ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site | US immigration
Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on…
Beaconsfield mine rescue continues to defy belief two decades on
Brant Webb is cracking jokes and taking photos with star-struck tourists from the mainland. Standing only metres away…
Sea levels are rising at a rate not seen in 4,000 years, and China’s major coastal cities are already on the front lines
Sea levels are climbing at a pace scientists say is unmatched in at least the last 4,000 years.…
Scientists just found where airborne microplastics really come from
The atmosphere plays a major role in spreading microplastics across the planet, carrying these tiny particles to even…
How drones could be used to track plastic litter on Irish beaches
Analysis: Ireland’s 3,172 kilometres of coastline faces a crisis with plastic pollution so could a detection platform using…
AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas
Gold mining presumed to be illegal caused 6,000 hectares (more than 14,800 acres) of deforestation in Amazonian…
Most blame Government, not themselves, for high carbon footprint – poll
Most Irish people believe the responsibility for cutting carbon emissions lies with the Government – not themselves, a…
World’s First Offshore Ocean Heat Energy Platform Installed To Replace 25-GW Fossil Power
Image Credits: Global OTEC UK-based clean energy company Global OTEC has installed the world’s first purpose-built offshore platform…
Will this energy shock seal the deal for renewables?
The US-Israeli attack on Iran and the subsequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have created the biggest…
What do they know that we don’t know?: How indigenous people fight invasive species
Amid rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, altered land and sea use, invasive alien species are quietly expanding their…
Geoengineering could reshape the Amazon’s future
Deliberately altering the atmosphere to cool the planet is one of the most controversial climate ideas out there. …
For more than a century, the ocean has prevented a severe global drought, but almost no one has described it that way
What if drought hit several of the world’s biggest food-growing regions at the same time? That worst-case timing…