The renewable energy sector will achieve record growth in 2020 despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Renewables are currently on track to overtake coal
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Should the risks associated with irradiation of human origin lead to the elimination of leap years?
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The risks associated with radioactivity, seen through the prism of the Hiroshima trauma and the media coverage of accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima, continue to be exaggeratedly perceived. The
Artificial night-time lighting has widespread impacts on the natural world, according to a new paper published on 3 November in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution (1). In particular, night-time
Bernard Durand and Jean Pierre Riou, energy experts and authors of numerous articles in our columns, have just written “The treason of the clerics”, a voluminous working document on the
In the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic led to an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions, larger than during the 2008 financial crisis, the1979 oil crisis, or World War
Human activities have led to the widespread die-off of boreal forest in the Russian Arctic, according to a new study published on 25 September in Ecology Letters (1), demonstrating the
The general infatuation with hydrogen is the subject of justified criticism that often remains confused by mixing everything up. Michel de Rougemont try to get some clarity. The question of why
As someone that has spent her entire career defending evidence-based science, I am dismayed that too often the scientific facts around the health effects of low dose radiation are ignored.
The European Commission presented its hydrogen strategy in July 2020. It is convinced that it will be possible to make ‘clean’ hydrogen a viable solution for a climate-neutral economy and
Methane emissions have hit record levels, with agriculture and fossil fuel sources equally to blame, according to a new paper published on 15 July in Environmental Research Letters (1). Over