Scottish Power has switched to 100% wind power, by selling off its last remaining gas power stations to Drax for more than £700m.
Iberdrola, Scottish Power's Spanish parent company, said the move was part of its strategy to tackle climate change and would free it up to invest in renewables and power grids in the UK.
Oct 10, 2018
Origins of Lizards and Snakes
An international team of scientists has identified an animal, called Megachirella, as the earliest known ancestor of the squamates, the family containing lizards, snakes and wormlike amphisbaenians.
Oct 09, 2018
Need to Limit Global Warming
As per a landmark UN report, a dire picture of the catastrophic consequences the world will face if immediate action is not taken to limit the global warming to 1.5°C, warning that at 2°C, the world could see 10 cm more global sea level rise, loss of all coral-reefs and worsening food shortages.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), far-reaching and unprecedented changes, such as ditching coal for electricity to slash carbon emissions are required to limit warming to 1.5°C.