Browsing: Environment

March 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmScientists created a digital library full of antsUsing a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created…

Follow the yellow footprints along Brazil’s newest long-distance trail, and they will take you through lush green forests and sandy shrubland, past sweeping vistas and bizarre…

Nature is slowing down, and its ability to regenerate is failing in the face of climate change, according to the authors of a new analysis of…

South East Water has been fined £22.5m by Ofwat for repeated supply failures in Kent and Sussex between 2020 and 2023 that affected more than 280,000…

Lobbyists for the UK wood-burning stove industry have threatened councils with legal action over public information campaigns warning of the harms of air pollution.At least eight…

March 4, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA Bill Gates–backed nuclear power plant just got cleared to start buildingTerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft…

There are urban areas of England where no one lives within a 15-minute walk of nature, government data shows, as ministers scramble to meet their access…

March 4, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmPioneering gene therapy may treat a deadly seizure disorderNew gene therapy results bring hope for treating Dravet…

The chancellor’s failure to reform or remove the energy profits levy (EPL) – AKA the North Sea windfall tax – in her spring forecast was a…

Humans launched a record number of objects into space last year, from satellites to probes to crewed spacecraft. As launches increase, scientists see new risks in…