Ada Palmer

Inside Climate News

How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate News

Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.

Yale Climate Connections

New Mexico’s clean energy success story » Yale Climate Connections

In just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution.

gavi.org

Fridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reach

Unreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that.

Yale E360

After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel

Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But heavier downpours alone cannot explain the groundwater revival, say hydrologists, who believe efforts to harvest rainfall may also be paying dividends.

https://eutoday.net

Porto introduces free public transport for all city residents - https://eutoday.net

Porto has introduced free public transport for its residents, allowing eligible passengers to use metro, bus, suburban rail, tram and river services across

CleanTechnica

Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record - CleanTechnica

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to ... [continued]

ecoportal.net

A ring of floating solar around a Chilean salmon farm erased 36,750 gallons of diesel a year, and the generator that roared over the pens day and night finally fell silent

An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home and were all thriving.

dw.com

Primer matrimonio civil homosexual en Bolivia

Once endangered, Australia's numbat is making a hopeful recovery

The animal emblem of Western Australia, the numbat, is recovering after decades of conservation efforts, according to the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. For decades, the numbat or banded anteater (Myrmecobius fasciatus) was listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. It has now been moved to the lower threat category of near threatened. […]

Book vouchers for 2.2 million students, redemption starts tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2.2 million students under the Education Ministry will be able to redeem RM100 e-vouchers under the Madani Book Voucher Programme 2026 starting Wednesday (July 1) until Oct 31, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Tuesday.

Autotrapianto della retina centrale, intervento eseguito per la prima volta al mondo alle Molinette

L’operazione apre nuove frontiere nella chirurgia oculistica, fin’ora il trasferimento della macula era considerato un limite insormontabile. Elena, 67 anni, h…

The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos

Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.

rubinobservatory.org

Data | Rubin Observatory

Rubin Observatory will generate more data in ten years than everything humans have ever written. Learn how scientists will manage the deluge of data.

bbc.com

HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

Beforecast — Now Live

Historian Ada Palmer on the real Machiavelli. Episode 1 is out now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube and more.

Oceanographic

Indigenous-led MPA secures critical international partnerships

The democratically elected council of Easter Island has signed new agreements to secure funding, research, and maritime patrols

Noticias Ambientales

Corrientes celebrates 19 years of the giant anteater reintroduction project in the Iberá Wetlands - Noticias Ambientales

La Fundación Rewilding Argentina commemorated the 19th anniversary of the giant anteater reintroduction program in the Iberá Wetlands. The species,

4 things to know about the new sunscreen ingredient the FDA approved

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new sunscreen ingredient in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years. It's been used for decades in Europe and Asia.

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

Mexico Business

Mexico Commits MX$20 Billion to Restore Three Major Rivers

Mexico will invest over MX$20 billion to restore the Atoyac, Tula and Lerma-Santiago rivers through sanitation and pollution control.

Farming technique could curb devastating tropical disease

New research shows how introducing native fish into rice fields may help boost crop yields while suppressing a disease affecting more than 220 million people worldwide.

Grist

The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps

In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.

The Revelator

Rewilding Point Reyes National Seashore: Why and How • The Revelator

Restoring this vital landscape and its amazing wildlife will require strategy, collaboration, and vigilance.

Jefferson Public Radio

How Oregon cut pesticide-related bee deaths

Oregon has not recorded a confirmed pesticide-related bee kill since 2020. Oregon State University researchers discuss the education, research and conservation efforts helping protect pollinators.

China restores over 10m hectares of desertified land in 14th FYP

China restored over 10 million hectares of desertified land and almost 2 million hectares of rocky-desertification land during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), according to a media release from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Tuesday, which marked the 32nd World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

Global trial shows safer antibiotic option for staph blood infection

A landmark international clinical trial, led in the UK by UCL researchers, has identified the optimal antibiotics for staph blood infection, a breakthrough that is set to reshape treatment for the lif

Oceanographic

New walking shark discovered as protected population booms

Researchers discovered the new, and already endangered shark in Papua New Guinea, while a study shows strong habitat allows them to thrive

UNICEF USA

Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Eliminated in South Sudan and Sudan

Through successful vaccination campaigns, both South Sudan and Sudan have achieved a significant public health milestone.

abc.net.au

Government says possum bridges successful, but sceptics question data

The WA government has released night-vision images showing scores of native wildlife are using rope bridges and underpasses along a $1.46 billion highway in the South West region, but not everyone is convinced.

euronews

Solar and wind slashed Europe’s electricity prices by 25% in 2023-2025

Data also shows that price impacts grow stronger when more renewables come online.

bbc.com

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

asianews.network

Vietnam’s mountainous communes record zero maternal deaths after four years of intervention

The project was carried out in 60 particularly disadvantaged communes across six provinces: Lai Chau, Bac Kan, Son La, Gia Lai, Dak Nong, and Kon Tum.

Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the 'Iliad' Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummification

Ending respiratory infections

Introducing Intercept, a $500M bet to make respiratory infections like colds and flu a thing of the past.