The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it. Clean energy can provide reliable, around-the-clock electricity at prices that rival fossil fuels, as the war on Iran forces Europe to re-think its reliance. A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) […]

The last major El Niño event saw a string of heat records, and scientists fear warming seas signal more extreme weather to come. This April was one of the hottest on record for both the land and the seas. With the world’s oceans heating up again, scientists say a powerful El Niño could push global temperatures even […]

Humans use as much ecological resources as if we lived on 1.7 Earths, meaning many European nations have already reached ‘Overshoot Day’. As of today (7 May), Portugal has exhausted the natural resources it has available for 2026. This means that if every person on Earth lived like the average Portuguese citizen, humanity would need […]

Trips to Antarctica “need to be regulated appropriately, as you would with any of the world’s sensitive and precious ecological sites,” says one expert. Some of the most remote destinations on Earth are irreversibly melting away, giving rise to ‘last chance tourism’ – an industry built around the desire to see places like Antarctica before […]

Thousands of anti-wind social media posts have been analysed, as researchers warn that Europe’s energy security could be threatened. Sweden has been hit the hardest by a coordinated attack on wind power, according to a new analysis. Last year, Sweden generated a staggering 99 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources, the highest of any […]