Environment
How 23-Year-Old Akash Yadav Is Cleaning the Ganga One Ghat at a Time
What can two young people with no funding and no authority achieve? 💚♻️ At just 23, Akash Yadav and a friend decided to stop waiting for someone...
ENVIRONMENT STORIES
The Bengaluru Flood Solution Hidden Since 1923
Every monsoon, Bengaluru floods. But while roads disappeared underwater, Captain Santhosh Kumar noticed something unusual—the city’s lakes...
Cosentino introduces new generation of mineral surfaces with Éclos
Promotion: Spanish brand Cosentino merges beauty, performance and sustainability with its latest mineral surface material, Éclos, designed to be...
Why Neptune has the fastest winds in he solar system despite receiving 900 times less sunlight than Earth
Neptune, a distant ice giant, experiences remarkably strong winds. These winds exceed 2,000 kilometers per hour, far surpassing Earth's speeds....
Balcony solar is sweeping the US, but who's actually selling it?
A hands-on form of solar power has electrified the U.S. in the past year. Plug-in solar lets anyone hang a few panels in the sunlight and send the...
A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer
Researchers discovered a proton-assisted mechanism that greatly improves how triplet energy moves between quantum dots and nearby molecules. The...
New England invested in solar. It saved residents millions in electricity costs during a heat wave this month
A new report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million in a single day of a recent heat wave.
Solar is having its best summer yet in Europe
This article is part of our “Chart of the Week” series . Europe has had a sunny start to its summer. Across both May and June, solar was the...
How Solar Impulse 2 became the first aircraft to complete a 40,000 km fuel-free journey around the world
Solar Impulse 2 completed the first fuel-free flight around the world. The aircraft traveled approximately 40,000 kilometers using only solar...
The Next Wave Of Perovskite Solar Cell Innovation: See-Through Solar Windows
The global solar industry has been taking off like a rocket while relying primarily on silicon, a material first introduced back in 1954. Now a...
From 300 to 3,000: how Australia brought the numbat back
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Great news! The (adorable) numbat is no longer endangered. The IUCN has moved Western Australia’s animal...
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
China’s Chang’e-6 samples have uncovered a surprising difference between the Moon’s two hemispheres. Solar wind particles penetrated deeper into...
New Report Outlines Priorities for a Cybersecure, American-Made Solar & Storage Industry
The Report Comes as U.S. Rises in Global Manufacturing Rankings, Now Tied as World’s Second Largest Manufacturer of Inverters WASHINGTON D.C. —...
who has a right to play?
since 1989, children’s play is understood as a fundamental right alongside education, shelter, and care – explore what that means for our built...
Voters Know America Needs More Energy. Solar & Storage Are the Overwhelming Choice.
Skyrocketing energy demand, unpredictable fuel prices, and scorching summer heatwaves are sending U.S. electricity bills through the roof. With...
China’s Tianwen-1 captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The images reveal its tail...
Renewables Provide More Than 30% of US Electricity
Washington DC — New data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, reveal growth of...
A $100M Ohio energy fund lacks transparency — and excludes renewables
Ohio has made $100 million available for new energy projects in the state, but critics are pushing back on the decision to bar renewable energy...
Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history
Ancient samples from the moon's far side are helping scientists uncover how asteroid impacts shaped the early solar system. The findings challenge...
Algae "biocells" powered by photosynthesis could replace disposable batteries
Bio-designer Lucia Giron has worked with the University of Cambridge's Department of Biochemistry to develop prototypes of an algae-based battery...
Total Solar Eclipse Sets Up Stunning Perseid Meteor Shower Peak
A total solar eclipse will be followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12-13, creating one of 2026’s most spectacular astronomy events.
After Hurricane Helene, one North Carolina town is going solar to survive the next storm
Small-scale solar microgrids for Appalachian communities could help keep communities warm and fed during future blackouts.
10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout history
Humans have been observing solar eclipses for millennia – carving, painting, sketching and finally photographing as the moon blocks out the disc of the sun
Even Under Extreme Warming, ASEAN’s Wind & Solar Generation Variation From Normal Will Be Less Than 1% In 2030
Distributed renewables offer far greater resilience to the power system during extreme climate events than fossil fuel systems. Jakarta —...
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