Climate scientists rebel against the IPCC

Nov 25, 2023 | News

Following three decades of IPCC failures to convince nation states to make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions, a group of rebellious climate scientists claim rapid planet cooling measures must be employed as soon as possible to slow global heating.

‘Missing law of nature’ explains evolution of everything in the universe

Oct 19, 2023 | News

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists and philosophers have unveiled what they term “a missing law of nature.” This concept broadens the scope of evolution, traditionally understood in the context of biological life, to all complex systems in the universe.

Trump and Musk have launched a new class war

Jan 19, 2025 | Opinion, Politics & Human Rights

Why has the class war been unleashed now, not just in the US but in much of the world? Because the democratizing, distributive effects of two world wars have worn off. The default state of centralized societies, to which nations are now reverting, is oligarchy.

Planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

Jan 10, 2025 | News

Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.

Is societal collapse inevitable?

Dec 28, 2024 | History

Academic Danilo Brozović says studies of failed civilizations all point in one direction – today’s society needs radical transformation to survive.

Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun

Dec 24, 2024 | Science

A NASA spacecraft is attempting to make the closest-ever approach to the Sun, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation. The goal is to help us to better understand how the Sun works.

Exploding the Big Bang

Dec 9, 2024 | Science

It was thought that science could tell us about the origins of the Universe. Today that great endeavour is in serious doubt.

Why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?

Nov 22, 2024 | Articles

Fans of legumes say a worldwide shift towards eating beans rather than meat would hugely benefit human health and the environment.

‘Social ruptures’ possible between people who disagree on AI sentience

Nov 17, 2024 | Politics & Human Rights, Science

Significant “social ruptures” between people who think artificial intelligence systems are conscious and those who insist the technology feels nothing are looming, a leading philosopher has said.

Richard Seymour on how far right exploits environmental crisis

Oct 30, 2024 | Books, Opinion

‘You can’t shoot climate change’: In his latest book, Disaster Nationalism, the Marxist thinker Richard Seymour explores how extremist movements around the world seek to blame fictional enemies for real disasters.

Open-pit conflict

Oct 21, 2024 | Articles

In a Rocky Mountain town in southwest Alberta, a bitter battle is brewing. With a history of coal mining, the community is debating whether to stay true to its roots and support the return of coal — or leave the mining industry in the past.

Can Lula and Petro unite to save the Amazon?

Oct 16, 2024 | Articles

The rainforest nations of Brazil and Colombia have the best opportunity in a generation to drag the Amazon back from the abyss as they host three of the world’s most important environmental negotiations in the space of little more than a year.

Canada’s innovative carbon tax faces the axe

Oct 5, 2024 | Politics & Human Rights, Science

Hailed as a global model of progressive environmental policy, Canada’s carbon tax has reduced emissions and put money in the pockets of Canadians. But the federal Conservative leader promises to get rid of it.

‘After Hitler’: Changing German views of Nazism

Sep 26, 2024 | History

From secret adoration to loud dismay, Germans have come to terms with the Nazi past over 80 years in very different ways, as a new exhibition shows.

The fight to save Sri Lanka’s natural flood buffers

Sep 21, 2024 | Articles

Sri Lanka’s capital is transforming floating garbage patches into biodiverse wetlands that are teeming with life. But the city’s problems are far from over.

How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics

Sep 13, 2024 | Science

The factoid about biodiversity and Indigenous peoples spread around the world, but scientists say bad data can undermine the very causes it claims to support.

Europe’s farming lobbies recognize need to eat less meat

Sep 4, 2024 | News

Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on “urgent, ambitious, and feasible” reforms in agriculture.

Fossil fuel transition back in draft UN pact after outcry

Aug 30, 2024 | News

Governments have reinstated a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in the draft of a new United Nations pact due to be adopted next month, following widespread condemnation over its previous removal.