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2JHKK31 Manchester, UK. 19th July, 2022. Aerial photo taken on July 19, 2022 shows the partially empty Woodhead Reservoir near Manchester, Britain. A recent report by the European Commission's Joint Research Center showed that almost half of the European Union's (EU) territory and Britain are at risk of drought in July. Drought conditions and water scarcity are affecting energy production and reducing crop yield. Credit: Jon Super/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Climate change will intensify UK droughts so we must take action now

10 August 2022

It is time that rainy nations like the UK got serious about conserving water in a warming world – and that means making behaviour changes, not just relying on technological fixes


Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

10 August 2022

Optimised for fusion research, millimetre-wave beam technology could be adapted to access the heat that lies several kilometres below Earth's surface, says Eugene Linden


Villarrica lake, Chile in the summer. It is possible to see the lake, the flag of Chile. Sunny day, mountains in the background. Latin America, South America. Volcano, travel.; Shutterstock ID 1967684629; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Will Chile's new constitution make it the first truly green state?

10 August 2022

If Chileans adopt a new constitution next month, they would be making almost unprecedented commitment to the environment, says Graham Lawton


Resources provided mutual aid and responded to five new fires in the Fairbanks area on Monday, July 25th. Two fires are connected to downed trees on powerlines, one involved a structure fire that spread into the wildland, one was unable to be located, and the fifth report resulted in crews monitoring an area for fire activity. Aircraft drops retardant on (600) Old Ridge Trail Fire in Alaska. Photo by James Lily (DOF)

What Alaska's record-breaking wildfires mean for the Arctic's future

10 August 2022

Wildfires in Alaska have already burned more than three times as much territory as usual, and fire season isn't over – the environmental effects could last decades


Bronze pot

Secrets of an ancient Chinese recipe for bronze finally deciphered

9 August 2022

Metal-making practices described in a 2300-year-old text called the Kaogong Ji are more sophisticated than anyone realised


JE4DFK Raw meat fridge with steak, beef and pork in Sainsburys supermaket, East Sussex, UK

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

8 August 2022

Researchers trained an algorithm to estimate the environmental impact of 57,000 products sold in the UK and Ireland to help consumers make eco-friendly choices


Antibodies attacking SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that can cause covid-19

Immunity for common cold coronaviruses may ward off severe covid-19

8 August 2022

In a laboratory experiment, a strong T-cell response against the coronaviruses that cause common cold-like symptoms was linked to greater covid-19 immunity


Abstract illustration of a neuron

Artificial neuron swaps dopamine with rat brain cells like a real one

8 August 2022

An electrical device that can send and receive chemical signals from neurons could be used in brain-machine interfaces


Climate Activists Protest Congressional Baseball Game, Washington, d.c., United States - 28 Jul 2022

What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?

5 August 2022

The US senate just passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes the largest climate spending package in US history. How big of an effect will it have?


A cracked bitcoin token

If cryptocurrencies are unhackable, how do they keep getting stolen?

5 August 2022

News of a $190 million cryptocurrency theft emerged this week, despite cryptocurrencies being designed to be unhackable. Here's the low-down on what is going on and how safe bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are


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