Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times

A rash of recent earthquakes in Lancashire, UK has prompted fracking operations to halt temporarily on six separate occasions

Why Earth’s water could be older than Earth itself

How did water survive Earth’s searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head – and could revolutionise the search for alien life

Dyson to Join Electric Vehicle Revolution With First Car Launch in 2021

The company is set to begin construction of their first automotive facility in December.

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Weird rocks in Australia are a missing piece of the Grand Canyon

Some rocks in Tasmania, Australia, look out of place. Now an analysis suggests they were once part of the rocks that form the Grand Canyon in the US

PIOMAS October 2018

I was ready to write about this 10 days ago, but the data wasn’t out yet. And then life got in the way, as it always does. On the bright side, Wipneus has just updated his PIOMAS graphs to mid-October….

Supercharged geothermal energy could power the planet

The next generation of geothermal plants will unlock more of Earth’s bountiful, underground energy and could allow the technology to finally fulfil its promise

Wear. Donate. Recycle.

The non-profit Council for Textile Recycling (CTR) asks the question: “Are we making the right decisions when the apparel, footwear, textiles, and accessories we buy are no longer useful?”

IPCC keeps feeding the addiction

The IPCC just released its report Global Warming of 1.5ºC. Things aren’t looking good and instead of providing good advice and guidance, the IPCC bends over backward in efforts to keep feeding the addiction. The Paris Agreement constitutes a joint…

Huge fossil-like scars of the Anthropocene mark walls of Russian mine

Vast machines have left the subterranean world of a potash mine in the Urals with ammonite-like whorls, photographed for a project to highlight lasting human impacts on the planet.

Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them

If big rocks fall far enough they can explode with more energy than any non-nuclear bomb – and the ensuing shockwave can snap large trees half a kilometre away