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26th June 2026

London has unveiled its first extreme heat plan, which aims to protect lives, homes, transport networks and public services as the capital adapts to a warming climate.

19th June 2026

Light-driven memory could slash AI energy use

A new magnetic memory material could allow data to be rewritten up to 1,000 times faster than conventional electrically driven memory, offering a potential route to cooler, lower-power AI hardware and data centres.

18th June 2026

California fault stress hits 1,000-year high

New modelling suggests that Cajon Pass, a fault junction east of Los Angeles, could shape the path of a future Southern California earthquake, potentially allowing the "Big One" to spread across multiple fault systems.

28th May 2026

New plate boundary may be forming in Africa

A little-studied rift system in Zambia could mark the early stages of a future continental split, while also revealing potential opportunities for geothermal energy, helium and hydrogen exploration.

26th April 2026

Red squirrels in England could vanish by 2050

Once a familiar symbol of British wildlife, red squirrels have retreated to isolated strongholds. Now, new projections warn that without action, they could disappear from mainland England within 25 years.

22nd April 2026

EU emissions fall again, reaching 40% below 1990 levels

The EU continues to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a steady pace – driven by cleaner energy, improved efficiencies, and long-term policy efforts. New figures highlight both the scale of progress so far and the challenges that remain as the bloc moves toward its 2050 climate neutrality goal.

2nd April 2026

Robots double the speed of solar farm construction

Robotic systems in California are helping install solar panels at nearly twice the speed of traditional methods, marking a shift toward AI-driven infrastructure at scale.

3rd March 2026

Rising carbon dioxide is altering human blood chemistry

New research analysing two decades of health data finds that serum bicarbonate levels are increasing in parallel with atmospheric CO₂. If the current trend continues, key blood markers could approach unhealthy limits within 50 years.

26th January 2026

10 nations commit to 100 GW of offshore wind

Ten European countries have today agreed a landmark plan to jointly build 100 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea, signalling a new phase of cooperation on clean energy, infrastructure and energy security.

18th January 2026

World's first subsea desalination plant launches in 2026

As water scarcity intensifies worldwide, a Norwegian startup plans to turn the deep ocean into an unlikely source of freshwater. Flocean expects to launch its first commercial subsea desalination system later this year.

13th January 2026

The first global timeline of Earth's vanishing glaciers

Scientists have produced a global timeline of glacier loss, warning that the Alps may reach peak glacier loss as early as 2033, while tens of thousands of glaciers worldwide are projected to vanish this century.

27th December 2025

A new plant-based plastic that vanishes in seawater

Japanese researchers have created a tough, flexible plastic made from plant cellulose that breaks down quickly and safely in salt water. Unlike most "biodegradable" plastics, it leaves behind no microplastics.

29th November 2025

LONGi sets new 33.4% solar efficiency record

A new flexible, ultrathin solar cell has achieved a world record efficiency of 33.4%, using a perovskite–silicon tandem.

8th November 2025

Glacier retreat is fastest ever seen

Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica has undergone the fastest retreat of any land glacier on record, with nearly 50% collapsing in just two months.

25th October 2025

Study casts doubt on polar geoengineering proposals

Five prominent geoengineering ideas are technologically unfeasible, unscalable, and environmentally harmful, according to a new study.

7th October 2025

New efficiency record for perovskite solar cell

Researchers have achieved a record-breaking 27.06% efficiency with a new triple-junction perovskite solar cell. This marks a significant advance towards low-cost, stable solar devices that capture more of the Sun's energy than silicon alone.

27th September 2025

Underground carbon storage can only cut warming by 0.7 °C

Safe and practical geologic storage of CO2 emissions is far more limited than once believed, with global reserves capped at 1,460 gigatonnes. Many scenarios could exhaust this by 2100 and virtually all by 2200.

1st September 2025

Solar power is growing exponentially in Africa

An inflection point in Africa's adoption of solar energy is now clearly visible, driven by record imports and rapid expansion across dozens of countries on the continent.

22nd August 2025

Iconic statues threatened by rising sea levels

A study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage finds that rising sea levels could threaten the iconic moai statues of Easter Island by 2080.

5th August 2025

Miniature neutrino detector confirms 50-year-old theory

Neutrino interactions have been observed at a nuclear power plant, using a device weighing just 3 kg – orders of magnitude smaller than typical neutrino detectors.

29th July 2025

Living near the coast may improve life expectancy

A new study finds that living within 50 km (31 mi) of the sea can extend life expectancy by several months, compared with inland areas – though future climate risks may undermine this advantage.

24th July 2025

New hope for solving marine plastic waste

A new bioplastic, LAHB, is shown to biodegrade under deep-sea conditions, losing over 80% of its mass after 13 months at a depth of 855 m (2,800 ft), while conventional PLA remains intact.

16th July 2025

Wild vanilla under threat due to climate by 2050

A study finds that climate change could disrupt the habitat overlap between wild vanilla species and their pollinators by 2050 – threatening the survival of both. This mismatch may endanger global vanilla supply and limit the genetic diversity needed for future crop resilience.

11th July 2025

Giant moa de-extinction project begins in New Zealand

Colossal Biosciences has teamed up with Ngāi Tahu and director Sir Peter Jackson to begin work on reviving the giant moa within the next decade. This project builds on its earlier woolly mouse and dire wolf efforts.

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