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Norway has installed the world’s northernmost ground solar panels in its Svalbard archipelago, despite the region being plunged into darkness from early October until mid-February every year. Norway has installed the world’s northernmost ground solar panels in its Svalbard archipelago, a region plunged in round-the-clock darkness all winter. The pilot project could help remote Arctic […]

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A vast iceberg equivalent to the size of Greater London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf. The huge iceberg – which measures more than 1,550 square kilometres – broke away from the 150 metre thick Brunt Ice Shelf on Sunday. The good news is that the split is a natural process known as ‘calving,’ and is not linked […]

Made exclusively with renewable power, green hydrogen is emerging as a promising alternative to polluting fossil fuels. But this much-touted fuel of the future may have a pitfall. Some scientists say the lack of data on leaks and the potential harm they could cause is a blind spot for the nascent industry. At least four studies published this […]

The High Court in London has today ruled the British government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal. In April, the UK struck a deal with Kigali, aiming to send tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores to Rwanda. However, no deportation has yet taken place because of legal challenges — and […]

The US is expected to announce a major breakthrough in fusion energy tomorrow. The first nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a “net energy gain” has reportedly been carried out by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Library in California, according to the Financial Times. This has been the holy grail of nuclear fusion research since the 1950s. […]

UK ministers have hinted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could back down over a ban on onshore wind farms. Planning rules were tightened by the former government, under Prime Minister David Cameron. These rules have effectively stopped new onshore wind farms from being built since 2015. Now Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has indicated that […]

Today at COP27, leading global experts highlighted 10 of the biggest climate science insights from the last year. These revelations come from climate-related research published this year and are put together by Future Earth, The Earth League, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), plus scientists from around the world. “The insights provided by this report are alarming, confirming […]

The G20 and global development banks spent nearly twice as much financing international fossil fuel projects as they did on renewables from 2019 to 2021, a new report finds. The study – carried out by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth US – paints a damning picture of money pouring into highly polluting international projects. From […]

China is planning the world’s largest wind farm, a facility so huge it could power the whole of Norway. Chaozhou – a city in China’s Guangdong province – has revealed ambitious plans for a 43.3 gigawatt facility in the Taiwan Strait. Operating between 75 and 185 kilometres offshore, the 10km long farm will feature thousands […]