Browsing: Environment

A North Dakota judge has said he will order Greenpeace to pay damages expected to total $345m in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil…

February 25, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmEconomist Larry Summers resigns from posts at Harvard after ties to Epstein spark scrutinyFormer Harvard president Larry…

A French utility has agreed to buy the owner of the electricity cables and power lines across London, the south-east and the east of England in…

Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast?Most of us…

Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of climate breakdown, with potentially “cascading impacts across ecosystems”, according to a study…

While artificial intelligence has ushered in a new era of more accurate weather forecasting, A.I. models may still struggle to predict freak storms. This week a…

February 25, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNobel Prize–winning brain scientist steps down over Epstein tiesRichard Axel resigned from his post co-leading Columbia University’s…

Toxic e-waste chemicals from television, computer and smartphone screens have been found in the brains and bodies of endangered dolphins and porpoises in the South China…

A group legal claim against South West Water alleging sewage pollution into coastal waters is harming businesses and individuals has been expanded across Devon and Cornwall.Thousands…

New Zealand’s government is seeking to abolish its dedicated environment ministry to cut down on bureaucracy, a move critics say could dilute environmental protections.Under the plan,…