000 miles long, tens of millions of […]
Climate change Logging decline after political change in Brazil, Colombia
The number of trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia fell dramatically last year because of political action, a new analysis finds. Researchers […]
In Iraq, water crisis leaves farmers clinging to sidr trees
Iraqi farmer Ismail Ibrahim plucks fruits from his planted “sidr”, or jujube, trees which require far less water during an irrigation crisis, in Basra, Iraq […]