Pumped storage power plants like Raccoon Mountain operate on a different principle. These are giant battery replacements. In them, electricity is first used to pump a large volume of water from the ...

Scientists warn that "flying rivers" — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

As the Philippines confronts the climate crisis, activists argue that the urgency that once fueled the construction of coal ...

Travel + Leisure was the first to check into Fawn Bluff, an exclusive-use wilderness lodge on British Columbia's Bute Inlet ...

Built in 1863, the covered bridge spanning the Stanislas River east of Oakdale a mile north of Highway 108/120 via Sonora ...

Two weeks ago, at the Sustainable Energy Conference in Olkaria, and a week earlier at the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, one theme dominated the discussions, Africa can no longer afford to wait ...

Brazil is resuming its work on power generation from hydroelectric plants. To this end, the country has held auctions to contract small hydroelectric plants. The government also plans to build a ...

New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the ...

Kenya has secured Sh8.3 billion (€38.8 million) financing from Germany and the European Union (EU) to redevelop the ageing Gogo Hydro Power Plant in Migori County, a move expected to improve ...

During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 meters high—as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris ...

Science. Bombshell in paleontology: researchers get closer to the real reason behind the extinction of the dinosaurs Science. NASA deploys the largest antenna reflector it has ever made: "It plays a ...

Dozens of water-harvesting pods are set to be deployed along the sea floor off the coast of California as the United States ramps up its first subsea desalination project. The effort is expected to ...