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As the Fuel Crisis Deepens, Pacific Nations Can Save Billions by Switching to Renewables: New Report

A new report, Counting the cost of fossil fuels in the Pacific, released today from the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR), found Pacific nations spend between 10 and 25% of GDP on fossil fuel imports – more than a regional average of 8% on education and 6% on health.

25 Aug 2026

Mapping Unprecedented Disasters Using Ordinary Data and Advanced Machine-Learning

Can a city's seawall stand up to a blockbuster storm? Will a region's power grid hold against record-breaking heat? And can a town's fire-fighting resources contain a major wildfire?

25 Aug 2026

Adding Iron to the Ocean Can Remove CO2 – But at What Cost to Nature?

Phytoplankton, microscopic plant-like organisms that drift through the ocean, play a central role in the ocean’s uptake of CO2.

18 Aug 2026

Mapping Endangered Habitats with the Help of Citizen Scientists and Satellite Data

A combination of satellite imagery, environmental data and habitat surveys carried out by citizen scientists could help transform the way endangered habitats are mapped, according to new research from the University of Surrey and Surrey Wildlife Trust.

30 Jul 2026

MCi Carbon and Hatch Announce Collaboration to Support Commercial Deployment of Mineral Carbonation Technology

MCi Carbon is pleased to announce a collaboration with Hatch to support the engineering, technoeconomic assessment and commercial deployment pathways for MCi’s mineral carbonation technology.

30 Jul 2026

UK Seas Face Major Food Chain Disruption as Plankton Shift, Scientists Predict

Marine scientists are warning that continued warming of UK waters is likely to cause major changes to plankton, the tiny drifting plants and animals that form the foundation of marine food webs and feed the fish that end up on our plates.

30 Jul 2026

Hutton to Coordinate New €6 Million Project to Improve Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agriculture

The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s leading interdisciplinary research institute for sustainable land, crop and nature management, has been tasked with coordinating a €5.94 million (£5.07 million) effort to improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of non-CO2 greenhouse gases from agriculture.

24 Jul 2026

Wildlife Deaths 'Vanish' Within Days of Prescribed Burns

Scientists are calling for wildlife surveys to be conducted within hours of prescribed burns after new research revealed that evidence of animal deaths can disappear in less than two weeks, significantly underestimating the true toll of fire on Australia's wildlife.

21 Jul 2026

Rising Salinity From Climate Change Reduces Microbial Diversity in Freshwater Ecosystems

As sea levels rise and saltwater seeps into freshwater, stressed aquatic populations may retain overall growth even as diversity declines, MIT scientists find.

20 Jul 2026

Designing Power Systems Using Outdated Weather Data Invites Future Blackouts

Will a warming climate and changing weather patterns lead to more grid blackouts and other energy disruptions? Answering that question requires studying both regional climate forecasts and local energy systems, including emerging renewable generation, storage, transmission lines, and demand forecasts.

17 Jul 2026