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The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has set aside £1.1bn a year for offshore wind power developers investing in new projects, in the latest funding round aimed…

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 30 September 2025 Satellites help scientists to document a correlation between dust travelling from Africa and hailstones falling in the Alps.

Life is full of things that everybody finds annoying, such as sitting through pre-roll ads and James Corden. Irritation is a nuanced, complicated feeling though. Even…

Many wind turbine blades in China are approaching retirement, and researchers have come up with a creative way to reuse the giant components. In a study…

China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a ‘scam’ PoliticoChina, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas…

September 23, 20252 min readThe Moon Is Rusting—Thanks to ‘Wind’ Blown from EarthLunar minerals can rust when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments showBy Alexandra Witze…

A stream of charged particles that blows from Earth (foreground) to the Moon could account for the rust compounds found in lunar soils. Credit: Tetra Images/AlamyThe…

Talking about climate change can feel hopeless. Even the good news, on the rare occasion we get some, feels hollow.But for the most part, it’s bad…

Government details how social media giants will be expected to handle under-16s banJosh TaylorThe eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, is holding a press conference with the…

Rhode Island and Connecticut will sue the Trump administration over its decision to halt the huge Revolution Wind electricity project off the north-east coast of the…