Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has created the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery.

Analyzing 100 different climate simulations over the past 61 years to find how El Niño determines warm or cold winters in Japan.

In a new study, Yale researcher Alison Sweeney found that giant clams in the Western Pacific may be the most efficient solar energy system on the planet.

In the fight to protect biodiversity and limit climate change, the world will reap what it sows, say researchers from the University of Surrey.

Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic organisms colonise the newly exposed landscapes. Dr. James Bradley, Honorary Reader in Arctic Biogeochemistry in the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, and his team, have revealed that yeasts play an important role in soil formation in the Arctic after glaciers have melted away. 

When Margit Schwikowski helicoptered up to Switzerland’s Corbassière glacier in 2020, it was clear that things weren’t right.

Global warming as well as recent droughts and floods threaten large populations along the Nile Valley.

Urban agriculture has the potential to improve food security through local, efficient, and sustainable food production.