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The Komatsu PC8000-11 (Credit: Komatsu)

The vehicles pushing the limits of electric power

How much energy you can pack into a battery is one limit on how big an EV can get – but meet the EVs ditching batteries altogether to attain mammoth proportions.

1 day ago
Future
23 Aug 2024
The Andean bear in Peru (Credit: Getty Images)

Learning to live with a hungry 'Paddington Bear'

Drought and conflict with farmers are threatening Bolivia's Andean bear – the real-life Paddington Bear. Now a beekeeping project is helping protect this endangered species.

23 Aug 2024
Future
17 Aug 2024
The scientists drilling into an anctive Icelandic volcano

The scientists drilling into an active Icelandic volcano

Scientists are preparing to drill into the rock of an Icelandic volcano to learn more about how volcanoes behave.

17 Aug 2024
Climate solutions
16 Aug 2024
The Everglades in Florida (Credit: Lucy Sherriff)

The world's largest environmental restoration plan

Florida is embarking on an ambitious ecological restoration project in the Everglades: building a reservoir large enough to secure the state's water supply.

16 Aug 2024
Future
6 Aug 2024
Aerial photograph of Thammasat University Rooftop Farm (Credit: Landprocess)

The huge rooftop rice terraces holding back floods

Parks, roofs and riverbanks mimicking the long-used agricultural form are helping Asian cities absorb, hold and purify rainwater.

6 Aug 2024
Future
30 Jul 2024
How fixing food might stop the next pandemic

How fixing food might stop the next pandemic

Land use for food and agriculture around the world is putting pressure on climate and biodiversity.

30 Jul 2024
Climate solutions
27 Jul 2024
How electric vehicles could improve our mental health

How electric vehicles could improve our mental health

Noise and air pollution are major threats and EVs can therefore offer a promising solution.

27 Jul 2024
Climate solutions
24 Jul 2024
How greening our cities can reduce heat stress

How greening our cities can reduce heat stress

Heat is the most deadly extreme weather phenomenon and cities are seeking ways to cool their urban cores.

24 Jul 2024
Climate solutions
12 Jul 2024
Agustina Ortiz, stands beside her 20,000-litre ferrocement tank at her home in the community of Xixovo, Oaxaca, on 5 December 2023 (Credit: Stephania Corpi Arnaud)

The ancient Mexican techniques to save water

As water scarcity threatens their livelihoods, indigenous women in Mexico are relearning how to grow their ancestral foods.

12 Jul 2024
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