Government raises maximum price for wind energy
The government has increased the maximum price it is prepared to guarantee companies generating electricity from new wind farms. It comes as ministers are trying to meet challenging pledges to…
Month: July 2025
They lost their jobs and funding under Trump. What did communities lose?
In the first six months of the second Trump administration, some 60,000 federal workers have been targeted for layoffs, even more have taken buyouts, and up to trillions of dollars…
There’s a surprising climate solution right under your feet
Like so much of an iceberg is hidden underwater, much of a tree is hidden underground. While the trunk and branches and leaves sequester planet-warming carbon dioxide, trees and other…
Thousands of river pollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
9 hours ago ShareSave Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent ShareSave Jonah Fisher/BBC Thousands of water tests to identify potential harmful pollution in rivers, lakes and estuaries in England have been…
Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
19 minutes ago ShareSave Esme Stallard and Georgina Rannard BBC News Climate and Science ShareSave Getty Images A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for…
Gaps in our knowledge of ancient Rome could be filled by AI
3 hours ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave The Metropolitan Museum of Art A new AI tool has the potential to turbocharge our understanding of all human history, researchers say. Artificial…
The ‘underwater bushfire’ cooking Australia’s reefs
22 July 2025 ShareSave Katy Watson Australia correspondent Reporting fromWestern Australia ShareSave Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s…
The science behind the heat dome — ‘a mosh pit’ of molecules
From Texas clear to Georgia, from the Gulf Coast on up to the Canadian border, a mass of dangerous heat has started spreading like an atmospheric plague. In the days…
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President Trump was in Pittsburgh whipping up support for building data centers and the gas infrastructure to power them. But many worry that electricity ratepayers will get stuck with higher…
Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery
18 July 2025 ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge ShareSave PNRA/IPEV An ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived…