BRUSSELS – Claims by centre-right lawmakers that the EU’s flagship bill to restore nature will hurt farmers and endanger food security are not supported by […]
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ENVIRONMENT
Inside OPEC+, Saudi ‘lollipop’ oil cut was a surprise too
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia kept under wraps its plan to make a deep cut to its own oil output during a weekend […]
COP27 ‘Climate chaos’ warning as UN summit begins
Climate and Science, Sharm el-Sheikh The UN’s climate change summit has opened in Egypt with a warning that our planet is “sending a distress signal”. […]
COP27 Climate anxiety is rising – it might be a good thing
Global leaders are about to meet for another UN climate summit – COP27 starting in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday – and the reality of climate […]
Climate change COP27 Kilimanjaro’s and Africa’s last glaciers to go by 2050, says UN
Glaciers across the globe – including the last ones in Africa – will be unavoidably lost by 2050 due to climate change, the UN says […]
Dubai plans to cut carbon emissions 30% by 2030 – Govt media office
Dubai plans to cut carbon emissions by 30% by the end of 2030, the emirate’s government media office said on Sunday on its website. The […]
Engineering honours magnet pioneer
IMAGE SOURCE, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage caption, Neodymium-iron-boron is the strongest permanent magnet material in wide-scale use today Name a technology that is all around us, underpins […]
Earth has more tree species than we thought
There are 14% more tree species than previously thought, according to what researchers are calling the first “scientifically credible” estimate. Of the 73,300 estimated species, […]
Mystery black diamond called ‘The Enigma’ goes up for auction
A black diamond weighing a staggering 555.55 carats is going up for auction at Sotheby’s and living up to its name “The Enigma.” Bidding opens […]
Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year
Germany’s new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key […]