Hikers, soldiers and school children all know the burden of a heavy backpack. 

After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) disaster was the second worst nuclear incident in history. 

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming.

In places where concentrations of the precious metal have been discovered, mining operations are large enough to be seen from space.

The development of small hydropower dams is widespread throughout Brazil and elsewhere in the world, vastly overshadowing large hydropower projects. 

Biologists believe they are one step closer to a long-held goal of making a cheap, widely available plant a source for energy and fuel, meaning one of the next big weapons in the battle against climate change may be able to trace its roots to the side of a Texas highway.

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have created perovskite solar modules with improved stability and efficiency by using a new fabrication technique that reduced defects.

Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research published by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of San Francisco (USF), and the consulting firm Evolved Energy Research.

The results of the Peoples’ Climate Vote, the world’s biggest ever survey of public opinion on climate change are published today. 

Burning fossil fuels has long powered world economies while contributing to air pollution and the buildup of greenhouse gases.