Science

IIT Delhi engineer built India’s sonar in 1971: How his MIMO changed 4G, 5G

Times of India

IIT Delhi engineer built India’s sonar in 1971: How his MIMO changed 4G, 5G

Indian engineer and scientist Arogyaswami Paulraj’s journey from developing indigenous sonar for the Indian Navy to pioneering MIMO technology illustrates the far-reaching impact of research. His APSOH sonar project strengthened India’s…

Times of India

‘A formidable predator’: Italian scientists relying on octopuses to get blue crab populations in check

‘A formidable predator’: Italian scientists relying on octopuses to get blue crab populations in check

The Italian government has previously been urged to declare a state of emergency over the blue crab explosion, fuelled by climate-warmed waters.

In London, children’s lungs grow faster as traffic pollution falls

In London, children’s lungs grow faster as traffic pollution falls

A new study is the first to link improved air quality from a clean-air zone with faster lung growth in children living in London.

AllAfrica

Africa: Twenty Years After Probo Koala, Africa Still Grapples With 'Waste Colonialism'

[RFI] Twenty years after toxic waste from the cargo ship Probo Koala was dumped across Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, the disaster remains an open wound for many victims and a symbol of wealthy countries sending unwanted waste to Africa.

AllAfrica

French winegrowers begin record-early harvest as heat and drought bite

RFI

French winegrowers begin record-early harvest as heat and drought bite

Drought and heatwaves have pushed French winegrowers to start picking grapes weeks ahead of schedule, with this year seeing some of the earliest harvests on record – a sign of how climate change is reshaping the wine calendar across the…

RFI

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost

Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds Heatwaves and wildfires are not just scorching forests, they are adding to the tipping point risks in the…

As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming

Japan Times

As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farming

Extreme weather has added urgency to the debate over whether climate change has transformed the economics of intensive agriculture designed to feed the maximum number of people.

Japan Times

NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth

France 24

NASA satellite rescue mission fails, swift telescope set to fall to earth

NASA said on Wednesday a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The unprecedented effort aimed to use a robot to move Swift into a higher orbit. The satellite…

France 24

Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

BBC

Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

Melting sea ice from climate change has opened up the region for giant whales to undertake 'feeding frenzies'.

BBC

Drill Andy drill? Burnham’s North Sea dilemma – podcast

Drill Andy drill? Burnham’s North Sea dilemma – podcast

Helena Horton on why the government may decide to allow more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea The government is considering whether to allow new oil and gas drilling at two sites in the North Sea, a move environmental activists warn…

RNZ

Political parties make their climate adaptation pitch

Representatives from National, Labour, Opportunity, the Greens, New Zealand First, and ACT set out their party's climate change policies and credentials at the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals conference at Te Papa in…

RNZ

Be wary of defence contractors, Chinese study warns Beijing, pointing to US system

South China Morning Post