By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Stephen Hawking is clearly not a fan of President Trump. Over the last few weeks and months, he’s been particularly aggrieved by the White House’s decision to leave the Paris climate change agreement. Previously, he’s referred to this as the “most serious and wrong decision this world has seen” on climate change. Now, speaking to BBC…
We Only Have Three Years To Prevent Climate Catastrophe, But There Is Hope
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science If global carbon emissions don’t start to decline within the next three years, the planet will be on track for dangerous levels of climate change and the goals set for the Paris climate agreement will be unattainable. In a letter published in Nature, experts including the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, have set out…
Sweden Commits To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2045
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science Sweden has announced even more ambitious targets to cut their carbon emissions. The country now aims to become carbon neutral by 2045, five years earlier than what they pledged when they signed up to the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Passed by a massive majority in the Swedish parliament, with 254…
The First “Space Nation” Wants You To Live On Their Orbital Space Station
By: Jonathan O’ Callaghan /IFLScience Asgardia, a rather unusual attempt to start a nation in space has announced it wants to eventually build a space station in Earth orbit and on the Moon. That somewhat lofty goal was revealed at a press conference in Hong Kong today. Here, Asgardia also unveiled its plans to launch its first satellite,…
Vatican Compares Trump To Flat-Earthers Over His Climate Agreement Withdrawal
By: Alfredo Carpineti/IFL Science Pres. Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement has attracted scathing comments from world leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, and pretty much everyone who doesn’t want to do terrible damage to our planet. The decision has even drawn the wrath of the Vatican, which Pres. Trump visited just last week. Bishop Marcelo Sanchez…
Flat-Earther’s “Experiment” Goes Viral, Just Not In The Way He’d Hoped
By: James Felton/IFLScience A flat-Earth conspiracy theorist and YouTuber has taken a spirit level onto a plane to “prove” that Earth is flat once and for all. His “experiment” has since gone viral, just not in the way that he’d hoped. YouTube conspiracy theorist D. Marble took a flight from North Carolina to Seattle in order…
NASA Has Detected Hundreds of Unexpected Flashes Reflecting Off Our Planet
By: Bec Crew/Science Alert Hundreds of large flashes have been filmed reflecting off our planet, and they’ve helped NASA solve a mystery that stumped the likes of Carl Sagan more than two decades ago. These flashes are so large, you can see them from space, and they were originally thought to be caused by sunlight reflecting…
Earth Observatory Blog: Scientists March On Earth Day
By: Sabrina SMITH/Earth Observatory In honor of Earth Day, I’m calling attention to the reality of climate change around the world. We know that the planet’s climate is warming from many data sources. Ice cores, corals, ocean sediments, and tree rings tell the story of Earth’s climate over the past 800,000 years. Orbital satellites, sea…
Man Films Ocean During Thunderstorm. And Captured Footage Is Sending Chills Down Everyone’s Spine!
By: Simple Capacity There are two kinds of people in this world—those who love thunderstorms and those who don’t. For some, the idea of waves crashing, loud thunder, and lightning that strikes hard is exciting, enticing and perhaps even calming. For others, it’s a frightening occurrence that is wished away immediately. Which ever side you’re…