The Untold Impact of Airplanes on Climate

The damage that air traffic causes to the environment goes way beyond carbon dioxide emissions. When we talk about airplanes and their influence on climate...

Major Heatwave Breaks Records Over Northern and Western Europe

Unprecedented heatwaves across Western and Northern Europe are making history. Or are they? Perhaps this is just the start. Expats in the Netherlands often repeat...

Electric Cars Alone Not Enough to Save Us, Study Claims

A team of scientists has written to the Committee of Climate Change warning that if the UK’s 31.5 million cars are replaced by electric...

Rise in Methane Emissions Threatens Paris Agreements

The levels of methane in the atmosphere are rising with rapid and unexpected rates.

ESA Living Planet Symposium: Tackling Food Security from Space

From monitoring air quality, through coastal zones and biodiversity, climate and weather patterns,...

We Finally Found Out Why Earth’s North Rotational Pole Moves

Back in year 2000, scientists noted that the North rotational pole of the Earth is shifting. The phenomenon has been studied extensively since then....

Flying Homing Pigeons to Sample Urban Climates

Homing pigeons are being bred and trained as messengers for centuries, due to their remarkable ability to navigate. As far back as in ancient...

Scientists Fix the Process of Photosynthesis

Scientists discovered a way to fix one of nature's biggest flaws. They improved the process of photosynthesis and demonstrated huge boost in biomass production. Did...

Researchers Capture Carbon Dioxide and Turn it Back to Coal

Researchers discovered a way to turn carbon dioxide back into coal. Carbon capture as a mean for mitigation of climate change, is quite a hot...

How everyone can combat climate change: all it takes is planting a tree

Project Drawdown is a group of researchers, policy makers, activists and business stakeholders who work on mapping, measuring, and communicating the most impactful solutions...