As electricity grids become more sophisticated, grid administrators can collect instantaneous data on consumer and supplier behavior. The ‘smart grid’ then learns to ...

A research team led by North Carolina State University has developed a new technique for determining the role that a material’s structure has ...

Natural gas power plants produce substantial amounts of gases that lead to global warming. Replacing old coal power plants with new natural gas ...

By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due ...

2013 saw global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reach a new all-time high. This was mainly due to the ...

Scientists may have solved a long-standing enigma known as the African Humid Period – an intense increase in cumulative rainfall in parts of ...

It takes just 10 years for CO2 emissions to have its maximum warming effects on the Earth. This is according to researchers at ...

Earlier this year, the UN’s World Health Organisation released a report suggesting climate change could cause an extra 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 ...

The news about the EPA’s plan to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants just got even better: the proposed Clean Power Plan ...

Some time this century, the era of cheap and abundant energy will end, and Western industrial civilization will likely begin a long, slow ...

The Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, released in June 2014 and seeking public comments until December 1, aims to reduce carbon emissions from ...

Synopsis: A debate has broken out between politicians and scientists as to whether atmospheric or global warming can be delayed by reducing short-lived ...