Global carbon dioxide emissions are still rising but may at least be reaching a plateau, research from the International Energy Agency has shown. From a report: CO2 from energy — by far the biggest source of emissions — increased by less than 1% in 2…

A new disease caused solely by plastics has been discovered in seabirds. The birds identified as having the disease, named plasticosis, have scarred digestive tracts from ingesting waste, scientists at the Natural History Museum in London say. From a r…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: More than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 unless governments take decisive action to curb the growing epidemic of excess weight, a report has warned. About 2.6 bi…

For the first time researchers have proven a clear correlation between deforestation and regional precipitation. Scientists hope it may encourage agricultural companies and governments in the Amazon and Congo basin regions and south-east Asia to invest…

An explosion in proposed clean energy ventures in America “has overwhelmed the system for connecting new power sources to homes and businesses,” reports the New York Times:

So many projects are trying to squeeze through the approval process that delay…

Reuters reports that U.S. petrochemicals giant Dow and the Singapore government “said they were transforming old sneakers into playgrounds and running tracks.

“Reuters put that promise to the test by planting hidden trackers inside 11 pairs of donate…

More than 126,000 Californians are without electricity, reports ABC News. But Reuters notes that meanwhile “more than 400,000 customers of Detroit based DTE Energy remained without power on Saturday, the Detroit News reported,” suffering through “a sep…

The inner core of the Earth appears to hold an innermost secret. From a report: Geology textbooks almost inevitably include a cutaway diagram of the Earth showing four neatly delineated layers: a thin outer shell of rock that we live on known as the cr…

Hundreds of animal species across the globe from ticks to whales have blood contaminated with toxic PFAS, a new analysis of previous peer-reviewed research shows. From a report: Though the analysis does not aim to reveal how the exposure to PFAS affect…

“No massive cooling towers, miles of concrete, expansive evacuation zones,” writes the Washington Post, describing modular nuclear reactors instead as “space-age plants that can be small enough to fit in a large backyard,” using “downsized” reactors li…