

Feeling Chilly? Geothermal Activity will heat you up when you visit Iceland
For Iceland, renewable energy is easy. The island nation sits right atop two tectonic plates slowly pulling apart, drawing up magma from...


Sticky gels turn insect-sized drones into artificial pollinators
As bees slip onto the endangered species lists, researchers in Japan are pollinating lilies with insect-sized drones. The undersides of...


2016:Year of the Marine Park
In 2016, the world became serious about protecting oceans by establishing some of the largest marine protected areas ever. Malaysia, for...


Global Temperatures & Sea Ice Levels 2016
Arctic sea ice is disappearingAccording to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, 2016 tied for the second-lowest annual Arctic sea ice mini


Art from Trash: Why Waste it?
LEO SEWELL Just can't get enough of waste While most artists working with recycled materials get into the idea later on in life, Leo...


Update on Climate Change: 2016 What's been achieved so far?
Global warming can sometimes feel like this big, hopelessly intractable problem that no one’s doing much about. But the first two weeks...


Cleaning Up the Ocean with Washed Ashore
Washed Ashore Art to Save the Sea: A travelling exhibition from stuff your chuck in the sea A sea turtle named Herman, an octopus...


Power Up Our Roads
Are you a budding scientist? If so, perhaps you can help with this invention. We already have electric cars, so why not expand that idea...


Small steps
Machine Turns Human Waste Into Drinkable Water in 5 Minutes BY: PLANET EDITOR A low-cost sewage treatment machine funded by the Bill and...