The one word that almost ruined climate negotiations
The agreement in Paris is not a cure for the world's environmental problems, but it's definitely more than a band-aid....
Dr. Andrei Mihai is a geophysicist and founder of ZME Science. He has a Ph.D. in geophysics and archaeology and has completed courses from prestigious universities (with programs ranging from climate and astronomy to chemistry and geology). He is passionate about making research more accessible to everyone and communicating news and features to a broad audience.
The agreement in Paris is not a cure for the world's environmental problems, but it's definitely more than a band-aid....
After two weeks of marathon negotiations, hundreds of presentations and dozens of press conferences, 195 countries unanimously approved an acord...
With only hours remaining on the COP21 negotiations, there's a good chance the draft we got to see yesterday will...
If we want to tackle climate change, we have to fight it from all sides; one of the things I...
If we want to limit our emissions to an acceptable limit, then all aspects of human society have to come...
After hundreds of hours of negotiations and discourse, it seems that the parties involved are finally settled and can agree...
The future is now - researchers at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland have developed a camera that can see...
A very ambitious initiative could make Africa the cleanest continent - Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) an African-led plan to add 10,000...
Agriculture is a difficult topic to tackle - on one hand, it has to keep up with the growing demand...
The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is probably celebrating right now, as their Akatsuki orbiter reached Venus on December 7. Unprocessed...
With only three days left from the Paris Climate Summit, the time for populist talks has passed, and we're expecting...
Despite it being studied for many decades, there are still many things we don't understand about the Stonehenge. Scientists have...
Competition between tech giants is more fierce than ever, and Google is out for blood - literally.
A ship missing for over 300 years has been rediscovered, according to Colombian authorities - a boat with an estimated...
In what reads like the headline for a modern mystery novel, a researcher has found a hidden portrait under the...
An unprecedented image created by UK and US researchers shows how a submerged human is "seen" by dolphins through echolocation....
An undercover investigation exposed how fossil fuel companies pay off academics to publish research sowing doubt about climate change and...
While the climate talks in Paris are carrying on in full force, it's important to keep in mind that most...
"I don't give a damn if we agree about climate change" - this is how a post on Arnold Schwarzenegger's...
The climate talks in Paris have so far been surprisingly consistent and on track - right now, we've learned that...
82 artists joined hands to create 600 artworks - modified ads placed around Pars to protest greenwashing done by the...
The Wendelstein 7-X will start firing up helium plasma in December and hydrogen plasma in January 2016, the Max Planck Institute for...
While most of the world is trying to reach a climate agreement that would help preserve our planet's climate for...
Warning alert: this will be extremely annoying for Republicans, Democrats, women, men, children... and pretty much anyone with common sense....
Climate change and agriculture are so interrelated that you basically can't talk about addressing climate change without bringing agriculture into...
According to a NY Times/CBS poll two out of three Americans support the signing of a global climate pact, but...
The Climate Summit in Paris (COP21) has started out in full force, bringing along a wave of optimism but also...
A possible game changer - 120 country alliance spearheaded by India and supported by France has been announced, with the...
Four European countries, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, have announced a new $500 million initiative to fight climate change, especially in developing...
The eyes of the world are set on Paris, as the COP21 climate summit started today with the ambitious goal...
I'm happy to say that one of the most absurd events in modern science has finally concluded, and with a...
More and more people are greening their homes, and that's definitely a good thing - whether it's renewable energy or...
This dolphin just created a bubble ring (also called toroidal bubble) and started playing with it (I like how he...
Poverty in India has dropped stunningly from 21% in 2012 to 12.4%, according to the World Bank.
Earlier this month, researchers started noticing that a mysterious purple goo was taking over Norway's coast.
A team from ZME Science will attend the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP21. Here's the official page of...
The smallest member of the Raspberry Pi might actually be its largest: at the absurd price of £4 ($5 in the...
If you've been following the news lately (especially science news), the odds are you may have come across images of...
Hydrophobic coating is without a doubt one of the most coolest inventions in recent years, but it's sometimes hard to...
It basically looks like a weapon: the fossil of a worm-like animal from the Cambrian period has been presented by...
In a new study published in Nature, researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows the mapping of organs at microscopic...
Today, the world seems split into two different parts: some people devouring dramatically large pieces of turkey, and the other...
Astronomers describe that the present-day tilt of the Moon is likely a result of collision-free encounters of the early Moon...
While many people are probably consulting Google these days with searches for "easy turkey dinner" or "last minute side dishes",...
The Climate Summit in Paris may or may not create a binding agreement for countries to limit their greenhouse gas...
The 'Most Used Words' app has picked up steam more and more on our Facebook feeds, but as it's often...
Philipp Pattberg, a professor of transnational environmental governance and policy at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, focuses on the study of...
The Danish capital of Copenhagen is known for its bike friendly culture but this time they're taking it to the...
In many the vast steppes of Mongolia, some things have remained unchanged for centuries. But some things have changed, and big...
While wind and solar are offering more energy than ever to global grids, there is still much work to be...