Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050
22 November 2017
The first global “light census” shows that the area affected by artificial lighting is growing by 2.2 per cent every year, posing risks to wildlife and human health
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Dan McKenzie: The man who made Earth move
22 November 2017
50 years ago, the theory of plate tectonics was radical counterculture – until some chance happenings in the Summer of Love sent it mainstream
Keystone XL oil pipeline will go ahead despite last week's spill
21 November 2017
Last week the Keystone pipeline spilled 5,000 barrels of oil. This week Nebraska decided to allow the Keystone XL extension to be built right through the state
Latest climate talks actually made progress despite US obstinacy
21 November 2017
While the US tried to promote “clean coal” at the COP23 Bonn climate meeting, other countries called for the dirty fossil fuel to be rapidly phased out
Russia confirms 'extremely high' radiation levels in toxic cloud
21 November 2017
Earlier this month, France's nuclear safety agency said it had recorded radioactivity in the area near the Ural Mountains - and Russia has now verified the readings
Spongy clay might create huge water deposits deep inside Earth
20 November 2017
We might finally know how ocean-sized deposits of water hundreds of kilometres below Earth's surface are getting there: a spongy sort of clay that is bringing it underground
