AI may develop a huge carbon footprint, but it could also be a critical ally in the fight against climate change

AI needs careful monitoring and the right policies to ensure it can benefit the fight against climate change.

Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London • conversation
April 4, 2024 • ~6 min

Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines

Meet the next generation of wind turbines that can operate in deeper waters.

Emma C. Edwards, Career Development Fellow in Engineering, University of Oxford • conversation
March 21, 2024 • ~8 min

Four good news climate stories from 2023

Including a positive way to think about tipping points.

Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Dec. 29, 2023 • ~8 min

Sails and satellite navigation could cut shipping industry's emissions by up to a third

Modern mariners can harness trade winds to reduce carbon emissions.

Simon Bullock, Research Associate, Shipping and Climate Change, University of Manchester • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 • ~7 min

Renewables are cheaper than ever yet fossil fuel use is still growing – here’s why

Despite the meteoric rise of wind and solar, fossil energy sources have met most new demand in fast-growing economies.

Malte Jansen, Lecturer in Energy and Sustainability, University of Sussex • conversation
Sept. 19, 2023 • ~7 min

How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away

Offshore wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger – and many of them now float – here’s how we stop them drifting away.

Susan Gourvenec, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton • conversation
May 23, 2023 • ~7 min

Wind turbines are already skyscraper-sized – is there any limit to how big they will get?

Meet the Canary Wharf-sized wind turbine with Big Ben-sized blades.

Simon Hogg, Executive Director of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University • conversation
Jan. 3, 2023 • ~7 min

How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California's coast

Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.

Matthew Lackner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~7 min

How do floating wind turbines work? With 5 companies winning the first US leases to build wind farms off California's coast, let's take a look

Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.

Matthew Lackner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~7 min

Onshore wind rebellion reveals fractious climate politics within the Conservative party

An influential group of the UK prime minister’s own backbenchers want more wind farms.

Mitya Pearson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, King's College London • conversation
Dec. 1, 2022 • ~7 min

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