Environment

Ocean-based experiments for carbon removal are on the rise, but remain controversial

Environment

As part of The World’s ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, about the tension between the swell of interest in marine geoengineering and the lack of scientific consensus about its role as a climate solution.

Chemical stench, green in color: Urban runoff is not just rain, Tijuana community says

Environment

South Africa’s largest city is running out of water

Infrastructure

Island nation fights the sea to keep its land

DW

Rare cyclone batters Brisbane and Australia’s Gold Coast

Bright lights, big city, big light pollution

DW

Our partners at Deutsche Welle took a walking tour of the problem of light pollution in Cologne, Germany, for the “Living Planet” program with journalist Kathleen Schuster.

This Scottish peat bog has become an unlikely tourist attraction

DW

Scotland’s Flow Country looks from a distance like a vast expanse of dull, wet brown vegetation — not the kind of view that tourists typically find enticing. But it’s become a real attraction since being declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Innovators develop devices to tap vast stores of ocean energy

Energy

Ocean energy technologies are catching up to wind and solar power. By 2050, Europe aims to tap 100 gigawatts of electricity from ocean waves, tides, currents and even salt gradients.

Global maritime shipping is aiming to reach zero emissions by 2050

Environment

The International Maritime Organization has vowed to eliminate global shipping emissions to net-zero by 2050. Now, an international effort is underway to reach that goal.

The Itaipu dam: A massive binational collaboration between Paraguay and Brazil

Infrastructure

Itaipu is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world. It provides electricity to 80 million people in Brazil and Paraguay. Not only is it huge, but it represents a unique model of cross-border energy cooperation.