Antarctic glaciers thinning by up to 9 metres per year
Glaciers along the Antarctic coastline and across all latitudes in Greenland are thinning rapidly, according to the most comprehensive imaging
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Human impact on Earth so great, it's 'too late to be a pessimist'
Humanity has dangerously overstepped three of the planet’s nine key natural thresholds, and are on track to cross the
IBM: Swelling cities need smarter traffic systems
Managing transport effectively has become an urgent priority for municipal planners faced with an increasingly urbanised and polluted world, according
CDP rolls out improved carbon reporting system
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is rolling out a new and improved global climate change disclosure system in an effort
What you think of the Carbon Trust
A few weeks back, we posed the question, “What do you think of the Carbon Trust?” Well, our readers have
City of green roofs could remove tonnes of CO2
Green roofs — using grass or other plants instead of shingles — have long been known to cut a building’s heating
How to turn a pickle into an inefficient sort-of LED
Vladimir Bulovic, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, applies an electric charge to a pickle to demonstrate the
Gadget users could face battery 'power shortage'
Today’s batteries are approaching the limits of their energy densities, which could mean a “power shortage” for users of
Congestion charging cuts traffic times, CO2 in Stockholm
A traffic congestion charging system developed by IBM has cut queuing times in half on Stockholm streets during the morning
'Microchannel' cooling could make for better electric cars
Understanding how fluid boils in tiny “microchannels” could help engineers design more efficiently cooled electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers
Killer fungus is 'McDonaldising' frog populations
A fungal disease that’s killing frogs throughout Central America is also dramatically reducing the diversity of frog species, leading
University aims to educate 'engineers of the future'
While the concrete industry has a reputation as a significant contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions, many experts are working