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Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding to try and prevent further rainfall over the capital, Jakarta, and surrounding areas the death toll reached 43 on Friday amid flash floods and landslides. With more rain forecast, two small planes were readied to drop sodium chloride to break up potential rain clouds in the skies above the …

Endangerment of species The Australian Koala Foundation has declared koalas to be “functionally extinct”, after fears of 2,000 of them being killed as more than 100 bushfires struck south-eastern Australia. However, the claim has been criticised since there are still an estimated 15,000-28,000 koalas in New South Wales. Even so, it is believed that the …

This year, millions of people around the world mobilised in protest to highlight the dire emergency facing our planet. Could 2019 prove to be the year when talk turned to action on the climate crisis? We looked back at some of the biggest stories of the year in science and the environment. The year the …

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin In the Game of Thrones novels, one of main protagonists Jon Snow states “Winter is coming, we know what’s coming with it…”  The same can be said for the business of the 21st century as it thrusts upon us and the future of work is making …

Big makers and users of plastic packaging are betting on a recycling technology that has failed for decades to take off, as a public backlash and new rules push them to find ways to cut waste and greenhouse-gas emissions tied to plastic. Plastic makers like BP PLC and Dow Inc., and packaging users like Coca-Cola …

The new goals form part of Dell Technologies’ 2030 Progress Made Real plan and they are grounded in the belief technology and data combined with human spirit is, and always will be, a positive force in the world. The goals fall under four distinct pillars and they outline how Dell Technologies plans to transform lives …

Image copyright Getty Images It’s been by far the greenest campaign in UK election history, with parties pledging tougher policies on the environment and climate change. But in a year of Greta Thunberg’s UN speech and Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries on the state of the planet, how far do the parties really go? Well, after …

A series of howls and shrieks recorded in the Canadian wilderness have left a hunter and government biologists searching for explanations. Gino Meekis was out hunting grouse with his wife and grandson in the forests of north-western Ontario – more than 50km from the closest town – when they heard a series of eerie noises …

Hitching a ride on a sailing boat across the Atlantic might sound like a far-fetched endeavour reserved for the famous and well-connected. But Greta Thunberg has now managed it twice in three months – and her antics appear to be inspiring a growing, if nascent, movement in sail-hitching. Maritime hitchhiking has hitherto been reserved for …

Image copyright Getty Images/Alex McBride Image caption Black Friday sales offer customers significant discounts More than 300 clothing brands are asking shoppers not to buy anything in the Black Friday sales because of environmental reasons. The Make Friday Green Again collective says discount deals encourage people to purchase things they don’t need. They say this …