Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited. Antarctica, Earth’s last great wilderness, is facing growing pressure from human activity. A new study published in Nature Sustainability warns that surging tourism and expanding research bases are polluting the southern continent, accelerating snow melting and threatening fragile ecosystems already […]
Scientists analysed over a billion social media posts to find out how sweltering temperatures are impacting our mood. If scorching temperatures have you losing your cool, you’re not alone. New research suggests that our warming world could be behind your bad mood. Using social media, scientists from MIT and institutions across the world tracked people’s […]
New data shows Сhina’s carbon emissions fell in early 2025, raising hopes the country may have peaked ahead of its 2030 target. Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world’s largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 610 square kilometres, which is the […]
Students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have develop a series of projects that convert environmental extremes into performance assets, to help minimise energy consumption in Dubai’s hot climate. Set within Ghaf Woods, the forest-integrated community that is redefining urban living in the city, each of the projects features a low-rise, multi-use recreation center embodying ecological […]
As the EU prepares a broader reform of its chemical legislation, the European Chemicals Agency has updated its proposal to restrict “forever chemicals,” adding new sectors to the scope of its planned ban. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on Wednesday expanded its proposal to restrict so-called “forever chemicals” from eight new industrial and commercial sectors […]
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced the beginning of trial operation and electricity export from the pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in Hatta to Dubai. This announcement was made during his visit to the project to review progress in the final stages of work, where the […]
The Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi had its first unit plugged into the national power grid on August 19, 2020. Five years on, the plant, which is located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, now produces 40 terawatt hours annually – the equivalent of around 25 per cent of the UAE’s electricity needs. That would power […]
One of Iraq’s most beautiful natural wonders and a cradle of surviving Sumerian traditions, the southern marshes now evoke more grief than awe. Aymen al-Ameri reflects upon their deterioration in An Imaginary Museum on the Ground, a photography exhibition that opened in July at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Far from mere documentation, the project comes after a decade […]
In a move that reinforces national sustainability objectives,Imdaad, a leading provider of integrated and sustainable facilities management services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Enviroserve Services, the region’s leading recycling and resource recovery company, to promote responsible e-waste collection and reduce carbon footprints across key developments in Dubai. Under this agreement, Enviroserve will […]
Using climate attribution science, researchers have linked rising heat to declining bird populations around the world. Extreme heat driven by climate change has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38 per cent since the 1950s, scientists have warned. A first-of-its-kind analysis published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has used observed […]
