New satellite data reveals a significant reduction in air pollution as industrial activity stalls due to the coronavirus outbreak. Air pollution has plummeted in the past six weeks as entire countries hit by the Covid-19 […]
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Predictions for 2030
An An episode of Talking Politics with Azeem Azhar, tech entrepreneur and host of the Exponential View podcast We talk about Azeem’s predictions for what will shape politics and technology over the next decade, from […]
When Will Companies Fight Climate Change?
Microsoft and BlackRock have made positive moves. But there’s still a lot of money to be made in green tech The amount of investment and innovation aimed at green technology remains stubbornly low compared with […]
The Most Beautiful Trees in the World
Rainbow Eucalyptus is the only Eucalyptus species that usually lives in rain forests Eucalyptus deglupta is commonly known as the Rainbow Eucalyptus because of its unique way of shedding its bark. Once shed, the inner […]
A Lost Decade on Climate Change
The only measurement that matters is greenhouse-gas emissions—and they continued to rise Even as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere race toward levels that could lock in catastrophic warming, the world continued to pump out more. […]
Plants Make Ultrasonic Squeals When Stressed
For the first time, plants have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water-starved crops Itzhak Khait and his […]
Blood Gold
Indigenous people and illegal miners are engaged in a fight that may help decide the future of the planet Wildcat mining is less pervasive than logging, but it can be more insidious. Loggers usually harvest […]
Tech Won’t Save Us From Climate Change
It’s not hard to save the planet. But not if we insist on enriching entrepreneurs on the way Climate change is a political problem with a political solution. The Roman Republic had, at its peak, […]
Google Invests $2bn in Wind and Solar
Tech giant’s push for greener energy prompts biggest renewable energy deal in corporate history Google’s chief executive has revealed plans for the biggest renewable energy deal in corporate history. Sundar Pichai said the clean energy […]