coffee at sunrise
Food

Long Live the Coffee Drinkers – Instant, Decaf or Brewed!

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, October 2, 2022 (ENS) – Drinking two to three cups of coffee every day is linked with a longer lifespan and lower risk of heart disease and stroke compared with avoiding coffee, finds research published in the current issue of the “European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.” […]

Hurricane Ian
At Risk

Monstrous Hurricane Ian Smashes into Florida as a Category 4

MIAMI, Florida, September 28, 2022 (ENS) – Blowing 155 miles per hour, Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon near the Florida barrier island of Cayo Costo off the southwest panhandle coast of Lee County. The storm forced hundreds of thousands to leave home to escape towering floods, and knocked out power to millions. […]

floating wind turbines
Business

Biden Budgets $50M to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Industry

WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2022 (ENS) – The Biden Administration is launching a fleet of coordinated actions to develop floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will help the United States lead on offshore wind. Called the “Floating Offshore Wind Shot,” the new program will capture this potential to power millions of homes and businesses… […]

wind turbines UK
Energy

Global Net Zero Carbon Energy by 2050 Possible, Profitable

OXFORD, UK, September 13, 2022 (ENS) – Transitioning to a decarbonized energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least US$12 trillion (£10.4 trillion), compared to continuing the current levels of fossil fuel use, according to a peer-reviewed study by Oxford University researchers, published in the journal “Joule” today. […]

firefighters map
Air/Climate

New U.S. Gov Portal Shows Climate Stressors in Real Time

WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2022 (ENS) – Where’s the fire? Where’s the flood? For the first time, an online live climate impact dashboard is allowing people to see extreme weather, drought, wildfire and other climate change hazards that their locations are facing in the short term, with more maps showing how each community could be affected in the future. […]

Thwaites Glacier
At Risk

Antarctic Glacier Collapse Could Surge Global Sea Levels

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, September 8, 2022 (ENS) – The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, a vast glacier about the size of Florida, is already in a phase of fast retreat in a warming world, causing widespread concern among scientists about how quickly it may dissolve its millions of tons of ice into the ocean, raising global sea levels by as much as two feet. […]

IAEA Team Grossi
At Risk

UN Nuclear Agency Demands Safety Zone at Russian-Held Plant

VIENNA, Austria, September 7, 2022 (ENS) – The establishment of a Nuclear Safety and Security Protection Zone at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in Ukraine is urgently needed to ensure that the physical integrity of the plant is not compromised, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Director General Rafael Grossi told the UN Security Council Tuesday, […]

tigers
Latest News

Tiger Numbers Rise, But Monarch Butterfly Numbers Crash

GLAND, Switzerland, September 1, 2022 (ENS) – The migratory monarch butterfly, known for its unique annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Endangered, beset by habitat destruction and climate change. […]

Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant
Energy

After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant

VIENNA, Austria, August 22, 2022 (ENS) – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “reconsidered” his original demand that International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, inspectors travel through Russia to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear facility – the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. […]

Jabiru stork
At Risk

UN Petitioned to Save Pantanal Wetland Wildlife From Fires

PARIS, France, August 21, 2022 (ENS) – As this year’s fire season intensifies, wildfires in Brazil are jeopardizing the world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, and its rare and imperiled wildlife. Inhabited by 3,500 species of plants, 600 bird species, 150 mammals, 175 reptiles, 40 amphibians and 300 freshwater fish… […]

electronic skin
Latest News

Chip-free Sensitive Electronic Skin Fabricated at MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 19, 2022 (ENS) – Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, have devised a new kind of wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without onboard chips or batteries. The sensor design is a form of electronic skin, or “e-skin,” a flexible, semiconducting film that conforms to the skin like electronic Scotch tape. […]

Biden, Manchin, Schumer, Clyburn
Air/Climate

Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Climate, Clean Energy Bill Into Law

WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2022 (ENS) – As President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law at the White House on Tuesday, he showcased what motivates his politics, and Democratic politics in general, exclaiming, “Let me say from the start: With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost!” […]

Palen Solar Project
Energy

Solar Power Extended to 116,000 More California Homes

PALM SPRINGS, California, August 15, 2022 (ENS) – The Palen Solar Project, a 457-megawatt photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, California, has reached full power operation, the Department of the Interior has announced. The project – which will supply enough energy to power approximately 116,000 homes and includes 50 megawatts of battery storage – helps lower energy costs for families and bring about a clean energy, carbon-free future. […]