Environment + Energy

The oceans remain shrouded in mystery and darkness despite our technological advances.

Around 20 wild horses have been discovered dead in a dry waterhole in remote Central Australia, 20 kilometers from the remote community of Santa Teresa.

There are 2 types of orangutans, Bornean and Sumatran and both species have experienced sharp population declines due to the destruction of rainforests.

As onshore and offshore wind energy farms have proliferated globally in recent years, new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind farms that can…

A program to reduce Earth's heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible, inexpensive, and would be unlikely to remain secret.

Plant speed breeding could be part of the solution to minimise the devastating effects of drought and climate change on crops in the future, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

You've flushed something valuable down the toilet today.

Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99 percent of the country's original wooded areas.

Microplastics have been found in the human food chain as particles made of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene-terephthalate (PET) and others were detected in human stools, research presented at UEG Week in Vienna reveals.

Stanford researchers show how warmer winters and booming demand for one of the world’s most expensive medicinal species may hurt ecosystems and communities in the Himalayas.