County by county, solar panels face pushback

It’s an environmental clash that neither side wanted: Solar advocates are squaring off against conservationists. On one side, fans of solar energy are pushing a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, with massive solar projects popping up across the United States. On the other, conservationists and people who live near the solar projects are watching in horror as green fields are filled with rows of silicon solar panels, damaging ecologically sensitive areas.

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Americans want to be carbon neutral, don’t want to take needed steps

Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center announced the results of polling that asked the US public its thoughts on how to address climate change. While the usual partisan split was apparent, the survey highlights an even larger challenge that policymakers will face: the US public supports contradictory things when it comes to climate policy.

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New Technology for Storing Summer Heat To Use in Winter

Funding to research thermal energy storage that could cut bills and boost renewables. New technology that could store heat for days or even months, helping the shift towards net zero, is the focus of a new project involving the Active Building Centre Research Programme, led by Swansea University...

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Lavish Roman mosaic is biggest found in London for 50 years

Archaeologists say ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ finds near London Bridge are from heyday of Londinium

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New technique unlocks ancient history of Earth from grains of sand

Lead researcher Dr. Milo Barham, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the team devised a metric, which determines the "age distribution fingerprint" of minerals known as zircon within sand, shedding new light on the evolution of the Earth's surface over the last few billion years.

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Australian Scientists Plan to Resurrect the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, is one of Australia's most iconic species. Even though it has been extinct since 1936, the slender, striped marsupial maintains its place in Australian mythology because of a constant string of supposed sightings that has captivated the public and the media. Just last year, one group claimed to have spotted the "Tassie tiger" padding through Australia's forests. The claims were never verified.

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Plastic pollution: Green light for 'historic' treaty

Nearly 200 countries agree to start negotiations on a global treaty to tackle the plastic "crisis".

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