By: Brad Jones/Futurism China managed to add 10.52 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity to its national total over the course of July 2017, in addition to the 24.4 GW of capacity that was installed over the first six months of the year. The country is already the biggest producer of solar energy in the world, and that doesn’t seem…
Study Confirms ExxonMobil Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago, And Deliberately Misled Public
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Nowadays, ExxonMobil – one of the foremost energy giants in the world – is attempting, slowly, to move on from its oil-guzzling past. It was part of a list of companies that wanted the President to remain in the Paris agreement, and it’s part of a coalition of groups that wish to cut its carbon emissions regardless…
You Can Buy An Entire Village In Spain For Less Than The Price Of A Single Home In The U.S
By: Educate Inspire Change There are literally thousands of villages in Spain up for sale. The price? As little as £50,000 (that’s about $80,000). These villages can be found in Galicia, a fertile region of Spain located in the Northwest region of the country. Galicia once supported Spain’s highest density and half of all Spanish villages….
Report Suggests Solar Energy Capacity Will Rival Nuclear Power By The End Of 2017
By: Brad Jones/Futurism New data from GTM Research suggests that rapid adoption of solar power could mean that its global gigawatt capacity rivals that of nuclear power by the end of 2017. While nuclear currently far exceeds solar in terms of energy generation, some predict solar could be the world’s largest source of energy…
Why Is The Govt. Sending Bacteria Into the Stratosphere During The Solar Eclipse?
By: The Mind Unleashed NASA released balloons holding bacteria into the sky at the time of the solar eclipse, allegedly to study how bacteria would respond to Mars’ surface. According to the Verge, NASA scientists are mailing students bacteria, that will be sent into the stratosphere on the exact path of the eclipse: “The balloons are…
NASA Wants To Drill Into Yellowstone Supervolcano In Order To Save The Planet
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Yellowstone National Park (NPS) and its famous supervolcano are in the news a lot recently, and that’s perfectly understandable: It’s been rocked by earthquakes aplenty, and geophysical maps have shown how it’s continuously changing shape. Don’t fret though – the chance of any eruption taking place this year is around one-in-730,000, and even if…
British Columbia To Ban Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunting
By: GoodNewsNetwork Starting on November 30th, grizzly bear trophy hunting will be banned in the Canadian province of British Columbia. “This action is supported by the vast majority of people across our province,” said the Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson. “By bringing trophy hunting of grizzlies to an end, we’re delivering…
Major Climate Change Denial Think Tank Admits To Using False Data
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Does a bear shit in the woods? Is the Pope a Catholic? These questions are as rhetorical as this one: Are climate change deniers talking out of their backsides? The answer, plainly, is yes – and now a major group spreading false claims about climate science has at least come out and admitted just…
Nearly 100 New Volcanoes Found Hiding Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science We’ve found hell on Earth, and it’s frozen over. A team of geoscientists at the University of Edinburgh have found 91 volcanoes hiding beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet, which – when added to the 47 fiery mountains already known about – makes this the densest concentration of volcanoes anywhere on Planet Earth….