Climate Change
- News
UK Prepares £1.2B for Weather Forecasting Supercomputer
With climate change and weather being one of the most pressing subjects for governments worldwide at the moment, it’s pretty clear that being able to successfully predict weather patterns in advance could not only help prepare better responses but also could help authorities take more pre-emptive action. In a report…
Read More » - News
Civilization VI Announces ‘Gathering Storm’ Expansion
Introducing Climate Change in Civilization VI The second big expansion for Civilization VI has been announced called ‘Gathering Storm’. It is adding new advanced technologies, engineering projects, and the fan-favorite World Congress. Most of all, it introduces a living world ecosystem which showcases natural events that could enrich or challenge…
Read More » - News
Project Launched To Put Donald Trumps Face On An Iceberg
Climate Change Group Launch Project Trumpmore to put the US Presidents face on an iceberg I think it’s fairly safe to say that in political terms, Donald Trump is one of the most dividing figures out there. People either seem to love him for his brash no-nonsense manner or hate him…
Read More » - News
Former Google VP Unveils Clean Nuclear Energy Project
A former Vice President for Google’s parent company Alphabet has launch a new company which aims to deliver clean and safe nuclear power. The company, Apollo Fusion, is designing cheap “hybrid” reactors that will be at no risk of experiencing nuclear meltdown. “We’re working on revolutionary hybrid reactor technology with…
Read More » 
- News
Tesla Earned More in the Last Quarter than the Oil Industry in the Last Year
While old industries and energy providers desperately cling to inefficient and environmentally toxic fossil fuels, emerging renewable energies – such as wind, wave, and solar power – are becoming increasingly cost-effective without accelerating on-going climate change, and the world is starting to notice. Case in point: last year, the US…
Read More » - News
Activists Ask WMO To Name Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers
A environmental lobbying organisation going by the name of Climate Name Change are lobbying the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to change the current naming system used for hurricanes and tropical storms. The activists say that instead of naming them after normal people they should instead be named after politicians who…
Read More » - News
Humans Have Used Up Yearly “Budget” Of Natural Resources For 2013
The concept of the Earth having “ecological limits” is hardly a new idea. Put simply there is the assumption that the Earth can only provide a certain amount of natural resources and cope with a certain amount of pollution in a sustainable way. The idea of Earth Overshoot Day, explained…
Read More » - News
World’s Second Largest Offshore Wind Farm Up And Running In The UK
Business Green reports that UK’s Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of Suffolk has now been officially opened. The new offshore windfarm is made up of 140 wind turbines capable of generating an average of 1750 GWh of electricity a year, enough to power 450,000 homes. This makes the project…
Read More » -
- News
Hybrid-Electric Airliners Expected By 2050
While we already have hybrid-electric cars, such as the Toyota Prius, our aviation is still dominated by oil-based fuels. This will be problematic as oil supplies start to dwindle and become more expensive. That is why engineers and scientists with the European Aerospace Consortium EADS and Rolls-Royce are currently developing…
Read More » - News
Serious Polluters In China To Face Death Penalty
Since China underwent rapid industrialisation the problem of containing pollution has been a growing issue for the Chinese government. According to a report by Inhabitat the Chinese government have just got serious on environmental pollution and under a new judicial interpretation Chinese courts could offer up much harsher penalties for…
Read More » - News
China Preparing New World’s Tallest Mega Dam
According to news coming out of China, they are preparing another Mega dam project. Information made available to the public suggests this dam will be the world’s tallest at a height of 314 metres (1030 feet). The new mega dam will be a subsidiary of one of China’s state owned…
Read More » - News
Electric Wind Farm Proposal In Scotland Challenged By Donald Trump
Whether you believe in climate change or not, the issue of electricity generation is one that we will face for a long time. With growing electricity demand we need new ways to generate electricity, particularly in the UK where we are reliant on gas, coal, oil and an ageing stock…
Read More » -
- News
Electric Car Company Tesla repaying U.S Govt. Loans ahead of Schedule
Back in 2011 the electric car company Tesla Motors received a $465 million loan from the American Department for Energy to help expand business operations and the growth of the company in an effort to promote more environmentally friendly forms of transport within the United States. The loan was given…
Read More » - News
NASA Study Shows Dramatic Climactic Changes in Northern Hemisphere
Climate change, global warming, call it what you will (although technically climate change is the correct term), it is a topic that is highly controversial and potentially significant to every single one of us. The latest NASA funded study of records about the last 30 years has shown some quite…
Read More »
