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27th April 2022

New York on track for zero-emission electricity by 2040

Two huge new infrastructure projects in New York are expected to dramatically cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

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22nd April 2022

Nissan aiming for solid-state battery cells by 2028

Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled a prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028.

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16th April 2022

60% of cactus species impacted by climate change

A new study published in Nature reveals the likely impacts of climate change on cacti by mid-century.

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24th March 2022

Solar power reaches 1 TW milestone

The worldwide installed capacity of solar power has reached 1 terawatt (TW) this month, based on a new analysis of data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

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14th March 2022

New record temperature for spherical tokamak

Tokamak Energy has demonstrated a world-first with its privately-funded spherical tokamak. The reactor achieved a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, the threshold required for commercial fusion energy.

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4th March 2022

Australia to build tallest vertical garden

A new mixed-use skyscraper will become the tallest in Australia at 366 metres (1,201 ft), while also featuring the world's tallest vertical garden.

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28th February 2022

Next-generation geothermal tech will drill deeper than ever before

A new drilling technology able to reach depths of 20 km could enable geothermal power to be accessed almost anywhere in the world.

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18th February 2022

NASA predicts sea level rises to 2150

NASA has published its latest Sea Level Rise Technical Report, an update of the 2017 edition, which includes projections for sea level rise through to the year 2150. The agency warns that sea levels may rise as much over the next 30 years as during the previous hundred.

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14th February 2022

Koalas are now endangered

The Australian government has changed the conservation status of the koala from vulnerable to endangered, due to its rapidly shrinking habitats and climate change.

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9th February 2022

Major breakthrough in fusion energy

The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 has been reported today at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, UK, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds, more than double the previous record.

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