Lignin, the complex polymer that gives wood its strength, has long been viewed as one of the most promising yet underused renewable resources for producing chemicals. While cellulose can be readily converted into
Microplastics are no longer confined to distant oceans or polluted shorelines. They have been detected in drinking water, food, air and human tissues, raising urgent questions about what these persistent particles may be
The world’s fastest-growing class of weight-loss medicines has reached a critical crossroads: millions of women of reproductive age are now using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and related incretin-based drugs, yet clinicians still have limited
Giant tropical trees in Malaysian Borneo pump water to their highest branches just as easily as to their lower-most branches, a new study says. Researchers say this suggests tall trees are not more
ESN Premium speaks with Fluence’s Jeff Monday and Sam Markham on the opportunity battery energy storage could provide data centres in Australia.
Following protests at a public meeting about a proposed nuclear power plant in Kenya, one person was shot and several residents were arrested. The Kenyan government plans to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power
It happened with a few strokes of a pen on a hilltop in northwestern Papua New Guinea on June 30: The leaders of the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) finalized an agreement to protect
For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that in a moment.
Habitat Energy has been appointed by Octopus Australia to provide optimisation services for two DC-coupled solar-plus-storage sites.
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Four Melanesian countries are planning a network of marine reserves across one of the world’s richest
