The crew of the ISS, including Commander Chris Hadfield, return to earth. Photog
By Michael Brooks - 17 May 14:24

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James Hansen who really needs the attention.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 19 April 9:02

The ETS is dead, long live climate change.

Discoloured leaves hang on an infected ash tree in near Ipswich, United Kingdom.
By Alex Hern - 25 February 11:29

The Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service has experienced over 4000 calls in the last six months about the chalara outbreak.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 20 February 10:40

Permits to be backloaded, constraining supply.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 15 February 11:23

"His broadest charge is that I consciously set out to sabotage the test. That is not so."

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 13 February 18:40

The UN has been making "venn diagrams". Oh dear.

The Clothier Electrical Testing Laboratory has been cabandoned since 2011.
By Marie Le Conte - 05 February 18:50

A group of urban explorers broke into the disused National Renewable Energy Centre, near Newcastle.

Wind farms. Photograph: Getty Images
By Reg Platt - 25 January 15:33

We're saving money, but Ireland is getting the work.

New Zealand's killer kittens. Photograph: Cats to Go
By Alex Hern - 22 January 13:59

Domestic cats are furry murderers, argues a New Zealand businessman who is spearheading a campaign to get his fellow Kiwis to give them up.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 10 January 16:58

Yes: the Met Office really is quite good at its job.

An American anti-fracking protestor holds up a sign
By Richard Davies - 06 January 11:11

The gas is there, but companies in the UK need more support to get it.

Wind Turbines in Spain. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons
By Alex Hern - 04 January 16:42

When "wind farms are dangerous" really just means "there are a lot of birds".

A smelter shovels raw iron on a blast furnace in Germany. Photograph: Getty Imag
By Dustin Benton - 02 January 13:36

We must strike at the root of resource insecurity, by demateralising our economy where we can.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alastair Harper - 13 December 18:05

Cities are where the biggest experiments can take place; look to them to see the future of the UK.

Fragments of a star: an image of a Cas A supernova
By Michael Brooks - 06 December 6:42

Supervolcanoes, ash clouds, supernovas, asteroids, climate chaos - take your pick.

Place your bets!
By Michael Brooks - 29 November 12:39

Forget football - climate science is well worth a flutter, says Michael Brooks.

Anne Bartlett and her dog Henry look out from their flooded property in the cent
By Alex Hern - 26 November 15:28

Unless we want to rehouse hundreds of thousands of people: yes.

Wind turbines being prepared. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 22 November 17:41

There's a chicken/egg problem at work.

Workers build an onshore wind turbine. Photograph: RenewableUK
By Maf Smith - 19 November 10:45

Businesses need to know what will happen in the future, writes RenewablesUK's Maf Smith. A government in turmoil can't provide that.

Are wind farms the best way to cut carbon? Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 14 November 13:59

Debate versus "debate".

Bloomberg brooks no dissent.
By Alex Hern - 02 November 11:27

"Now we have weather on steroids."

A wind farm, not in Corby. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 31 October 13:01

Delingpole cites "stunningly successful campaign"; others cite desire to avoid losing £500 deposit.

Vertical farm! Photograph: inhabitat
By Alex Hern - 30 October 17:28

Nine stories of greens.

The Sleipner gas platform, some 250 kms off Norway's coast in the North Sea. Pho
By Alex Hern - 25 October 8:24

Better to extract the fossil fuels, capture the carbon, and store that instead, says Professor Jon Gibbins.

Paul Broun in May. Photograph: USDA (CC-BY)
By Alex Hern - 08 October 7:31

Paul Broun, once a medical doctor, now a creationist congressman.

Wind turbines. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 27 September 8:26

Counter-intuitive thinking is counter-intuitive for a reason.

Clouds. Photo: Getty Images
By Alastair Harper - 15 September 16:54

The green economy in Britain is thriving - so why are politicians so reluctant to talk about it?

Surfers ride the Severn Bore along the River Severn
By Michael Brooks - 29 August 15:53

When did it become OK to save our wildlife at the expense of everyone else’s?

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