Browsing: Environment

Kathy Hochul has announced plans to build a nuclear-power plant in New York, the first major new US plant in over 15 years, and one designed…

AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It CreatesPower-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions…

Killer whales have been observed mutually grooming each other with a type of seaweed, the first known instance of a marine animal using tools in a…

Endangered eels are a top target for wildlife traffickers in Europe and generating billions in profits for smugglers globally, according to two new reports.European eels are…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason:…

Labour ministers have scrapped a promise by the previous government for a £950m fund for installing electric car chargers near motorways, instead setting aside a smaller…

Eight police officers linger with their backs to the two-hectare (five-acre) site known as Stocamine. The place is nondescript in the morning drizzle: two mine shafts,…

The government is to slash green levies on thousands of businesses, in an effort to bring down sky-high energy costs for firms and boost the manufacturing…

Dr Véronique Paris has a hands-on approach to her research — she lets hundreds of mosquitoes bite her arm in order to feed and maintain her…

Can Tesla’s Cybercab Share the Road with America’s Myth of the Highway?For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now…