Yahoo News Recycling dead solar panels isn’t easy. These Australian scientists might have found a solution
Tens of thousands of solar panels ended up in landfill every year in Australia...until now.
Tens of thousands of solar panels ended up in landfill every year in Australia...until now.
Standing charges are set to go up from April and campaigners have urged people to take meter readings so they know where they stand
Households are to be penalised if they do not switch away from gas under net zero plans to be unveiled on Thursday.
A large hole capable of generating solar winds north of a million miles per hour has appeared on the surface of the sun for the second time in a week. It is known as a coronal hole - and this one is 20 times bigger than Earth. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted it, and it could send superfast solar winds of 1.8 million miles per hour hurtling towards our planet as early as Thursday.
On a good day, the views from the golden temple’s ‘mountain throne’ are spectacular. But today is not a good day.
Overnight gusts to batter Britons from Thursday, Met Office forecasters say as British Summer Time gets off to damp start
STORY: For nearly four years, Thailand's famous Maya Bay had no tourists.In 2018 authorities shut it off to mitigate against excessive tourismand then the global health crisis kept people away even longer. The solitude made way for new visitors.Blacktip Reef Sharks.They reclaimed the shallow waters, at the same time, marine life thrived and damaged coral was revived.But in January 2022, tourists flooded back with Thailand's tourism industry eager to make up for lost time and money. The area is now facing a tough balancing act between humans and sharks. Conservationists from 'Maya Shark Watch' have been studying the population of blacktip sharks. Using underwater cameras and drones to count sharks in feeding areas and breeding grounds."We have counted the highest amount of blacktip reef sharks, which is 161 sharks at a given time, and that is in November 2021. And after it was reopened for a year, in November 2022, we have come back to try and use the same drone technique to count the number of sharks, and we have an average number of around 20 to 40 sharks per day. So, we have seen a decrease in the abundance."Project Manager Metavee Chuangcharoendee says the shallow waters of Maya Bay act as a crucial nursery for young sharks to protect them from falling prey to adult sharks.'Blacktip reef shark is important for the ecosystem because it helps maintain the balance of the coral reef ecosystem. Blacktop reef shark is a top predator, so they eat other sick and unwell animals and keep the population healthy as well as control the population of other animals.'When Maya Bay closed, the beach lost almost halved its revenue in 2019.The 2022 reopening came after pressure from tour operatorsbut conservationists got their say too.Tourists now aren't allowed to swim so they don't disturb the baby sharks.Boats that bring visitors have to dock on the other side of the island to avoid damaging coral reefs.And Only 375 visitors are allowed in an hour although that does already add up to nearly 4,000 people each day with more expected in the future.'We are hoping that with the restriction in place, we can mitigate the disturbance on them. And we are doing this research in (the) hope that we can find the best way to manage and the best way for tourism and the environment to coexist.'
BO'AO, China (AP) — Russia's Gazprom is increasing gas supplies to China and expects soon to reach the maximum planned level through a Siberian pipeline, its chairman said Wednesday, highlighting Beijing's importance as his country's top export market in the face of Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. Gazprom is negotiating with China over a possible additional supply project across neighboring Mongolia, Viktor Zubkov said at a government-organized economic forum.
Landlords will be blocked from letting properties unless they upgrade them to meet net zero energy efficiency targets within five years.
Reports of another 'wash up' of shellfish on a beach on a stretch of coast where there has previously been a mass crustacean die-off is 'normal at this time of year', the Environment Agency has confirmed.
Cheaper rates could be applied to those who install water butts under plans unveiled by regulator
April is more snowy than November, with an average 2.3 snow days
A licensed hunter surnamed Lin confesses to killing the animal and is being investigated
A bomb cyclone impacted much of the west coast of the United States on March 28, according to satellite imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).Ahead of the storm, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned those in the California Bay Area and Central Coast to “expect gusty winds and moderate to heavy rain,” as well as urban flooding, downed trees, and the possibility of isolated power outages.“If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency,” a subsequent NWS update said.By Tuesday, upper Northern California had begun feeling the first effects of the storm, with more than 14,000 people in Del Norte, Siskiyou and Shasta counties losing power for several hours, according to the Los Angeles Times.An animation from CIRA shows the storm swirling off the west coast of the United States between 4 pm on March 28, and 1 am on March 29. Credit: CIRA/NOAA via Storyful
With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. Analyzing 37 regional and federal heat action plans, the Centre for Policy Research found this week that the plans are not updated regularly, don’t have separate budgets in most cases, have no legal support to implement them and the most vulnerable populations in any given region are not identified in the plans. Heat plans started springing up around the nation after blistering heat waves surpassing 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) in 2010 killed over 800 people in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad.
Could dropping containers of sand down mine shafts give us a way to store renewable energy?
Dancing around a campfire in bright feather headdresses, a group of Indigenous eco-warriors prepares the painstaking process of planting the Brazilian pine tree, fighting to save the critically endangered species -- and their way of life.He is helping lead the effort to save the Brazilian pine by planting tens of thousands of seedlings.
Water companies are releasing sewage at times when they are not allowed to hundreds of times a year, new data show.
TCSO Deputy Saves Dog Stuck in Tule River as They Deliver Blankets, and Supplies to Homeless Before the Rain Around 2 p.m. today, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office HEART Unit went to the homeless encampments along the Tule River to inform them about the flooding and incoming rain this week. They offered resource referrals and shelter locations and handed out blankets. While at an encampment, deputies heard a dog yelping. They walked over to the river and noticed a dog had fallen in. TCSO Corporal Florence Cotton rescued the dog and brought it to shore. The dog was not hurt and was given back to the owner. Thank you, Corporal Cotton! Video credit Tulare County Sheriff's Office
A ranger on the Komodo National Park in Indonesia captured the scary moment on March 3 when a Komodo dragon trapped another ranger up a tree. The ranger was trying to collect some tamarind fruit for soup seasoning, only to find a huge 10ft lizard trying to climb the tree after him.
Researcher Anna Vanderbruggen peers into a vat of dark bubbling liquid, the result of a process she has developed to recover graphite from old lithium-ion batteries."Battery manufacturers were not interested" in recycled graphite up to now because "they could get it at low cost in China", Vanderbruggen told AFP. Her method, developed at the Helmholtz Research Institute in Freiberg, Germany, involves extracting graphite from "black mass", a powder that also contains cobalt, nickel, lithium and ma