A decision by regulators to extend the life of two of the oldest reactors in the US decades beyond their original permits has elevated the risk of a nuclear disaster in
When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and “disgustingly dissolves in your mouth,” he was widely criticized for setting
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few
Following the US exit from the Paris climate agreement in January, Argentina’s government, under President Javier Milei, is evaluating whether to follow suit – but analysts say leaving the global accord
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UK considers cuts
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Countries have agreed at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome to a strategy for “mobilising” at least $200bn per year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity.
Nations also agreed
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Heat waves have gotten hotter in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades. Home to about 90% of the world’s population, with the largest fraction living in the mid-latitudes, more frequent and
Chris Jones, a beef farmer, is very proud of his beavers. “They are just extraordinary,” he says.Since releasing a couple into an enclosure on his Cornwall farm in 2017, he says