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Dark dunes surrounding Mars's northern polar cap

Space

Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year round

An analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine could enable a group of six people to live near the poles all year round

News

Protesters hold placards during a

Earth

2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

Leader

Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. ÒÁÈ˾þÃs say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system

News

WALTER TOSTO COMPANY REPORT https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/52231537313/ Final assembly of Europe's sector 4 of the ITER Vacuum Vessel, Walter Tosto, Italy, May 2022.

Physics

Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022

News

National Ignition Facility

Physics

Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone

News

Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction

Environment

Should we build wind turbines from wood?

News

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plan

Technology

Ukraine's nuclear plants face uncertain future after Russian attacks

Analysis

Gas emerging from the sea

Society

Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

News

Laptop screens showing various website

Technology

Online adverts estimated to use as much energy as a small country

News

Smoke coming from chimneys at a coal power plant

Environment

Global fossil fuel emissions set to rise by 1 per cent in 2022

This year will see a smaller jump in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels compared with 2021, driven partly by the continuing recovery of aviation following covid-19 travel restrictions

News

Environment

Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to reach net zero?

Analysis

Environment

Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label is wrong

Comment

Environment

Fossil fuel demand expected to peak within 15 years

News

Environment

Can geothermal energy supply all of the UK's heating?

Analysis

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