A moratorium on fracking has been in place since January 2015 and yesterday’s announcement of an outright ban follows a four-month public consultation that received over 60,000 responses.
The Dutch province of Friesland repurposed toilet paper in a 1km stretch of bike highway.
In 2016, renewable energy accounted for two-thirds of all new power added to the world’s grid, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). And of the technologies, solar was implemented the most.
New research is adding some deeper insight into the mysterious repulsive force known as dark energy, providing evidence that whatever it might be, its ghostly influence hasn't been constant over time.
Livestock is 'a bigger contributor to global warming and environmental degradation than all forms of transportation,' Mr Branson said.
The current earthquake swarm around the Yellowstone supervolcano is now the longest ever recorded. The swarm started June 12, and over the past three or so months, around 2,500 earthquakes have been recorded so far.
By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body's sewer system.
Mathematical roadblocks with quantum mechanics indicate that the so-called simulation hypothesis is impossible.
Could the building blocks for life on Earth have been delivered by meteorites crashing into ponds of water 4 billion years ago?
The gravitational wave events recorded in LIGO are actually the first direct indication of the existence of black holes. Three scientists from US wins 2017 Nobel prize in physics.
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson believes man should harness the power of hurricanes for good rather than run from them.
The project grew out of a Twitter bet between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Elon Musk. Musk promised to deliver a system to South Australia “in 100 days or its free.” Last week Tesla announced the start of its 100-days countdown.
Without tax subsidies, 6 billion tonnes of CO2 could be avoided in USA over the next several decades.
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in India have found a way to transform plastic waste into stylish, practical tiles.
An estimated 3400 ‘throwaway’ bottles are produced by Coca-cola every second, according Greenpeace.
