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The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. ...more |
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Countries led by Japan on Tuesday blocked a move by South American and African states to create a South Atlantic sanctuary for whales they say are endangered by hunting despite a global moratorium in force for 30 years. ...more |
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The US government will fund the training of a team of giant rats to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa. ...more |
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India’s capital, laboring under the label of being the world’s most polluted city, is trying something new to help clean up its air. ...more |
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Young Arab women studying agriculture will be offered a development programme that will hopefully enable them to improve the region’s food security. ...more |
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Plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by big companies represent only a quarter of the amounts needed to limit global warming under targets agreed last year by almost 200 nations, a study showed on Tuesday. ...more |
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Greenhouse gases rose to a symbolic milestone in 2015, taking climate change into a new phase which could last generations even if governments act to curb man-made global warming, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. ...more |
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People living near noisy roads could have a bigger risk of high blood pressure, a new study suggests. ...more |
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Finding ways to harness the everyday sources of energy all around us is a concept called "roadside energy harvesting." Scientists are continually looking for new ways to capture and use this energy. ...more |
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Fourteen bids have been submitted to build a Dh1 billion desalination plant in UAQ. ...more |
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