The dominant influence on Earth’s climate & environment is human activity fuelled by the world energy system. This has been identified as a new geological…
The Anthropocene
The race for high-tech metals has sparked a cobalt boom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has come at a steep human cost.…
New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter world’s climate for centuries.
More than 100,000 hectares burned in MacDonnell Ranges area, which has been declared a federal priority for threatened species conservation.
First analysis of plastics’ hazards over life cycle – from extraction to disposal – also shows ‘deep societal injustices’ of impact.
The proposed US goal to double electricity transmission lines and build a separate electric vehicle charging network while also expanding solar and wind production to…
Businesses want to trawl for nickel, manganese and cobalt to build electric cars and windfarms.
Under the MOU, PETRONAS and Phoenix Petroleum will conduct a joint feasibility study to take the collaboration to the next phase of execution.
The fight for a healthy Darling-Baaka River is becoming a ‘recurring nightmare’ for the communities that depend on it.
Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recover.
Report says 435,000 hectares have been degraded through logging since 2000, affecting 244 threatened species.
“If nothing is done, it will be a business-as-usual scenario—it will keep on being between 40 percent and 50 percent of the population of the…
Four straight years of flooding, an unprecedented phenomenon linked to climate change, has swamped two-thirds of South Sudan but nowhere more dramatically than Bentiu, a…
Increasing ocean temperatures present ‘existential threat’ with knock-on effects for ecosystems and commercial fisheries, researchers say.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP) today in a virtual mode. The…
“As we look to the province’s future, it is reasonable to look at the assets of the province and determine their potential. That is why…
The Papua LNG project will have an LNG liquefaction capacity of around four million tons per year (Mtpa). It will be built near the existing…
Sempra announced that it reached a positive final investment decision (FID) for the development, construction and operation of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project…
A new report released by the Somalian government suggests that far more children died in the country last year due to the ongoing drought than…
Following the expansion through the addition of a third crude unit, the total crude refining processing capacity of the Beaumont refinery in Texas, US has…
Worryingly, the rate of mountain forest loss seems to be accelerating: the annual rate of loss increased by 50% from 2001–2009 to 2010–2018, when we…
One blaze can’t restore species composition to its historical norm in a forest that evolved amid frequent, low-severity fires, the scientists found. “Landscapes have likely…
The project partners have decided to move ahead with a concept that calls for the installation of four electrical liquefaction trains with a combined capacity…
Rise of 53% came as oil group’s profits hit record $40bn in tumultuous year for energy markets. It brings van Beurden’s total compensation from Shell…
The new study showed a significant increase in emissions from boreal fires over the past two decades. Things were particularly dramatic in 2021, when they…
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said: “Since the source of energy is green, the products that will be produced later in the Industrial Park Area…
Natural History Museum scientists say plasticosis, which scars digestive tract, likely to affect other types of bird too.
The study showed that internal climate variability could increase sea level rise in some locations by 20–30% more than what would result from climate change…
A total of 106 GW of new coal power projects were approved in 2022—the equivalent of two large coal plants per week.
Oil companies plan to pump crude oil from Lake Albert, Uganda to the coast of neighbouring Tanzania, with the goal of producing 1.4bn barrels over…
The University of Melbourne study estimated that 11,105 people die prematurely from transport emissions, many more than past figures.
Far more tiny particles now come from tyres than are emitted from exhausts.
Scientists studying the Permian-Triassic mass extinction find ecosystems can suddenly tip over.
Analysis says hundreds of animals are contaminated with dangerous compounds linked to cancer and other health problems.
Parts of Earth’s ice sheets that could lift global oceans by meters will likely crumble with another half degree Celsius of warming, and are fragile…
