Environment

Water that we can drink and use for crops is in short supply in much of the world – but what if we were able to convert seawater for such purposes? ...

Every closet needs a spring clean, isn’t that so? But what if our closets weren’t full to the brim with the season’s latest fashion trends so that ...

A new platform has gone live featuring Cypriot artists, curators and art historians under the age of 40 who live and work abroad. Launched by the Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation, interartcy ...

The organisation making Cyprus’ villages green by resuscitating traditions By Martin Clark Grampus Heritage and Training is a leading organisation in sustainable development, of which I have been the director ...

Researchers tell us what can be done to save them It is likely that coral reefs around Cyprus will die in the near future because of climate change and unsustainable ...

Marine life is thriving in San Pedro Bay Harbour at levels not seen in multiple studies over two decades, according to a new survey. The Port of Long Beach (POLB), ...

When the lockdown ends there are many things on the horizon. Summer, freedom (hopefully) and more cultural events. On this month’s agenda is a group exhibition featuring artworks by ...

In this video from PBS Terra’s ‘After the Ice’ series, we meet elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska, who share observations of their melting world, ...

The Hercules beetle is one of the largest flying insects in the world, and in this astonishing National Geographic video, we watch it go from larva to giant, before our ...

Chinese researchers have identified a marine bacterial community capable of degrading plastic waste of poly (ethyleneterephthalate) and polyethylene. While the plastic-eating qualities of bacteria are already well known to the ...

Top quality honey is not easy to produce, especially in the face of local pesticide and antibiotic use and climate change By Annette Chrysostomou Projects such as the Achna bee ...

While the world struggles to shift from petrol to electric vehicles, efforts to reclaim the economically costly hours of congestion, and cut down on accidents and CO2 emissions resulting from ...

We already know that robots are likely to play an increasingly important role in our future, given the rapid advances of technology. Yet, up to now, the design of robots ...

“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera,” once said famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, “they are made with the eye, heart and head.” Indeed, there are ...

Germany must update its climate law by the end of next year to set out how it will bring carbon emissions down to almost zero by 2050, its top court ruled ...

In this video, we learn about a fleet of river interceptors operated by non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup, which are at the forefront of the fight to remove waste from ...

Having toured the world and won numerous awards at film festivals, Andreas Sheittanis’ short film ‘Confession’ can now be found online for viewing. After its release in September 2019, it premiered ...

In this video, we learn that between 2014 and 2020, juvenile great white sharks moved approximately 373 miles north in California waters, into marine areas that were previously too cold for them to ...

Sweden’s Lundin Energy has sold to Italian refiner Saras what it said is the world’s first oil cargo certified as carbon neutral at the point of production, the ...

Joint projects in place to save the Monk Seal are showing results By Marios Papageorgiou Did you know that the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) is currently the most endangered ...

Cyprus has come in 51st out of 115 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Energy Transition Index (ETI) 2021, showing slow and erratic movement since 2012. The island sits at 60 points ...

It only takes a rustle and splash of an orange buoy floating on the Thone River for two Australian scientists to know they’ve found what they’re looking for: ...

By Jan Strupczewski Years from now, 2021 may be seen as the moment the European Union took a leap forward from its post-World War Two birth as a coal and steel ...

Discoveries at the Chalcolithic site Palloures, Cyprus will be presented to the public in free, online symposium next month, it was announced on Tuesday. Since 2015, a team of archaeologists from ...