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US President Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act

US action on climate change will start to get serious in 2023

3 January 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate US progress on boosting renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in 2023 as a decade of funding starts


Drilling vessel in port

Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining

31 December 2022

If governments don't meet a July 2023 deadline to draw up regulations governing deep-sea mining, companies may start exploiting the seabed without legal restrictions


A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity

A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity

28 December 2022

Solar Foods will grow bacteria using carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen produced by renewable energy, a process more efficient than growing plants


Aerial view of the Potaro River running across the Kaieteur National Park which sits in a section of the Amazon rainforest in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, taken on September 24, 2022. - Despite the dispute with Guyana, the Esequibo region is a destination of migration from Venezuela. Guyana defends a limit established in 1899 by an arbitration court in Paris, while Venezuela claims the Geneva Agreement, signed in 1966 with the United Kingdom before Guyanese independence, which established the basis for a negotiated solution and ignored the previous treaty. But the Guyanese government is promoting a process in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ratify the current borders and put an end to the dispute. (Photo by Patrick FORT / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK FORT/AFP via Getty Images)

2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

28 December 2022

New political leaders in Brazil and Colombia have promised to protect the rainforest, raising hopes of saving the ecosystem from becoming savannah


2021 preview: A crucial year for action on climate change

2021 preview: A crucial year for action on climate change

28 December 2020

Major climate summits delayed in 2020 are back on in 2021, offering several big opportunities to confront the climate emergency


Don't miss: Europe's biggest art-meets-tech festival on your computer

Don't miss: Europe's biggest art-meets-tech festival on your computer

27 May 2020

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss


Don't miss: An explorer visits the world's artificial islands

Don't miss: An explorer visits the world's artificial islands

13 May 2020

Online exhibitions, artificial island explorers and whether art and culture can thrive on the internet, all in this week's guide to what’s worth checking out


The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

1 January 2020

Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020


What to expect from the cutting edge of science and tech in 2020

What to expect from the cutting edge of science and tech in 2020

18 December 2019

From anti-ageing drugs to self-driving cars and long-lost human ancestors, New Scientist experts reveal what the biggest science stories will be in 2020


Don't miss: Rights for the planet, art for tomorrow and oceanic beauty

Don't miss: Rights for the planet, art for tomorrow and oceanic beauty

4 December 2019

This week, learn how rights can save the planet, explore a world at every scale with Korea's artist of the year, and take a deep dive through a hit documentary


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