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The largest earthquake to hit Taiwan this century rattled the entire island overnight, collapsing buildings, damaging roads, and shutting down...

An innovative insurance program is paying daily wage laborers in India a portion of their income on days the temperature breaches a threshold.

Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.

A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, amo…

Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.

As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.

This cohort study investigates the associations between air and noise pollution exposure in pregnancy through age 12 years with the development of psychotic experiences, depression, and anxiety at 13 to 24 years of age.

Mexico City gets about a quarter of its water from a system that is running dry. Some say it could be unable to provide water by June 26, known as “Day Zero” in the metropolitan area of 22 million.

First phase of trial starts this month and includes rice and pasta

Experts say booming demand for holidays afloat mean ocean liners’ burden on the environment is growing

Ministers say network of 27 radar dishes in Pembrokeshire crucial to defend against ‘increasing belligerence in space’

‘Pioneering’ facility will extract precious metal from up to 4,000 tonnes of scrap circuit boards a year

Nvidia’s yearly AI chip refresh may not start this year.

Tech firms have been spending historic amounts of money on AI—but will it pay off?

Their shares have fallen 11.8% from last month’s peak but more AI breakthroughs may reassure investors

They claimed X's AI chatbot, Grok, had spread "false information on ballot deadlines."

The move comes 50 years after Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce paid leave for both parents.

A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could add 4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030 compared with Joe Biden’s plans

Chelsea flower show to focus on water reuse as gardeners prepare for shortages caused by climate crisis

Rising premiums are a de facto ‘carbon price’ on consumers as extreme weather events become more frequent

Kids are attending Israel-Hamas war protests on Roblox, and so far, a pro-Palestinian virtual protest has been visited more than 275,000 times.

A two-in-one solar bio-battery and solar panel has been created by researchers who printed living cyanobacteria and circuitry onto paper.

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Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.

Black soldier flies could help cut planet-warming methane produced when organic waste breaks down, Macquarie University team says

We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats.

Recipients had increased agency to make employment decisions that worked best for them and their families.

Companies are increasingly changing the way they do business to cope with increasingly frequent episodes of extreme weather.