With economies and populations surging, an industrial revolution is inevitable on the African continent. The question is, what’s going to power it? With renewable energy cheaper and...
By the end of this week, Bangladesh’s agriculture minister is expected to announce the approval of “golden rice" for sale and use, making the country the world’s...
Millions of solar panels clustered together to form an island could convert carbon dioxide in seawater into methanol, which can fuel airplanes and trucks, according to new...
If the climate continues to change at its current pace, most emperor penguins could become extinct by the end of this century, a new study predicts. However,...
The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), a group of 25 nations and the European Union, struggled to get...
Exposure to high levels of air pollution is known to cause asthma attacks, cardiovascular disease and other health problems in people. New research from the University of...
Last year, Bank of America set out to follow a scientific method and seek independent review of a life cycle assessment study to calculate the comparative carbon...
A European consortium will head to Antarctica in December to begin the process of drilling deep into the continent's eastern ice sheet. The group's aim is to pull...
Polluted air has long been known to be detrimental to the human body causing heart and lung problems, and aggravating asthma. Air pollution, is in fact, one of...