Autonomous drifting robot survives under East Antarctic ice shelf to take first-of-its-kind measurements
A robotic float has been used to measure the temperature and salinity within a hitherto mysterious realm of the ocean, underneath massive floating ice...
US highway trial demonstrates wireless charging of electric HGVs moving at speed
A US research team has successfully wirelessly charged a heavy-duty electric truck while it was travelling at full motorway speeds, in a seemingly important...
Scotland’s newest offshore wind farm wins at Scottish Green Energy Awards
Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm, located 15.5km off the coast of Fife, which became fully operational earlier this year, has been handed...
Glass sector launches a unified sustainability framework
Some of the world’s largest glass developers, producers and packaging companies have come together for the launch of Responsible Glass — a global certification...
Project uses heavy-lift drones to seed trees in upland areas in the Scottish Borders
A groundbreaking woodland creation project in the Scottish Borders has seen advanced drone technology deployed to seed over two million native trees across inaccessible...
UK project sets out the world’s first roadmap to a circular space economy
From reusable rockets to space stations that could one day recycle floating debris into new materials, a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Surrey...
Government announces strengthened Environmental Improvement Plan
The UK government published its revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) on Monday 1 December, presented as a five-year roadmap to tackle the nature and...
What the Budget statement means for different sectors
Observers in sectors such as waste, energy and construction responded to Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget, delivered on 26 November. The statement talked much about...
Attacking nature protections with fudged figures is not the solution to slow growth: rivers...
A statement from Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust
Yesterday , several prominent newspapers published articles quoting a government-commissioned report into the spiralling...
£25 million Water Efficiency Lab competition aims to drive innovation and cut water use...
Ofwat announced its inaugural Water Efficiency Lab (‘WEL 1’) on 25 November. The £25 million challenge-led competition is intended to unlock and scale innovations...
Brighton SuDS scheme is a landmark intervention to protect groundwater
A project led by Brighton & Hove City Council, based on research from the University of Brighton, aims to protect 90% of the city’s...
Volcanic rocks could store decades of captured CO2
Rocks formed by ancient volcanoes found across the UK could safely store millions of tonnes of CO2 by turning it into stone, according to...
Wet wipe island waste autopsy reveals extent of the sewer blockage challenge
A waste autopsy has examined 30 kg of the 114 tonnes of rubbish excavated from the banks of the River Thames, an area that...
New FOI data shows air quality budgets cut drastically as campaign group calls for...
The budget for local councils to tackle air pollution in their area has been cut by the Government from £225 million a year to...
First publicly-funded small modular reactors will be built in Anglesey
Wylfa in North Wales has been selected as the site for the UK’s first publicly built small modular nuclear reactors, the government announced on...
Massive illegal waste dump in Oxfordshire threatens Thames and adjacent river systems
All river stakeholders, including the Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council, are being urged to work together in a swift manner to prevent a...
Direct Ocean Capture validated for commercial deployment, says energy giant
The emerging CO2 removal technology of Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) has been validated for commercial deployment by energy giant Equinor in what’s claimed as...
Climate vulnerable countries focusing on skills to survive, while the wealthy nations focus on...
As nations gather in Brazil for the international climate change conference, COP30, new analysis of countries’ plans has seemingly identified a clear focus by...
The UK is failing to capitalise on its geothermal energy potential
The UK has a huge geothermal resource that is virtually invisible in government energy policy, says a new report published today (10 November).
The Coal...
High-speed methanol engine for shipping now successfully tested, says Rolls-Royce
The world’s first high-speed marine engine running exclusively on methanol has been successfully tested, Rolls-Royce announced on 27 October, in what seems an important...
