The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced its 2027 finalists after a record 10,233 entries from 177 countries, a 32 per cent increase on last year and the most competitive cycle in the award’s history. The shortlisted innovators include AI that predicts pregnancy complications months in advance, robots that inspect water pipes and heat-resilient corals that […]
Engineers have created a new type of concrete that is stronger than conventional concrete while also capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The findings, reported in Carbon Research, suggest that adding carefully selected natural materials could give concrete a second role beyond construction by helping remove CO2 from the surrounding air. Researchers at Mepco Schlenk […]
Coal ash, red mud, and mine tailings are usually treated as major waste problems. Yet these enormous waste streams also contain valuable materials, including silica, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals. A research team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a $3.3 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Growing Convergence Research […]
Delegates of 179 members of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification engage with local communities and business partners to find solutions for land degradation which affects half of world’s population and creates poverty and mass migration. Geography says that 70% of land mass on our planet is suitable for human life. The rest is an […]
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 […]
‘Right now we surrender vast swathes of land for crops that we simply burn in our cars’, said one expert. Biofuels are being touted as the solution to Europe’s dwindling oil supplies, as the war on Iran continues to send prices soaring. European Commissioner Dan Jørgensen has urged nations to outline measures to reduce the use […]
Winds are stronger at higher altitudes, allowing for twice as much energy to be produced. In a region of Germany once dominated by coal mines, a remarkable pivot to clean energy is underway. A huge crane is in position, steel girders are being assembled and a lattice mast is gradually rising into the sky. If […]
US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from a pivotal global climate treaty could create major funding gaps and open the door for other countries, such as China, to assume more leadership, experts have said. The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it would withdraw from dozens of international organisations, including scores of UN bodies. US Secretary of State […]
Researchers warn that climate policies spurring people to change their behaviour may weaken their values and support for the environment. Climate policies that target lifestyle changes risk triggering a wave of “unintended negative side effects”, even among people who are voluntarily trying to make sustainable choices. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that […]
New research has identified a straightforward and environmentally friendly way to decompose Teflon, one of the most resilient plastics in use today, and convert it into valuable chemical ingredients. Scientists at Newcastle University and the University of Birmingham have created a clean, energy-saving process for recycling Teflon (PTFE), which is widely recognized for its role […]
