Archive for May 2019
Study: the Fridays for Future movement is facing its limits
An insistence that science alone is the only true guidance for action can be its own trap.
Wind power may be coming at full blast to Africa
An extra 6GW of wind power will be added in Africa between 2019 and 2023, which will double current capacity.
World’s warming cities are making their own clouds
Natalie Theeuwes at the University of Reading in the UK studies the urban heat island, the term for what scientists have known for decades: cities tend to be hotter than surrounding countryside. She’s looked at street grids, lakes and other
Filipino students will be required by law to plant new trees
The country's House of Representatives has passed the "Graduation Legacy for the Environment Act," or Bill 8728.
Sumatran rhinos are a step closer to extinction
Only a single captive rhino is now left in Malaysia, where the animals once roamed.
UV lights may prevent fatal bird collisions with power lines
There’s a promising new technology to help protect crane species around the world, and the solution to reducing their midflight accident deaths may be as simple as shining UV lights on the power lines that are killing them. That’s according