Dinner on Mars will transform food on Earth

The technologies needed to plan for dinner on Mars will also help us transform how things are done here on Earth, where 1/3 of all food is thrown away.

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‘Don’t tell us the bad news all at once’: how to talk to kids about grown-up things

Toxic relationships If they’re lucky enough to avoid them at home, children are nonetheless exposed to toxic relationships on TV and social media – Ofcom received more than 3,000 complaints about misogynistic behaviour in just one episode of Love Island…

A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer — unless we act now

The ozone layer is on track to heal within four decades, which can be undone by an upsurge in rocket launches 

Wyoming Nixes Building Biden’s EV Charging Network ‘That Will Likely Fail’

HALFWAY BETWEEN ROCK SPRINGS AND RAWLINS, Wyo. — Here, at a critical node in President Joe Biden’s plan for a national electric vehicle charging network, there is nothing. No parking lot, no service station, and no sign that anyone wants…

‘Everything’s gone’: eerie silence on Enid Street provides a glimpse into Australia’s climate future

Losing everything changes you, says Margaret Kloostra. “You have to rethink things,” she says. “What are the things that are truly important to you?” Kloostra’s 79 years have afforded her ample opportunity to consider that question. The retired social worker,…

Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?

Climatic collapse — as we understand it in our world today — could have largely been avoided perhaps

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

It’s possible that Earth’s rising temperature will temporarily exceed the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris agreement some time after the peak of the El Niño in 2024

Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape

High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions

Guest Post: Labor’s scheme to cut industrial emissions is worryingly flexible

BHP steelworks at Port Kembla Phto: John Englart Rebecca Pearse, Australian National University The federal government today proposed new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s polluting industrial sector. The rule changes apply to a measure known as the…

England may be set to flood at the end of winter — here’s why

Driven by a La Niña event, exacerbated by urban development in areas prone to flooding and the impacts of climate change, the effects could be severe.