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A manufacturing trick with magnetic fields produces a battery that may discharge fast enough to get an aircraft off the ground.

Scientists are increasingly warning that cutting emissions isn't enough. We'll also have to take billions of tons of carbon out of the atmosphere.

The uptick in awareness is unprecedented, and it's not just about feeling sorry for sea creatures.

Panels are being installed atop affordable housing, brownstones, warehouses and post-war high-rises

Swathes of washed up plastic litter a paradise Caribbean island from designer flip flops, sun lotion and children's toys to cheap combs, toothbrushes, pens - items bought every day on the High Street.

Major study also finds huge changes to farming are needed to avoid destroying Earth’s ability to feed its population

The link between air pollution and our general health is well proven. Large-scale research from China suggests that it may be affecting our brains too

Denmark's cars are going electric. Let's just hope that they don't give up th

It's not often that the world's richest get together, agree on a public-good goal, and then set about finding ways to achieve it. The fund will spend $1 billion.

OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some is left to litter the natural environment, where it can get into rivers and wash out into the sea (see article).

Behavioural insights unit proposes new colour for registration plates to help ‘normalise the idea of clean vehicles’

The free market Adam Smith Institute says we could be on the cusp of a revolution.

With China refusing to be the world’s garbage dump, landfills absorb the plastic waste.

The prominent early-stage investor has invited startups exploring novel ways of sucking greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to apply for its accelerator program.

The office-space-rental company will open a network of clothing drop boxes in 15 locations

The island nation is the latest in a long line of places making a move against single-use plastic.

Here’s what’s going to happen: Every year for the foreseeable future, scientists, activists, and citizens concerned about climate change will have a discussion in one form or another about geoengineering. There will be editorials and vague proposals in journals; there will be think pieces on the need not to do it, but to talk about it. These will increase in volume and urgency as our situation becomes ever clearer, perhaps starting right now, with the release of the latest and most dire Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Predicting the storm’s path was straightforward, but a number of factors contributed to its sudden intensification.

Virgin Atlantic flight from Orlando to Gatwick powered by blend of jet fuel and ethanol

The new statewide law banning straws from restaurants goes into effect January 1, 2019. Starbucks, Alaska Airlines, and Ikea have already committed to eliminating straws

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Among the features on the iPhone Xs and Xr: recycled tin, recycled plastic, and bioplastic.

Sony, McKinsey & Company, Royal Bank of Scotland and WeWork are all committing to going all-out for clean energy.

Scientists believe they may have found an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic pollution -- fungi.