In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper, essential for battery-powered ...

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in improving the efficiency of an electrochemical reaction that produces hydrogen ...

The United Nations warned on Monday that countries' current pledges for reducing carbon emissions fall "miles short", as greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2023. A separate report by UN ...

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

An iconic annual gift catalog known for its extravagance has removed the word "Christmas" from its name after a nearly 100-year run. Neiman Marcus' "Christmas Book," in print since 1926 ...

Neiman Marcus has quietly removed the word “Christmas” from its iconic, 98-year-old annual gift catalog – and some company insiders gripe that the stealthy switch smacks of woke politics ...

The revelation that a member of the Oireachtas – given the name “Cobalt” – may have been, or possibly still is, a Russian intelligence asset has highlighted a number of critical weaknesses ...

As the levels of carbon dioxide in the environment rapidly rise and the climate consequences of that rise become increasingly apparent, research and investment into carbon capture strategies have ...

Capturing and storing the carbon dioxide humans produce is key to lowering atmospheric greenhouse gases and slowing global warming, but today’s carbon capture technologies work well only for ...

Emissions rose 1.3 per cent to 57.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023. That is a far faster annual rate of growth than during the decade 2010-2019, when emissions grew on average 0.8 ...

In the face of rising CO2 levels, scientists are searching for sustainable ways of pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, so-called direct air capture. A new type of porous material, a covalent ...