From Stewart Dalby, Editor and Publisher Apologies for not being able to publish any articles this past week. Due to a combination of internet problems, illnesses and holidays, we are somewhat becalmed in terms of producing content. We usually aim to put up three articles a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays plus other content. [...]
Hinkley Point C, a new reactor in the West of England. Image: By Nick Chipchase, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Financing nuclear power stations is proving impossible for business, so Boris Johnson plans a new UK nuclear tax for all to pay. LONDON, 29 July, 2019 − All [...]
Sun’s light can produce far more energy with new technology. Image: By Marty Finney on Unsplash This article first appeared on the Climate News Network website By Tim Radford Researchers have found three new ways to double the solar dividend, making the sun work harder and deliver more to the renewable economy. A new, translucent material made of little [...]
Ilika is like a number of other start-up renewable energy companies quoted on London’s AIM. They are pioneers in trying to develop new technologies that help us reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. The problems that such companies face are that they struggle to find funds and take a long time to prove up their [...]
Part of “the military’s vast furnace” prepares for take-off. Image: US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jodi Martinez This article first appeared on the Climate News Network. Net Website By Tim Radford The US military is now the 47th greenhouse gas emitter. A machine powered to keep the world safer paradoxically increases the levels of climate danger. [...]
Brazil’s Itaipu dam produces five times more power than the two Angra reactors. Image: By muzikantcz, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website by Jan Rocha The prospect of more atomic energy for Brazil, envisaged under President Bolsonaro’s nuclear plan, fails to impress many of his compatriots. SÃO PAULO, [...]
Best chances for restoring forests lie in the tropical lowlands. Image: By K8 on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet, by planting more trees on unused land. Swiss scientists have identified an area roughly the size [...]
Impression of Dubai’s solar park with salt tower on the right. Image: Courtesy of helioscsp This article first appeared on the WWW.Climate News Network.Net website By Paul Brown Progress in China, the US and elsewhere shows an increasingly positive solar future as fuel from the sun grows cheaper and more abundant. The world’s solar future continues to [...]
Freetown in Sierra Leone: Already hot and humid. Image: By David Hond, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.net website By Tim Radford Up to a third of urban dwellers could soon face extreme African city heat and humidity. Risks could at worst multiply 50-fold. An entire continent faces [...]
What humans do decides the extent of global warming. Image: By Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website by Tim Radford Fresh studies have again confirmed a vital fact about global warming: human activity is its cause. Science questions its own findings, which is why we should trust it. British scientists have [...]